Claudia is off to Pompeii. Lego Pompeii. About a thirty-minute walk from my home – I’ve done the walk more than a few times – is Sydney University. And in the Main Quad of Sydney University is the Nicholson Museum. And in the Nicholson Museum is a Lego model of Pompeii.
Here are some details on the Nicholson Museum from their website.
The Nicholson Museum is Australia's oldest University museum and home to the largest collection of antiquities in the Southern Hemisphere. Our gallery is located in the historic Main Quadrangle at the University of Sydney and open to the general public. Admission is free.
The museum was founded in 1860 following the donation by Sir Charles Nicholson (Sydney University’s second chancellor 1854-1862), of his private collection of antiquities and curiosities. Since that time the museum has been overseen by eight different curators, all with different expertise and vision for the development of its collections. As a result the museum has grown in size and scope, today comprising nearly 30,000 artefacts of artistic and archaeological significance from Egypt, Greece, Italy, Cyprus and the Near East. From the intriguing to the macabre, the Nicholson Museum provides insight into the minds of the archaeologists, collectors and curators who have contributed to making our museum a unique Australian cultural institution.
‘I have in mind,’ Claudia said to her amica, ‘to make a journey today to the city of Pompeii. I very much want to explore the ancient monuments of the city.’