PRESS RELEASE
Life and Death in Pompeii
and Herculaneum
Live from The British Museum
Tuesday 18 June, 7pm
Tickets £12.50
The Courtyard presents a live streaming of an exhibition from The British Museum in their Studio
Theatre. This type of screening will be a unique first for the people of Herefordshire, and also the
first ever held exhibition on these important cities at The British Museum.
The exhibition is the result of close collaboration with the Archaeological Superintendency of Naples
and Pompeii and will bring together over 250 fascinating objects from both recent discoveries and
celebrated finds from earlier excavations. Many of the objects shown in the live screening have
never been seen outside of Italy. The exhibition will have a unique focus, looking at the Roman
home and the people who live in these ill-fated cities.
The live screening will not only give viewers the feeling of being at the exhibition, but will also
display a taste of the daily life of the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum; from the bustling street
to the family home. Another part of the exhibition explores the lives of powerful individuals from
Roman society; not just classic figures such as emperors, gladiators and legionaries, but
businessmen, powerful women, freed slaves and children.
The exhibition will include casts from in and around Pompeii of some of the victims of the eruption,
as well as recovered carbonized furniture from the family home.
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum will be in the Studio Theatre on Tuesday 18 June at
7pm. Running time will last approximately 80 minutes. For more information on the live streaming
or to book tickets contact the Box Office on 01432 340555 or visit www.courtyard.org.uk
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Notes to editors
For interviews, photos or follow up stories contact Jennifer Booton, Press and Marketing Officer, on
01432 346534. The exhibition is sponsored by Goldman Sachs.