Experts' Choice Award Museo Egizio
What the experts agree on
Housed in a 17th-century palazzo, Museo Egizio holds one of the world's finest Egyptian collections outside Cairo—26,000+ artefacts, including the standout painted sarcophagi of Kha and Merit.
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Opened in 1824 and housed in the austere Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze, this Turin institution houses the most important collection of Egyptian treasures outside Cairo." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The best antiquities collection outside Cairo." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"The Egyptian museum is located in a 17C palace, also the headquarters of the Science Academy." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"Built in the 17C by Guarini, the palace is today the headquarters of the Academy of Science founded in 1757 by mathematician Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange."
Frommer's "The most captivating exhibits are the exquisitely painted wooden sarcophagi and mummies of Kha and Merit, an aristocratic couple whose tomb was discovered in 1906." Full review
Independent "Among the cultural highlights, the Museo Egizio fills a 17th-century palazzo and brims with Egyptian artefacts. If it happens to be your birthday, you avoid the €15 admission fee."
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Independent "The Museo Egizio boasts a staggering 26,000 Egyptian artefacts and counting. Entrance is €15."
Lonely Planet "The blockbuster Museo Egizio is among the world's best when it comes to anthropomorphic coffins, animal mummies and other priceless artifacts from ancient Egypt"
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Lonely Planet "If you want to take in Turin’s headline sights, consider the Turin + Piemonte Card. Available through the tourist office – either online or in person – this provides free and discounted..."
Lonely Planet "Hauntingly beautiful anthropomorphic coffins, animal mummies, glittering funerary masks, foodstuffs buried with kings for their afterlife, manuscripts crafted from wild pyrus plucked from..."
