Egyptian Museum of Turin hosts new show from 27 October
Published on 10/18/2026 at 03:29 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
The Egyptian Museum of Turin (Museo delle Antichità Egizie) will open Sguardi contemporanei sull'antico on 27 October 2026 in Turin, Italy. The exhibition is scheduled to run until 11 January 2027, giving visitors a contemporary route through the museum and its Egyptian collections.
Sguardi contemporanei sull'antico starts on 27 October
The museum's official appointments calendar lists Sguardi contemporanei sull'antico as a temporary exhibition from 27 October 2026 to 11 January 2027, with booking required. The exhibition is the principal current event at the museum for visitors planning a Turin trip during this period. The official appointments calendar places the dates alongside the museum's Via Accademia delle Scienze address.
The exhibition connects contemporary art with questions about memory, archives and the way museum collections are presented. Its programme includes the distributed Ultrasky project by BLUENET, where Egyptian blue meets work by eight artists using sculpture, mosaic, glass and 3D printing. A public programme of screenings and talks is also planned around the exhibition's themes.
Contemporary works enter the Egyptian Museum galleries
The exhibition's route reaches named parts of the historic museum. In the Gallery of the Kings, Khalil Rabah's About the Museum places living olive trees inside a display case, linking landscape with the classification of objects. In Room 7, Ali Cherri's Returning the Gaze uses eye prostheses on statues, while Sara Sallam's permanent installation addresses the dispersal of Sekhmet statues among museums around the world.
This relationship between new work and old displays reflects the building's long history. The museum was founded in 1824 in the Collegio dei Nobili, a building designed by Michelangelo Garove from 1679 onwards. It opened to the public in 1832 and still shares the building with the Academy of Sciences. The museum's official history of the building records later alterations by Giuseppe Maria Talucchi and Alessandro Mazzucchetti.
The collections also explain why the exhibition can move between contemporary questions and ancient material. Excavations in Egypt led by Ernesto Schiaparelli and Giulio Farina brought about 30,000 artefacts to Turin between 1903 and 1937. Today, the museum preserves about 40,000 exhibits, with 3,300 objects in its museum rooms and about 12,000 in the Material Culture Galleries.
Why the 2026 exhibition matters for Turin visitors
Sguardi contemporanei sull'antico makes the museum's historic rooms part of the exhibition rather than treating contemporary art as a separate addition. The result is a visit in which the Gallery of the Kings, Room 7 and other collection spaces provide the setting for questions about display, ownership and cultural memory. Further exhibition details are listed by Abbonamento Musei, the regional museum membership network.
Visiting Egyptian Museum of Turin: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- Sguardi contemporanei sull'antico runs from 27 October 2026 to 11 January 2027 at the Egyptian Museum of Turin. Booking is required for the temporary exhibition.
- The venue is the museum at Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, 10123 Turin. The event is an exhibition inside the museum, not a separate city-centre festival.
- The museum is housed in a historic building arranged across four exhibition floors. Visitors should expect a gallery-based route through rooms containing ancient objects and contemporary installations.
- The venue is in central Turin and the official museum address is Via Accademia delle Scienze 6. The museum's calendar identifies Turin as the location.
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Frequently asked questions about Egyptian Museum of Turin
When does Sguardi contemporanei sull'antico take place at the Egyptian Museum of Turin?
The exhibition runs from 27 October 2026 to 11 January 2027. Booking is required.
Where is the Egyptian Museum of Turin and how do you get there?
The museum is at Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, 10123 Turin, Italy. The address is in the central city area.
What is the Egyptian Museum of Turin?
It is a museum devoted entirely to ancient Egyptian culture, founded in 1824 and opened to the public in 1832. Its collection includes about 40,000 exhibits.
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