Museo Egizio
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ancient Egyptian art and history museum in Turin, Italy
Key facts
- Former name
- Regio Museo di Antichità ed Egizio
- Established
- 1824 ; 202 years ago ( 1824 )
- Location
- Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6, Turin , Italy
- Coordinates
- 45°04′05″N 7°41′02″E / 45.068°N 7.684°E / 45.068; 7.684
- Type
- Egyptian museum
- Collections
- Egyptian art and artifacts
- Visitors
- 1,036,689 (2024)
- Founder
- Charles Felix of Sardinia
- Director
- Christian Greco
- Website
- www .museoegizio .it
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Archive
- Founded
- 1824
- Location
- Turin, Italy
- Also known as
- ME
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.499965.e · ISNI 0000 0001 2293 2667
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Turin
- Area
- 5500
- Founded by
- Charles Felix of Savoy
- Owned by
- Ministry of Culture
- Employees
- 46
- Main subject
- Egyptology
- Official website
- www.museoegizio.it
- Image
- Museo Egizio e Galleria sabauda, Torino.jpg
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- Commons category
- Museo Egizio (Turin)
- inception
- 1824-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Museo Egizio
- native label
- Museo Egizio
- date of official opening
- 1824-00-00
- phone number
- +39-011-561-7776
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- fax number
- +39-011-562-3157
- postal code
- 10123
- director / manager
- Christian Greco
- street address
- Via Accademia Delle Scienze 6, 10123 Torino
- has facility
- cloakroom
- Commons Institution page
- Museo Egizio (Turin)
- social media followers
- 33669
- terms of service URL
- collezioni.museoegizio.it/eMuseumPlus
- uses
- digital library
- Wi-Fi access
- no
- number of volunteers
- 110
- collection or exhibition size
- 3500
- visitors per year
- 510952
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Encyclopedic overview
The Museo Egizio ( Italian pronunciation: [muˈzɛːo eˈdʒittsjo]) 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. In 2024, it received 1,036,689 visitors, making it one of the most visited museums in Italy.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Museo Egizio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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