Early account of making plaster casts

Learn about the plaster casts of Pompeii by clicking on the links. 

how and why they were created

Where to find them at Pompeii

in the antiquarium

in the Stabian thermal baths

in the macellum

Background reading about Pompeii

Younger Pliny's letters about the eruption

Gautier's Arria Marcella, a short story about the ruins of Pompeii

An early account of making plaster casts

Charles Dickens describes Pompeii

Mark Twain describes Pompeii

visiting Pompeii 

visiting Herculaneum

visiting Mt. Vesuvius

touring exhibitions

books and periodicals

websites