Turin · since 1824
The oldest museum in the world devoted entirely to Egyptian culture, as the Museum itself describes: around 40,000 objects, open every day at via Accademia delle Scienze. The ticket costs €18 and is bought online only, for a time slot. Here you will find the rates, free entries and guided tours compared.
Tickets and experiences hand-picked by our editors.
Tours and experiences
In the centre, the 2-hour guided tour with ticket included. On the sides, the small group of up to nine people and the group tour in Italian. Each listing opens the full page.
Maximum 9 people
★ 4.82 hoursFree cancellationA group of up to nine people, all in the same language, with an expert guide and entry ticket. Departure from Piazza Carignano.
Most popular
★ 4.72 hoursFree cancellationTwo hours in the Museum with a guide, entry ticket already included in the price. Meet in front of the entrance 15 minutes before; those who arrive late do not enter.
In Italian
★ 4.72 hours 30 minutesFree cancellationTwo hours and a half with a guide who speaks Italian, with radio headsets to hear without raising your voice. The entry ticket is included.
Local guide
★ 4.82 hoursFree cancellation
Top rated
★ 4.92-3.5 hoursFree cancellation
Cheapest
★ 4.42 hoursFree cancellation
For families
★ 4.32 hoursFree cancellation
Museum and city
★ 4.93 hoursFree cancellation
Private
★ 4.72 hoursFree cancellation
After the Museum
★ 4.31-2 daysFree cancellationCompare
Three questions are enough. Do you want a guide or do you prefer to go alone with the audio guide? A group, a small group or just you? And in which language?
| Tour | Departure | Included | Ideal for | Duration | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided tour of the Museo Egizio | Museum entrance, via Accademia delle Scienze 6 | Ticket, guide | The first visit, with a guide and the ticket already included in the price | 2 hours | $66 | Book now |
| Museo Egizio in a small group | Piazza Carignano | Ticket, guide, earphones | Those who want a small group, all in the same language | 2 hours | $89 | Book now |
| Group tour in Italian | Piazza Carignano | Ticket, guide, radio headsets | Those who want explanations in Italian | 2 hours 30 minutes | $54 | Book now |
| Guided tour with a local guide | Street entrance of the Museum | Ticket, licensed guide | Ramses II and the tomb of Kha and Merit with a licensed local guide | 2 hours | $77 | Book now |
| Museo Egizio with a licensed tour guide | Piazza Carignano 6 | Ticket, licensed guide | Two hours with a licensed guide, from the Galleria dei Re to the tomb of Kha | 2-3.5 hours | $101 | Book now |
| Ticket with audio guide on your smartphone | Museo Egizio | Ticket, audio guide | Entry with reserved time slot and an audio guide on your phone | 2 hours | $22 | Book now |
| Tour for children and families | Piazza Carignano | Ticket, guide, crown | Egyptian clothes to wear and a crown for children, from age 8 | 2 hours | $44 | Book now |
| Museo Egizio and Turin city centre tour | Museum entrance | Tickets, guide, city tour | The Museum in a small group, then a walk in the centre | 3 hours | $163 | Book now |
| Private tour of the Museo Egizio | Piazza Carignano | Ticket, private guide | Only your group and the guide, at the time you choose | 2 hours | $174 | Book now |
| Museum of Cinema and tourist bus | Mole Antonelliana | Museum of Cinema, bus | The Museo Nazionale del Cinema and the hop-on hop-off bus | 1-2 days | $43 | Book now |
Tour prices are those of GetYourGuide in dollars; the Museum's are in euros. The guided tours are run by tour operators, not the Museum. All can be cancelled free of charge: up to 24 hours before, up to 2 days before for the private tour.
Before booking
The Museo Egizio does not sell tickets at the ticket desk. Tickets are bought only on the official website, including free tickets, and each has a time slot: you enter within 15 minutes of the chosen time, not before. The Museum's ticket is non-refundable.
The guided tours on GetYourGuide include the entry ticket: the operator books the entry for the group and cancellation is free according to each listing's conditions.
The collection's objects according to the Museum; around 3,300 are on display in the rooms and around 12,000 in the Gallerie della Cultura Materiale.
Yes, always: the ticket is bought online only, for a time slot.
Full price €18, reduced €15, Student €3, Junior €1, Family Ticket €36 for 2 adults and 2 minors.
Up to age 5, those celebrating their birthday that day, Abbonamento Musei, Torino+Piemonte Card and other categories.
The Museum's ticket cannot. The GetYourGuide tours can, within the times indicated by each listing.
The visit
Four floors of rooms, in chronological order, in a 17th-century building shared with the Accademia delle Scienze.
The ticket is bought online on the Museum's website, for a time slot. Or a guided tour with ticket included.
Online onlyBag check before the ticket desk. The cloakroom is suspended: no suitcases or large backpacks.
Within 15 minutesStart on the second floor with the predynastic era, then first and third floors; on the ground floor the Galleria dei Re.
About 2 hoursThe MuseumShop is right after the entrance and can be visited without a ticket. Around it is the centre of Turin.
Via Accademia delle ScienzePlan your visit
The official 2026 rates and hours, who enters for free and the Museum's guided tours: one card each.
Where is it
Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, 10123 Turin
From Porta Nuova station you can walk in 10-15 minutes, via via Roma or via Lagrange, which becomes via Accademia delle Scienze. From Porta Susa it takes 20-25 minutes on foot. In the centre the ZTL is active from Monday to Friday from 7:30 to 10:30.
Around the visit
Bags, children, accessibility and visit rules.
Reviews
★★★★★A great way to see this museum. Our guide, Nasser, was fantastic: very knowledgeable and excellent at communicating.
★★★★★Flawless organisation, punctual and precise guide, expert in Egyptology. A scholar of hieroglyphs, he explained and illustrated the objects, even deciphering the inscriptions. Highly recommended.
★★★★★Giulia, our guide... literally took us back 4,000 years. Engaging and very knowledgeable, she patiently answered all our questions. Really excellent. Highly recommended.
★★★★★Francesca was full of energy and very knowledgeable! A wonderful experience, in a small and pleasant group.
★★★★★I really liked the explanations from our guide, Carla. She made us appreciate the wonders of Egypt in a simple but highly professional way.
★★★★★A very knowledgeable guide, and the 2 hours were not tiring at all: they flew by.
★★★★★A wonderful experience, an excellent guide! Recommended tour!
★★★★★Our guide was excellent and knew Egyptian history very well. It was really worth choosing a private guide.
★★★★★The tour of the city and the Museo Egizio was exciting! The guide, Dr. Mirella, was superb: encyclopaedic knowledge, clear, open and patient with tourists, available.
After the Museum
The royal apartments, the Armeria Reale and the Musei Reali with an audio guide, at your own pace.
The ticket for Palazzo Reale, the Armeria Reale and the Musei Reali complex in Piazza Castello, with an audio guide in multiple languages. No live guide: go directly to the entrance at the booked time.
Free cancellationPiazza CastelloAudio guideArmeria Reale
The guide
The Museo Egizio was founded in 1824, when King Carlo Felice bought Bernardino Drovetti's collection. In 1832 it was already open to the public, in the same building where it is today.
The headquarters is the "Collegio dei Nobili", built to a design by Michelangelo Garove from 1679 and still shared today with the Accademia delle Scienze. Between 1903 and 1937, the excavations of Ernesto Schiaparelli and then Giulio Farina in Egypt brought around 30,000 objects to Turin. In 2006, for the Winter Olympics, set designer Dante Ferretti redesigned the statuary; in 2015 the Museum reopened after a complete renovation. Today the collection has around 40,000 objects on 12,000 square metres of exhibition space.
On the ground floor the Galleria dei Re houses the large statues, and next to it is the rock-cut chapel of Ellesiya, donated by Egypt to Italy for its help in saving the Nubian temples: cut into 66 blocks, it was inaugurated in Turin on 4 September 1970. In room 7 there is the funerary goods of Kha and Merit, re-installed on 4 December 2025. "Materia. Forma del tempo", since 2024, tells the story of woods, pigments, almost 5,000 vases and stone objects. The full itinerary is in the guide to what to see.
On 20 November 2026 the Museum will open a new immersive room in the underground level, a journey through the landscapes of the Nile. The pyramidion with Kha's name, on loan from the Louvre, remains on display until February 2027. In 2025 the Museum exceeded 1.2 million entries. All the news in the article on the new Museo Egizio.
The Museum organises visits with its Egyptologists, in Italian online and in other languages by phone or email. On GetYourGuide, the guided tours by tour operators include the ticket and can be cancelled for free. The comparison is in the guide to guided tours.
Guides
In-depth guides to the questions everyone asks before going. All guides.
Tickets and prices2026 rates, who pays what, online purchase and tours with ticket included.
Hours and booking2026 hours, evening openings, the 15-minute rule and the duration of the visit.
Free entry and reductionsWho does not pay, who pays less and how to book the free ticket.What to seeThe route floor by floor, the main stops and what is closed in 2026.
Guided toursThe Museum's tours and the GetYourGuide tours: prices, duration, languages, groups.
How to get thereOn foot from the stations, buses and trams, parking, ZTL and what to bring.From the blog
The new Museum, the free entries of 2026 and a day in Turin. All articles.
FAQ
Direct answers to the most frequent questions about the Museo Egizio.
L'full price is €18. The reduced price is €15 (over 70s and journalists registered with the Order), the Student reduced is €3 (ages 15 to 18 and university students), the Junior reduced is €1 (ages 6 to 14) and the Family Ticket is €36 for 2 adults and 2 children. Under 6s enter for free. All rates in the guide to tickets.
Yes. The Museum sells tickets online only, including free ones, and tickets are not sold at the desk. Each ticket has a time slot: you enter within 15 minutes of the chosen time, not before, and a delay may cost you entry. Details in the guide to opening hours and booking.
The ticket bought from the Museum is non-refundable, as the Museum itself states. The guided tours on GetYourGuide have free cancellation: up to 24 hours before, or up to 2 days before for the private tour. Each listing indicates its own conditions.
The Museum is open every day: Monday from 9:00 to 14:00, Tuesday to Friday and Sunday from 9:00 to 18:30, Saturday from 9:00 to 20:00. Last entry is one hour before closing. On Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October 2026 it opens from 9:00 to 22:00.
Free entry for children up to 5 years old, people with disabilities and one companion, those with Abbonamento Musei or Torino+Piemonte Card, ICOM members, Museum Members and anyone on their birthday, with an ID document. Even the free ticket must be booked online. The first Sunday of the month is not among the free entries indicated by the Museum. Everything in the guide to free entry and reductions.
According to the Museum, a visit lasts about 2 hours; the ticket website indicates about two and a half hours for a free visit. It depends on how long you stop: the objects on display in the rooms are about 3,300.
The chronological itinerary starts on the second floor with the pre-dynastic era. On the third floor there is the Galleria della Scrittura, on the ground floor the Galleria dei Re, the rock-cut chapel of Ellesiya and "Materia. Forma del tempo". The funerary goods of Kha and Merit are in room 7. Since 12 December 2025, the Sale Storiche on floor -1 have been closed. The full itinerary is in the guide to what to see.
No. Tutankhamun's treasure is not in Turin. The Museo Egizio houses about 40,000 objects, including the statues of the Galleria dei Re, the funerary goods of Kha and Merit and the Galleria della Scrittura.
Small backpacks and bags are allowed. During works the cloakroom is suspended: suitcases, trolleys, large backpacks, scooters and bulky luggage are not allowed, and there are only a few lockers for school-type backpacks. Before the ticket desk there is a bag check.
Yes. Up to 5 years old, entry is free; from 6 to 14 years old, the ticket costs €1. There are family visits and workshops, baby-changing tables in the toilets and no architectural barriers, so pushchairs can go everywhere. For visits designed for children, there is the family visit.
The Museum organises visits with its Egyptologists: for 1-6 people in Italian, €50 for 60 minutes or €85 for 90 minutes, plus tickets. On GetYourGuide, guided tours with the ticket included start from $54 per person. The comparison is in the guide to guided tours.
The Museum is at via Accademia delle Scienze 6, in the centre of Turin. On foot from Porta Nuova station it takes 10-15 minutes, from Porta Susa 20-25. From Porta Nuova there are also buses 58 and 58B and tram 4. Everything in the guide to how to get there.
Ready to book
Free cancellation on every tour on this page, within the times indicated by each listing.
Other: the visit in Italian · the ticket with audio guide · the family visit
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