Accademia Ercolanese
The Accademia Ercolanese, in full Regale Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia, is a learned society established in Herculaneum in 1755 by Bernardo Tanucci under the royal patronage of Charles [III of Spain|Charles VII of Naples] with the primary purpose of studying and preserving the finds from Herculaneum and Pompeii.
It was housed in the Royal [Palace of Portici] and developed the original Herculanense Museum.