Museo Egizio
Turin · founded 1824
The Museo Egizio or Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum in Turin, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 40,000 artifacts, which is considered the second most important Egyptological collection in the world after the one at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Founded in 1824 by King Charles Felix, it is the world's oldest museum dedicated entirely to ancient Egyptian culture.
- Works in the Museo Egizio collection
- 4,000+Works in the Museo Egizio collection
- Visitors a year
- 1MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1824Founded
What to see
The so-called “Turin King List”, with a list of kings written on the verso and an administrative text on the recto
129 BC.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The so-called “Goldmine Papyrus” with a map of the Wadi Hammamat on the recto and several texts (letters, administrative, and literary) on the verso
115 BC.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The so-called “Turin Satirical-Erotic Papyrus”
119 BC.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Temple of Ellesyia
200 BC.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Judicial Papyrus of Turin
119 BC.
At the museum · Photo by Khruner, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bembine Tablet
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At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.museoegizio.it before you travel.
Getting there
Via Accademia delle Scienze 6.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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