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“Ancient Egypt in Torino” Exhibition

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the British Museum in London and the Louvre Museum in Paris are all renowned for their Egyptian collection but the fact that the Egyptian museum in Turin has a collection that rivals those is not yet widely known. The Egyptian museum in Turin is one of the very few museums in the world that specialize in Egyptian history and the scholar Jean-François Champollion who deciphered the Hieroglyphs is known to have said the words “the roads to Menphis and Thebes go through Turin” exemplifying the fact that all scholars found a trip to Turin necessary in order to study the ancient Egypt. This exhibition will present the Egyptian Museum’s collection for the first time in Japan. 120 items such as sculptures, mummies, colored wooden coffins, steles and accessories have been selected from the collection of more than 30000 items.

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Schedule

Aug 1 (Sat) 2009-Oct 4 (Sun) 2009 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
9:30-17:30
Closes at 20:00 on Fridays.
Closed
Closed on every 1st and 3rd Monday.
Closed during the New Year holidays.
Special exhibitions closed on Mondays. (Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.)
Notice
Fridays in August (August 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th) open until 20:00
FeeAdults ¥1500, University Students ¥1200, High School Students ¥700, 65 and over ¥800
VenueTokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Location8-36 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8712
Access7 minute walk from the Park exit of JR Ueno Station, 10 minute walk from the Ikenohata exit of Keisei Ueno Station on the Keisei Main line, 10 minute walk from exit 7 at Ueno Station on the Ginza and Hibiya lines.
Phone03-3823-6921
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