Museum · Centro
Museo Egizio
Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, Turin 10123
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The world's oldest museum devoted to ancient Egypt, opened in 1824 in the Collegio dei Nobili palace near Piazza Castello. Besides its permanent collections it puts on temporary shows that pair archaeology with contemporary art, and Sunday-morning concerts in the Gallery of Kings.
Permanent exhibitions
- Galleria dei Re: statue monumentali di faraoni e divinità
- Corredo funerario della tomba di Kha e Merit
- Papiri, sarcofagi e mummie dalle collezioni Drovetti e Schiaparelli
- Tempio rupestre di Ellesiya
