Egyptian Museum of Turin

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The Egyptian Museum of Turin is one of the world’s most important museums dedicated to ancient Egyptian art and archaeology, renowned for its extensive and historically significant collections.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian museum
archaeological museum
art museum
buildingUsed Palazzo dell’Accademia delle Scienze
collectionSize over 30,000 artifacts
collectionType Egyptian archaeology
Egyptology
ancient Egyptian art
continent Europe
country Italy
fieldOfWork Egyptology
archaeology
art history
foundedBy Charles Felix of Sardinia
House of Savoy
governedBy Board of the Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino
hasCollection daily life objects from ancient Egypt
funerary objects
mummies
papyrus manuscripts
royal and private statues
sarcophagi
statues
stelae
hasEducationalProgram guided tours
temporary exhibitions
workshops for schools
hasResearchActivity Egyptological research
archaeological missions in Egypt
hasWebsite https://museoegizio.it
heritageDesignation museum of international importance for Egyptology
inception 1824
languageOfName Italian
locatedIn Piedmont
Turin
Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, Turin
nativeLabel Museo Egizio
nearby Palazzo Carignano
Piazza San Carlo, Turin
notableWork Papyrus of Iuefankh
Statue of Ramesses II
Temple of Ellesyia (reconstructed)
Tomb of Kha and Merit
Turin Erotic Papyrus
Turin Royal Canon (Turin King List)
ownedBy Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino
publicAccess yes
significance one of the most important museums in the world dedicated to ancient Egyptian culture
second most important Egyptian museum in the world after the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Temple of Ellesyia ("Museo Egizio, Turin")
currentMuseum
Turin
knownFor
Egyptian Museum of Turin ("Museo Egizio")
nativeLabel
Egyptian Museum of Turin ("Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino")
ownedBy
Temple of Ellesyia ("Museo Egizio, Turin")
partOfCollection
Temple of Ellesyia ("Museo Egizio")
relocatedTo

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