Turin's Egyptian Museum takes its artifacts and works to Finland and Estonia

Baltic transfer for the Egyptian Museum of Turin, which, as it is wont to do, takes nuclei of its artifacts and works around the world: this time the recipients are Finland andEstonia, where the Egypt of Glory project will be held until March 2021 in the two capitals (at the Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki and the Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn, respectively).

The Helsinki section is a survey of cultural differences in ancient Egypt: on display will be everyday materials, liturgical objects or objects related to the funerary practices of the Egyptians, and various other artifacts that allow us to trace a social and cultural history of the Pharaohs’ reign. There will also be a section devoted to the so-called “Pharaonic Renaissance,” the 1st millennium before Christ. Instead, the Estonian section is dedicated toEgyptian art produced along the Nile Valley.

“Italy,” said the director of the Egyptian Museum, Christian Greco, “has the honor and the burden of guarding a material culture that comes from a great country, Egypt, which has influenced the entire Mediterranean basin for millennia. Therefore, it remains imperative for us to root knowledge of the heritage in the local, national and international community and to succeed in arousing the interest and passion of the public at every latitude.”

“The opening to the public of these two exhibitions,” stresses Evelina Christillin, president of the Egyptian Museum, "is an extremely positive sign: we are truly pleased and proud to be able to continue the path of internationalization and dissemination of Egyptian culture that the Museum has been conducting for years and that sees us for the first time in Finland and Estonia. At the same time, always keeping the health of employees and the safety of the exhibits as priorities, and in tune with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Turin Superintendency, contacts continue with other foreign institutions that host objects from our collection, and in particular the United States, where in December the Queen Nefertari’s Egypt exhibition will open at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas."

Turin's Egyptian Museum takes its artifacts and works to Finland and Estonia

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