After five record-breaking evenings (4,852 tickets sold, already exceeding the record for the entire 2025 season), the festival will stop for the summer, to return with a special evening on Saturday 26 September on the occasion of the European Heritage Days. Herculaneum Archaeological Park · Friday, August 7 (8:00 PM–12:00 AM) · Last appointment before…
2026 Edition · Love and War: Between Myth, Poetry, and Philosophy Archaeological Park of Herculaneum · 10, 11 and 12 September 2026 · 8.00 pm “Gli Ozi di Ercole” (The Leisures of Hercules) returns to the Herculaneum Archaeological Park, a summer series of lectures, theatrical readings, and concerts that for three evenings transforms the Ancient…
Friday 31st July new appointment with “Fridays in Ercolano”, Sunday 2nd August free entrance to the Archaeological Park with #domenicalmuseo Herculaneum Archaeological Park · Friday, July 31 (8:00 PM–12:00 AM) · Sunday, August 2 (free admission) Summer evenings in Ercolano continue to light up with light, music, and ancient lyrics. The “I Venerdì di Ercolano”…
Extraordinary finds from the deposits of the Herculaneum Archaeological Park, rarely exhibited to the public, reveal the daily life of the ancient city, preserved from the eruption of 79 AD, including bread baked two thousand years ago and charred by the eruption of Vesuvius, along with food, organic remains, tableware, furniture, and everyday utensils. From…
Tickets available online, two viewings per evening. Summer evenings in Herculaneum continue to come alive with light, music, and ancient words. The “I Venerdì di Ercolano” (Herculaneum Fridays) series—now in its ninth edition—continues to enjoy growing success and is garnering a particularly warm reception from the public this year. The next event is set for…
From Wednesday 15 July the public will be able to visit the Martusciello Gallery again, getting closer to the arches with the remains of the skeletons and to the ancient coastline of the excavations. Starting Wednesday, July 15, 2026, the Martusciello Gallery will reopen to the public, offering visitors a new way to reach the…
The Herculaneum Archaeological Park opens its doors at night: theater, dance, and live music in the evocative setting of one of the world’s most beloved UNESCO sites. Tickets available online, two viewings per evening. Summer evenings in Ercolano continue to light up with light, music, and ancient lyrics. The successful “I Venerdì di Ercolano” (Fridays…
From July 9, one of the most evocative domus in the Archaeological Park can be visited again, returned to the city thanks to a complex restoration project There is a house, in Herculaneum, that for almost thirty years has kept its secrets in silence, closed to the eyes of visitors but alive in the memory…
The ninth edition of the festival dedicated to the theme “Love and War” is underway, featuring theater, dance, and live music amidst the illuminated ruins of the ancient city. “I Venerdì di Ercolano” (Herculaneum Fridays) kicks off on Friday, July 3, 2026. Now in its ninth edition, this series of theater, dance, live music, and…
Special evening openings featuring theater, dance, music, and archaeology: tickets are available for purchase from today. Herculaneum Fridays are back: the special evening openings, for their ninth edition, dedicated to the theme of Love and War, transforming the Herculaneum Archaeological Park into an open-air stage amidst the ruins of the ancient city, a UNESCO World…
