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National Archaeological Museum of Naples: Discover Ancient Treasures and Historical Artifacts
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60 Ratings
Napoli
Uncover ancient treasures and historical artifacts at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Explore collections from Magna Grecia, Egypt, and the Farnese family, as well as excavated finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Uncover ancient treasures and historical artifacts at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Explore collections from Magna Grecia, Egypt, and the Farnese family, as well as excavated finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli - We will see together the collection of objects found during the discovery of the Vesuvian cities destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD: mosaics, frescoes, objects of everyday life, Villa dei papiri di Ercolano.
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli - We will see together the collection of objects found during the discovery of the Vesuvian cities destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD: mosaics, frescoes, objects of everyday life, Villa dei papiri di Ercolano.
What's Included
- Guided tour
- Guided tour
What's Not Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Entrance tickets are not included. The cost is € 15 for adults, free for minors.
- Pick up excluded. Cost varies from 30 to 50 euros, based on the distance between hotel, b & b and museum.
- All Fees and Taxes
- Entrance tickets are not included. The cost is € 15 for adults, free for minors.
- Pick up excluded. Cost varies from 30 to 50 euros, based on the distance between hotel, b & b and museum.
Additional Information
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples serves as a vital vault containing diverse collections from the Magna Grecia era, the initial Egyptian collection seen in a contemporary museum, the grand display of the Farnese family’s statue collection featuring Hercules and the commanding Toro group. Finalizing with a spectacular exhibition of the myriad…
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples serves as a vital vault containing diverse collections from the Magna Grecia era, the initial Egyptian collection seen in a contemporary museum, the grand display of the Farnese family’s statue collection featuring Hercules and the commanding Toro group. Finalizing with a spectacular exhibition of the myriad artifacts unearthed from 1738 in the cities of Ercolano, Pompei, Stabia, Oplonti - containing mosaics, day-to-day items, the erotically intriguing secret Cabinet, and frescoes that transport us back to 79 AD, the year Vesuvius wiped out the bordering cities. All of these marvels are housed in the grandiose seventeenth-century palace, situated at the terminus of one of Naples’s most historic central arteries.
Location
Naples National Archaeological Museum
Piazza Museo
On the top of the stairs, at the museum entrance
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(60 Ratings)
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Hugh_b
Sep 28, 2025
A Must - Don’t miss out on this museum. If you visit Pompeii and enjoyed, this is a must. This is a world class museum and our guide Michele brought all the artefacts alive for us. Superb.
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Apbs6265
Sep 25, 2025
A memorable day - At the suggestion of Angelo - our guide in Pompeii - in the second part of the day we visited the Archaeological Museum in Naples.
Since most of the exhibits come from Pompeii, I can say that the entire day was dedicated to Pompeii.
It is incredible what the restorers and archaeologists have done.
Pieces of walls taken with paintings and embedded in the walls of the museum, entire floors with dozens of mosaics, including probably the oldest mosaic that reproduces the effect of space, glasses, glass vases no less than those of our days. I saw a compass, which if it were nickel-plated, I swear it is contemporary to me. Even a sink with a marble foot that imitates a shell.
There are thousands of exhibits from Pompeii and only then will you be able to realize how advanced this city was almost 2000 years ago.
You don't need a guide, all the exhibits are also described in English.
However, I think there should be a dedicated application to be installed on your phone.
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Tourtheworldmexpal
Sep 20, 2025
To complement the visit to Pompeii - If you are planning to visit Pompeii excavation site and or Herculaneum, then the museum is truly a complementary to get the full idea and whole picture with the original artifacts excavated from the original archeological sites.
Not to be missed, by my opinion….. very informative, well organized, and amazingly preserved.
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87clairem
Aug 24, 2025
Superb - Amazing experience at the museum whilst holidaying in Italy, was fantastic to see all the artefacts from Pompeii and herceleum sites, was fascinating to see the pure quality of the pieces. Reasonably priced at €20 per person, audio guides can be purchased although we didn’t and found enough information in the museum, not long wait times.
Lovely cafe on site to get hot food or cold food and you can have waiter service if required. Also a lovely shop where you can purchase souvenirs and history books/ children’s books.
There are 6 floors in total however they were doing maintenance work on level 1 when we visited so didn’t get to see this level, the bottom level which is the eyptian level is really cool the other levels can be quite hot and stuffy.
Backpacks must be left at reception and collected when you’ve finished
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Michelle
Jul 20, 2025
Not to be missed - Fantastic museum with so many pieces from Pompeii and Herculaneum. Definitely don’t miss this museum. Not only the statues and frescos but some many beautiful furniture and decorative items on display. When we visited, the mosaics were not available for viewing.
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Elstonian
May 30, 2025
Do not miss this. It is wonderful. - Having seen Pompeii and Herculaneum, we noticed that many of the best finds had been relocated to this museum. It therefore seemed sensible to visit them. I am so glad that we did, because it is a staggeringly good museum. Unfortunately, the mosaic of Alexander the Great was undergoing restoration and could not be seen and the Farnese cup was also out of bounds. However, what is left is the most wonderful collection of classical art, arms and household goods I have seen anywhere. We did not book and queued for about 5 minutes to buy tickets. There was a locker for coats and bags. Strangely, I could not find a guide book or plan of the museum, which was a real shame as the building is huge, and finding the things you most want to see can be difficult. If you are Naples for any length of time you should really not miss this.
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Leigh-harrington
May 27, 2025
A real must see museum - What an incredible museum.
We visited before we went to Pompei and that was the best way to do it as it helped visualise the city better.
They have an incredible range of artefacts, the ‘secret room’ with all the adult themed items is particularly fascinating.
They do also have an interesting range of times from other sites in the region.
Allow plenty of time, there is so much to see.
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Retengr
Apr 25, 2025
Bring Pompeii to Life - This is a large museum with a major focus on Pompeii and Herculaneum. We have visited both of those sites; we mostly saw the bones in those visits. Here we got a much better feel for the people who were victims of the eruption.
We were very relieved that all of the explanatory cards (which were numerous and very complete) were in English as well as Italian.
We visited all floors. It would have been nice to be given a basic handout showing what was where, but this is only available on-line. It proved to be more trouble than it was worth.
The Egyptian content in the basement was not particularly interesting; more like souvenirs brought home by earlier travelers. Fortunately, the upper floors made the visit very worthwhile.
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E3869lnnathand
Jun 27, 2025
Fantastic storytelling of Ancient Roman and Egyptian life - If you love the ancient world then this is the place for you! Lots of wonderful examples from ancient Egypt to Ancient Rome. So many amphora. The descriptions were excellent and the top floor stolen artefacts exhibition was my favourite part of the museum. Also lots of huge statues. Good fun to walk about for a few hours. Drinks are around €2.50 for a cold soft drink. Toilets were clean on the top floor. Unfortunately some of the areas were out of bounds for renovations but it was fine. Expect renovations to continue into July 2025.
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E5558pwjuliaw
Sep 14, 2025
Amazing museum, shame about the poor service - Amazing museum, poor service at front desk and cafe.
Very busy, huge queue in the sun- just one person at the desk. ...
Cafe - very busy, one person waiting on. Sat and waited for 20 minutes other people were served before us- would have left but nowhere else to watch without leaving the museum
When eventually we tracked a waitress down- slightly rude as very rushed. Half the menu unavailable... panini arrived inedible- salad ok but no dressings provided- another table gave us some. Advice to avoid !
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