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A Day in Pompeii gives you an extraordinary insight into the daily life of this ancient city, preserved by the volcanic debris that devastated it. There are more than 250 objects, and body casts of people and animals trapped by ash on that last fateful day.
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Find out more about what you'll see in A Day in Pompeii.
View a selection of remarkable objects from A Day in Pompeii.
Fly through the House of the Vine, a Roman house reconstructed in 3D.
Face Mount Vesuvius as it erupts in full 3D, only at Te Papa!
Get a feel of what being inside the exhibition is like.