A Day in Pompeii Exhibition: Opens March 2

100 OHIO VALLEY HISTORY A Day in Pompeii Exhibition Opens March 2 O n August 24, 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted for the first time in seventeen hundred years with a force ten times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. For the next two thousand years, the people of Pompeii and all of their treasures, tools, and daily items were lost, preserved by the same volcano that destroyed them. Cincinnati Museum Center’s blockbuster exhibition, A Day in Pompeii brings together more than two hundred fifty artifacts to tell the story of life in Pompeii as it was before time stopped. Thirteen wall-sized frescos, gold coins and jewelry, marble and bronze statuary join body casts of the volcano’s victims, eerily preserved in their final moments. Rarely has an ancient city been found so complete and intact, free from centuries of change and modernization. That makes A Day in Pompeii a must-see. TICKET INFORMATION Individual tickets for A Day in Pompeii are $19.50 for adults and $12.50 for children . Tickets for Cincinnati Museum Center Members are $12.50 for adults and $8.50 for children. Discounts are available for groups of fifteen or more. To complement the exhibition, we recommend picking up an audio tour for $4 ($3 for members). Visit cincymuseum.org or call (513) 287-7021 for more information and to make your reservations. Double Lamp Stand, Bronze, Pompeii. This stand represents three branches with a centaur in the middle. In his right hand is a scythe; his left hand is now empty. The two discs supported by the tree branches would have held lamps, probably also made of bronze. ...