Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum

In Spring 2013 the British Museum will present a major exhibition on the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, sponsored by Goldman Sachs. 

This exhibition will be the first ever held on the cities at the British Museum and the first such major exhibition in London for almost 40 years. 

It will bring together more than 250 objects, both recent discoveries and celebrated finds from earlier excavations. Many of these items have never before been seen outside Italy.

The exhibition will have a unique focus, looking at the Roman home and the people who lived in the cities.

Pompeii and Herculaneum, two cities on the Bay of Naples in southern Italy, were buried by a catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in just 24 hours in AD 79.

Work continues at both sites and recent excavations at Herculaneum have uncovered beautiful and fascinating artefacts.

These include treasures many of which will be displayed to the public for the first time, such as finely sculpted marble reliefs, intricately carved ivory panels and fascinating objects found in one of the main drains of the city.

The exhibition will give visitors a taste of the daily life of the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum
28 March – 29 September 2013
Reading Room