The new Gallery of the Kings at Turin Egyptian Museum

Photo : © Marco Cappelletti for OMA and Andrea Tabocchini Architecture

The Egyptian Museum in Turin has reopened to the public the Gallery of the Kings, the first space of the renovation designed by OMA in collaboration with Andrea Tabocchini Architecture to celebrate the bicentenary of the Museum. The gallery’s new design is defined by a gradual transition from darkness to light, through a dark entryway to two luminous openings that frame the two bright main halls. The original seventeenth-century architecture is fully revealed, the statues can be bathed in daylight, subtly reflective aluminum walls display historical information about the statues, while lending an ethereal quality to the gallery space.

The Gallery of the Kings is a part of Museo Egizio 2024, a design that transforms the museum into a central civic space in Turin through a series of public urban rooms. The full renovation of the museum is scheduled for 2025.

For more information: Museo Egizio, OMA

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