Pompeii

Pompeii offers the visitor a sensory journey through one of the ancient and contemporary world’s most famous cities.The exhibition combines evocative soundscapes, large-scale digital projections and over 90 remarkable artefacts that reveal the wonder and tragedy of Pompeii in a new way.

The exhibition’s multi-sensory approach invites the visitor to wander, look, listen and move through time and space at their own pace. It is designed to simulate an experience of life in Pompeii moments before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and of contemporary archaeology in action as discoveries are made on present day excavation sites .Approximately every 15 minutes, a high-definition panorama of Mount Vesuvius recreates the moment when the city of Pompeii was changed forever.

Pompeii includes over 90 exquisite objects from the from Archaeological Park of Pompeii in Italy. These carefully chosen artefacts have been arranged to reveal why the story of Pompeii has captivated hearts, minds and imaginations around the world and across generations.

The exhibition website includes imagesof and short texts about some of the objects.

Nicola Jennings