The venue: National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Public domainParthenope. The Siren and the City
National Archaeological Museum of Naples · 
Naples, Italy · 3 Apr to 21 Sep 2026
This exhibition has closed
It closed on 21 September 2026. The page stays because an exhibition history is evidence: where a work was shown, and when, is part of its provenance and this archive cites it.
More than 250 objects from over 40 institutions, dated from the 8th century BC to the present, trace the myth of the siren Parthenope and her link to Naples, from the early Greek settlement on Pizzofalcone to a work made in the museum entrance. Extended to 31 August 2026.
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Shown: National Archaeological Museum of Naples - not the exhibitionChanges we have recorded
- 4 Sep 2026 Closing date moved from 2026-09-21 to 2026-08-31, per the source we read.
- 4 Sep 2026 Restored to 2026-09-21: the 08-31 reading came from a stray duplicate slug (parthenope-siren-city-2026) reintroduced by an unscoped merge; removed as a duplicate and this record's real, already-confirmed extension put back.
- 5 Sep 2026 Closing date moved from 2026-09-21 to 2026-08-31, per the source we read.
- 5 Sep 2026 Regression: an accidental unscoped merge (this session, running merge_exhibitions.py --help without --only) replayed the stale un-archived incoming_exhibitions/2026-08-18-batch-italy.json, resetting end_date to 2026-08-31 and letting the lifecycle pass close it. Re-confirmed directly against the museum page (3 April - 31 August, extended to 21 September 2026) and restored to end_date 2026-09-21, status current. This is the second time this exact slug has regressed this way (see 2026-09-04 entry); 2026-08-18-batch-italy.json archived to incoming_exhibitions/_merged/ to stop a third.