The
Pompeii Antiquarium
is
no longer open to the public. But it once housed the first
plaster casts made in Pompeii.
Opened in 1861, the
antiquarium was destroyed by Allied air raids in 1943. It was
rebuilt after the war and reopened in 1948. Eventually, it was
closed again, though I have been unable to find the date that it
closed. Although many other Pompeiian treasures were exhibited
here, the plaster casts of the bodies were perhaps the largest
draw.