Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

This came up some time last year and I thought it would be good for the mother type person and me to go see.

So we did!

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Statue of Apollo

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Statuette of Venus

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Carbonised bread

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Situla (storage vessel) encrusted in lapilli (dried lava stones)

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Statuette of Minerva

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Nymphaeum

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Alabaster hydria (water jar)

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Casts of people and a dog formed by the pyroclastic ash.  The bodies decomposed leaving an empty shell in the solidified ash.

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Garden scene fresco

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Fresco of Pegasus, Bellerephon and Athena

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Herms (carved pillars) featuring Bacchus as an old and young man

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Gold necklace

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Every fifteen minutes Vesuvius erupts.  The big screen at the end of the room and the screens along the sides of the room all show the event

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

Pumice stones raining down

Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia

So yeah it was a pretty good exhibition.  Tony and Jo went the other week and said it was crazy busy so I was expecting it to be bad, but it actually wasn't too bad.  It wasn't nearly as bad as the Pharaohs exhibition in Sydney.  Kellie said the Egypt one in Canberra was also a lot better than the Sydney one.  Maybe they just don't oversell the tickets in Canberra, but also you didn't have the nonsense of audio tours where people would just stop in front of stuff and not MOVE.  Hurray for Canberra! heh