What artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum are displayed in Naples’s National Archaeological Museum?

The National Archaeological Museum in Naples houses an extensive collection of Greco-Roman antiquities recovered from Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other sites in the Campania region.1

The museum’s holdings include a wide variety of artifacts, such as:

• Works of Art: A significant collection of marble and bronze sculptures, including portrait statues from Herculaneum.12
• Decorative Elements: Numerous examples of mosaics, frescoes, and ceramics.1
• Historical Finds: The museum also features the Farnese marbles, a collection inherited from the Bourbon rulers.1

While the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum yielded a famous library of ancient papyri, these are preserved in the National Library of Naples rather than the archaeological museum.2