The Foundation "Fondazione Museo delle Antichitą Egizie di Torino"


The Egyptian Museum in Turin is the second most important one after that of the Cairo Museum. Its collections are of extraordinarily value, ranging from the celebrated statue in black granite of Ramses II to the intact tomb of the architect named Kha.

Ministero per i Beni e le Attivitą Culturali Logo The Foundation intends to abide by the standards established by ICOM (International Council of Museums) and those set by the Ministry of Culture in the decree of 10.05.2001.
The definition of a Museum according to ICOM is as follows:

A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment. (...) (ICOM Statutes art.2 para.1)

The Foundation has its seat in the palace of the Academy of Sciences which has housed the Museum since its inception (1824).

Initiatives

The Foundation is in the midst of several initiatives among which are:

•    improvement of the gallery installations
•    a temporary re-installation of the Statuary Galleries executed by Dante Ferretti
•    a ‘green route’ curated by the garden architect Paolo Peyrone
•    introduction of new improved services for visitors
•    re-mounting of the objects
•    provision of new published guides to the Museum in two languages
•    bi-lingual labelling
•    promotion and marketing of the Museum