MAV - Virtual Archaeological Museum

The exhibit was not very efficient in explaining what happened in Ercolano and Pompeii+not well maintained and very boring.
Movie at the end was somewhat nice

We were disapointed. They are talking about the food taste, smell taste,.. nothing happened..

The app was working for us, the visuals weren't all working. Buy the ticket at Ercolano for discount. Don't expect help from the staff, who's English proficiency is probably the reason. We enjoyed it nevertheless because it visualized what you've just witnessed in full colour.

The museum tells the sorry of Pompeii and Ercelano. It is an interactive museum however the exhibits are not very well maintained with some not working or half working. There is a 3d movie at the end which is nice but not very impressive.
The staff is very friendly and helpful.
It is a good option for an activity on a rainy day.

A good place to visit to complement your tour of the excavation. We really enjoyed seeing 3D rendering of remains of rooms we had visited just an hour before, giving us good ideas on how they actually were 2000 years ago.
Unfortunately, the technology used is already dated. The video projectors are no longer performing well, are misaligned and out of focus. Some exhibitions are no longer working.
With some renovation and modernization, this exhibitions would have huge potential and be 5 stars

I visited the Museo Archeologico Virtuale back in 2019. It's a fantastic concept, providing an interactive experience of what Herculaneum would’ve been like just before and during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Much of the exhibition are video experiences of the buildings showing what they would’ve looked like before the eruption, as well as on some of the archaeological artefacts. The experience ends with an all round cinematic experience of life in Herculaneum

The idea is very good with films that show not only reconstructions from Herculanum, but also from Pompeii. I don't really understand why the watch-like thing one is given is necessary, as it is only used three times. There are additional texts in several places and some texts only in Italian.
Some of the films felt a bit like: see what we can do with a computer.
And please, let somebody translate the English texts again. Some of them were so bad, that they were meaningless.
Go there before you visit the excavation.