Archeological National Museum

The building that houses the museum was completed in the early 17th century. To build the museum, the constructors used a structure that had been erected quite a few years before. It opened in 1615 as the "Royal Palace of studies, the headquarters of the University of Naples. When the university moved elsewhere in 1777, King Ferdinand IV commissioned the architect Ferdinando Fuga to restore and adapt the building to accommodate the Royal Bourbon Museum and Library.