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Naples National Archaeological Museum
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
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Naples National Archaeological Museum
Location Piazza Museo, Naples Italy
Type archaeology

The Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, MANN) is a museum in Naples. The museum has a large display of Roman artifacts from Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum. The display has works made in Greek, Roman and Renaissance times. It is known as the most important Italian archaeological museum.

Building

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Naples Museum, 1895. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection

Charles III of Spain started the museum in the 1750s. The building was used to house soldiers in the 18th century.


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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Nápoles para niños

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