Naples, the capital of the Campania region, and the third most populated city of Italy was named after Neapolis. Naples has one of the biggest historical centres in the world which has also been deemed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Among the various tourist attractions in Naples is the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, which happens to be the biggest Rroman architectural museum in the World, even bigger than the National Museum of Rome.

Located in Piazza Museo, the National Archaeological Museum houses in a lovely pink building which stands in a corner of what was once the wall of the Greek city of Neapolis. Over a span of years, the museum received collections of antiquities from all over Italy, both from private collectors and from various excavations.

The museum takes pride in its extensive collection of Greek and Roman artifacts, the principal among which are the Farnese Collection of engraved gems and the Farnese Marble sculptures. The museum also displays well-preserved delightful mosaics and beautiful frescoes. Naples Archeological Museum houses wall paintings and different objects removed from Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other excavation sites in the area. In addition, you can admire the Farnese collection of Roman sculptures (including the famous sculptures of the Caracala Baths). Also the tourists will find a collection of erotic Roman art which is referred to as The Secret Cabinet. The cabinet holds sexually explicit frescoes, household and other items that were excavated from Pompeii.

The museum can be visited daily from 9 am to 7 pm, although for those visitors who are already in the building, the museum stays open until 8 pm. It is closed Tuesdays and is not open on Christmas Day, December 25. There is also an audio guide available talking about the statue collection on the first floor, however most of the amazing artifacts such as original Roman murals of mostly Greek mythologies are not covered. All descriptions of the exhibits are in English and in Italian.