Archaeological Museum of Naples with an archaeologist

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The Archaeological Museum of Naples is one of the most important and oldest archaeological museums in the world, and all agree that it represents a real treasure for the classical archaeology.

The artifacts collected here give the museum great richness and uniqueness. It was founded in the 18th century by Charles III of Bourbon and first called Royal Bourbon Museum. Only after the unification of the kingdom it got its name “National Archaeological Museum”.

The collection included frescoes and mosaics as well as bronze, silver and glass pieces dating back to the 1st century A.D. from Pompei and Herculaneum are kept.

Especially worthy of mentioning is the Farnese collection. It is the largest collection of sculptures known today.