Museo Egizio di Torino | |
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  Location within Turin | |
Former name | Regio Museo di Antichità ed Egizio |
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| Established | 1824 |
| Location | Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6 Turin, Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°04′05″N 7°41′02″E / 45.068°N 7.684°E |
| Type | Egyptian museum |
| Collections | Egyptian art and artifacts |
| Visitors | 1,061,157 (2023)[1] |
| Founder | Charles Felix of Sardinia |
| Director | Christian Greco |
| Website | www |
The Museo Egizio (Italian pronunciation: [muˈzɛːo eˈd͡ʒit͡sjo]) 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 30,000 artifacts, and is considered the second most important Egyptological collection in the world, after the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.[2][3] In 2019, it received 853,320 visitors, making it one of the most visited museums in Italy.[4]
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- ^ "MUSEI, TOP 30: COLOSSEO, UFFIZI E POMPEI SUPERSTAR NEL 2019 Franceschini: autonomia funziona, andiamo avanti su percorso innovazione". www.beniculturali.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2020.