An exhibition tracing how the Grand Tour shaped taste, art collecting, and the modern museum

The "buchette" that sold wine without human contact even played a role in social distancing during the plague of 1629 to 1631

New exhibition traces the ancient city from the 79 AD eruption to excavations honoring victims and revealing daily Roman life

Some ninety works-paintings, sculptures, cameos, and objects decorated with semi-precious stones have returrned home for the first time.