The Herculaneum Archaeological Park scheduled a press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday 5 November 2026 in the Antiquarium education room to present the reopening of the Casa dell’Atrio a Mosaico and Casa a Graticcio.
According to the Park, the date followed a postponement from 21 October 2026 because of forecast adverse weather.
The two houses reopened to the public after decades of closure and entered the visitor route, according to the Park and the Direzione generale Musei.
The reopenings form a new phase of the Progetto Domus, a conservation and restoration programme covering six important domus.
Earlier phases brought the reopening of the Casa del Colonnato Tuscanico and Casa del Sacello di Legno in March 2025, followed by the Casa del Mobilio Carbonizzato in July 2026.
The project is a collaboration between the Park and the Packard Humanities Institute through the Packard Institute for Cultural Heritage. It is funded with 5 million euros from the “Vesuvius–Pompeii–Naples” Institutional Development Contract, FSC 2014–2020.
The Casa dell’Atrio a Mosaico is a large, richly decorated residence with a prominent mosaic atrium. The Casa a Graticcio preserves domestic furnishings and gives access to a first-floor level overlooking Cardo IV.
The Park presents the reopening as part of continuing conservation, maintenance and monitoring rather than the end of the restoration programme.
