ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, Introduction

Hi, I'm Debbie, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll accompany you through the Museum of Antiquities, which is one of the most intriguing places in Turin.

Even if it might make you laugh, the Museum of Antiquities is fairly new! It was formed just 80 years ago, when the findings that are now collected in this museum were permanently separated from those which remain in the Egyptian Museum's collections.

You should in fact know that initially, all the antiquities coming from any part of the world were included in the Savoy art collections, which were put together beginning in the 1500s by Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and then added to, especially by Charles Emmanuel I in the 1800s. Indeed, in the 19th century all the antiquities were transferred to the Academy of Sciences' Palace, although the restricted amount of space left room for only the finest pieces, while the others were stored in adjacent rooms that were only available to scholars....