THE GULF COAST EXPLOREUM, which had a highly successful exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls last year, has a new exhibition coming on Pompeii:

Pompeii exhibition is coming in January
Sunday, June 25, 2006
By THOMAS B. HARRISON
Arts Editor (Mobile Register)

Mobile has heard the rumblings, but the molten lava really starts flowing in six months, when the Gulf Coast Exploreum opens "A Day in Pompeii."

The multimedia exhibition, replete with artifacts, a virtual tour and an IMAX movie, will be the Exploreum's third major international show in two years.

"The Dead Sea Scrolls" drew 205,000 visitors in 2005, and "Mummy: the inside story" might draw more than 90,000 before it closes July 31.

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