Annual report 2004 - Compagnia di San Paolo

Presentation
ceremony of the new
born Turin Egyptian
Museum Foundation
(Turin, 6 October
2004)
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implement a new cultural heritage management model, as in art.10 of legislative decree n° 368.
The Foundation exists thanks to cooperation between the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and
Activities, Piedmont Regional Authorities, the Province of Turin, the CRT Foundation and the
Compagnia itself, which awarded the project 25 million euros. This accounts for 50% of the overall
indicative budget to be allocated for the enlargement and reorganisation of exhibition spaces in the
museum’s historic home. The Foundation is the only example in Italy of private sector involvement in
the management of a public museum. This concept took root over time and with the Compagnia’s
commitment and contribution has led to a new institutional model. Its primary aspiration is to adapt
places to meet the requests of an increasingly demanding and educated public. This by no means
entails neglecting the museum’s fundamental tasks: safeguarding and updating historic-graphically
one of the world’s most remarkable Egyptian collections.
This cooperative relationship is founded on both respect for the skills and responsibilities of those
involved, as well as the conviction that reorganising the museum’s architecture, management and
exhibition spaces is an opportunity to enhance Piedmont’s and Turin’s image. This will confirm their
places in the complex, rich picture of tourist and cultural sites both nationally and internationally.