ATTENZIONE

MAVQr è ottimizzato per essere navigato da dispositivi smartphone e tablet.

Per vedere il contenuto della pagina scansiona il QrCode con il tuo device.

The Burning Cloud

In front of us we have a fog screen, a barrier of vaporized water crossed by lightrays, that reproduces the horrifying burning cloud that destroyed Ercolano.
Passing through this barrier, we will start our journey to the time just before August 24th of 79BC.
The devastating eruption of 79AD began around noon on August 24th, creating a giant cloud of ash, pumice, solid chunks and gases. After few hours it seemed to stop but with the first light of August 25th the violence started again creating a new horrifying eruptive cloud.
The great quantity of vapor released in the atmosphere caused heavy rain that transformed the huge piles of ash that had been deposited along the sides of the volcano into devastating cascades of mud.
This collapse of the eruptive column created burning clouds, composed of gases and solid material with very high temperatures, which reached the sea in less than ten minutes.

Audio guide

Videoguida LIS



Clicca play per la Videoguida con in LIS

The Museum

The MAV is located a few steps from the archaeological excavations of Herculaneum, one of the most visited sites in the world, adjacent to the historic market of Pugliano in Via 4 Novembre 44.

The Mav is easily accessible both by public transport (Circumvesuviana, Autobus, State Railways) and by car (A3 Napoli-Salerno motorway, Ercolano exit).

It is close to other places of interest in the area, including: the Vesuvian Observatory, the Vesuvian Villas of the Golden Mile and the Archaeological Excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii.

Near the hotel there are prestigious hotel complexes, restaurants, pizzerias and everything that can make a pleasant stay in Herculaneum.

- Timetables
From March 1st to May 31st
from Monday to Sunday from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm (last entry)

From 1 June to 30 September
from Monday to Sunday from 10.00 to 18.30 (last entry)

From October 1st to February 28th
from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 to 16.00 (last entry)

Monday closed.

- Rates
MAV Museum and 3D films
€ 10.00 Adult individual ticket
€ 8.00 Under 13 ticket, over 65, students, teachers, artecard.

MAV Museum
€ 6.00 Individual ticket

MAV for families
Visit to the museum + viewing of the film in 3D / multiD
€ 30.00 for 2 adults + 2 children
For each additional child € 7.50

Organized groups (+ 15pp)
€ 8 MAV Museum + 3D Film

Special rates for schools.

- Address
CIVES Foundation - MAV
Via IV Novembre 44 | Herculaneum
Naples - Italy

- Contacts
Email: info@museomav.it
Website: www.museomav.it
Facebook: www.facebook.com/museomav
Twitter: www.twitter.com/MuseoMav
Instagram: www.instagram.com/museomav

Tel. +39 081 7776843
Fax. +39 081-7323941

- How to get

From Naples:

Circumvesuviana: from the Central Station (Piazza Garibaldi) lines for Sorrento and Poggiomarino via Pompei stop Ercolano Scavi

Bus: lines 157 from Naples-Parking Brin and 255 from Naples - Piazza Carlo III

State Railways: Salerno-Naples line, Portici-Ercolano stop

Via Highway: A3 Napoli-Salerno exit Ercolano towards Scavi