The National Archaeological Museum in Naples Has a Room Actually Called the “Secret Cabinet”

Returning to Italy, where people adore a good secret room This time it's in Naples, at the National Archaeological Museum, which has a sizable collection of objects from Herculaneum and Pompeii that are unmistakably lewd in nature.

The inhabitants of those historic cities were not above a little R-rated art. However, when more recent digs were conducted, it became clear that Victorian-era inhabitants were a little too humble for such items. Therefore, the Gabinetto Segreto, or Secret Cabinet, was ordered to be the storage location for all the artwork thought to be too obscene.

Gentlemen who wanted to see the secret cabinet had to pay a little extra. The exhibition featured a variety of mosaics and sculptures, all of a sexual character, some of which might even be seen as dubious by contemporary standards.

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Established: 1777

Location: Piazza Museo 19, Naples Italy

Visitors: 500.000 (2017)

Website: https://museo-archeologico.tickets-naples.com