Museo archeologico dei Campi Flegrei

The Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields occupies the Aragonese castle at Baia. Its collections bring together material from Cuma, Pozzuoli, Liternum and Baia, including sculpture recovered from submerged ancient buildings.

Why it matters

The museum connects archaeological places scattered across a complex volcanic and coastal landscape. Greek settlement, Italic communities and Roman urban and maritime life become parts of a shared regional history rather than isolated monuments.

What to notice

Finds from Cuma include funerary and votive material, architectural decoration and painted metopes. The Pozzuoli collections represent the city's civic institutions, port and trades. Material from Rione Terra and Liternum broadens that urban picture.

Sculpture recovered from the submerged nymphaeum associated with Emperor Claudius at Punta Epitaffio adds another setting: the luxurious architecture of imperial Baia, parts of which now lie beneath the sea.

Context and history

The museum opened in 1993 and developed through subsequent additions and reorganisation. The castle setting gives ancient objects a much later architectural frame, linking the territory's archaeological history with the fortification that came to dominate the bay.