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THE MUSEUMS DIPLOMACY: FROM HIEROGLYPHS TO NEW MUSEUM LANGUAGES AND JOINT RESEARCH

  • Data evento: Dal 25 Maggio 2016, 19:00 Al 24 Giugno 2016, 21:00 (Ora locale)
  • Dove: Embassy of Italy
  • A pagamento: No
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Institute of Culture in Washington DC invite you to The Museums Diplomacy – From hieroglyphs to new museum languages and joint research – a conversation with Christian Greco, Director of the Museo Egizio in Turin.
 

ON VIEW – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY UNTIL JUNE 24TH

(Monday to Friday from 10am-12noon/2pm-4pm)

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How can we work together to protect and re-discover cultural heritage of the past and to make it relevant for our present cultural identity? One possible answer comes from the experience of the Museo Egizio in Turin, the museum which houses the world’s largest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside of Cairo. Created in 1824 by King Charles Felix, the Museum underwent a three and half years renovation, which was completed in 2015 and turned it into a model of international excellence. Beyond new layouts, exhibition spaces and displays, a number of programs and international exchanges were launched that involved not only researchers but also the Egyptian community of Turin, to promote awareness and mutual understanding.
The young Director of the Museum, Christian Greco, will lead us in an inspiring journey though the philosophy and new techniques that gave a new life to the Museum.
On this occasion, the photo exhibition “1906 – 2016, the discovery of the Tomb of Kha” will be inaugurated. The exhibition consists of a selection of rare photographs of the archaeologist Ernesto Schiaparelli, a famous Italian archeologist, predecessor of Christian Greco, who took over the direction of the museum in 1894.
This event is part of the “Protecting our Heritage” initiative, a program supported by UNESCO and organized by the Washington Network of the European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC), under the 2016 Italian presidency, in order to raise awareness on the need to act against the growing threats posed to cultural heritage by wars, international terrorism, criminal organizations, climate challenges – or more simply, by neglect.

ADDRESS 
Embassy of Italy – Auditorium 
3000 Whitehaven Street NW 
Washington, DC 20008

 

 

 

About Christian Greco: 

Christian Greco was born in 1975 and he is an Egyptologist. 

He was a Lecturer in Egyptian funerary archaeology and archeology of Nubia and the Sudan at the University of Leiden, the main center of Egyptology in the Netherlands. 
Dr. Greco is a very specialized scholar, authoring many publications in various European languages (Italian, French, English, Dutch and Spanish). Moreover, he also has high technical and scientific competences and management skills, developed at the Foundation of the Museum of Antiquities in Leiden as curator of the Egyptian collection (since 2009). 
He has curated many exhibitions and installations also in Japan, Finland and Spain, and developed important international collaborations, both as a member of research groups and with other museums, including Vatican Museums and Louvre. 
Dr. Greco has been a member of the American epigraphic mission in Luxor, and co-director of the Dutch archaeological mission at Saqqara for several years. 
Since February 2014 he is Director of the Museo Egizio (Turin). 
Since June 17th, 2014 is a member of the Technical and Scientific Committee for Archaeological Heritage of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (MiBACT). 

 
About Ernesto Schiaparelli: 
  
Ernesto Schiaparelli was born in 1856 in Piedmont and his father Luigi was a Professor of Ancient History at the University of Turin. 
Graduated in Letters, he then perfected his studies in Paris at the Ecole pratique des hautes études, under the guidance of the great Egyptologist Gaston Maspero. 
  
In 1894, after the death of Ariodante Fabretti, Ernesto Schiaparelli took over the direction of the Turin Egyptian museum. Upon his arrival, he realized that the museum was outdated, crystallized, as it were, in the early 19th century, and in need of new objects in order to bridge the many gaps in its presentation of Egyptian antiquity. 
The House of Savoy came to his aid with annual funds privately assigned by Victor Emmanuel III, there by guaranteeing Schiaparelli the financing he needed in order to undertake a series of archaeological campaigns in Egypt. Further funding was later granted by the Ministry of Public Education. 
This heralded the birth of the M.A.I. (Italian Archeological Mission) which, between 1903 and 1920, carried out twelve excavation campaigns in ten different locations, whence artifacts of extraordinary beauty and value were brought to Turin. 
Along with his tireless work, divided between the museum and his explorations in Egypt, for his entire life 
Schiaparelli also engaged in little-known philanthropic activities. In recognition of his major humanitarian and scholarly achievements, on September 18, 1924, Ernesto Schiaparelli was nominated a Senator of the Kingdom, but by then Egypt was far away. 
He was comforted by the sight of the new rooms showcasing his discoveries and the memory of his many collaborators who had passed away. 

He died in Turin in 1928. 

  • Organizzato da: Istituto
  • In collaborazione con: Museo Egizio di Torino