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On Monday May 18th,  as part of the ISA 2026 program, participants will have the opportunity to visit the Museo Egizio with insights into the collection. In the galleries, curators will engage visitors with in-depth reflections on current research, recent archaeological discoveries and the freshly reimagined displays.

Museo Egizio is a baroque building in the centre of Turin that houses the oldest Egyptian Museum in the world. Founded in 1824, it holds a collection of more than 40,000 artefacts, of which 3,300 are on display, and another 11,000 are accessible in open storage in the Material Culture Galleries.
The extraordinary selection of statues, papyri, coffins, and objects from daily life offers the public
a journey back in time covering more than 4,000 years of history, archaeology, and art. In 2015, the Museo Egizio doubled in size and redesigned its visitor itinerary, which was later further enhanced and today encompasses 5 floors and 15 rooms.

In 2024, to mark the Museum's bicentenary, the new permanent exhibition Materia. Forma del tempo (“Materials. The Shape of Time”) opened: it concerns a journey into the origins of materials and craftsmanship in ancient Egypt, along with the refurbishment of the Gallery of Kings, in collaboration with the architecture firm OMA. The Gallery aims to restore the statues’ original context, allowing visitors to feel as though they are entering an ancient temple.
The Museum also houses the Rock-cut Chapel of Ellesiya, which was donated in 1966 by the Egyptian government in recognition of the Museum’s role in studying and safeguarding Egypt’s heritage during the construction of the Aswan Dam.

The Museo Egizio continues to undergo significant architectural and exhibition renovations, with the aim of being even more welcoming, engaging, and accessible to all.