Royal Museums, Armoury. Photo credits: Daniele Bottallo for the Royal Museums of Turin
Even though the weather wasn’t the best, they were many tourists choose Turin as a destination for this week of long weekends and holidays between 25 April and 1 May 2024. THE Turin museums they were visited by thousands of people who arrived in the Piedmontese capital to discover its beauties, secrets and curiosities.
The Egyptian museum recorded over 33 thousand visits: despite the reduction in the possibility of entry, due to the start of the works, in view of the bicentenary celebrations, and the consequent closure of some rooms, the public still crowded the Egizio, which opened today visitors their own gardens on the Museum terrace.
This week, 26,340 people visited the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions underway at the GAM – Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, at the MAO Museum of Oriental Art and at Palazzo Madama – Civic Museum of Ancient Art. An excellent result in 6 days open to the public, thanks above all to the renewed great success of the exhibition Liberty. Turin capital at Palazzo Madama and also thanks to special rates offered on Liberation Day and Labor Day. Good start for the new exhibitions Italo Cremona. Everything else is deep night at GAM and Translations of Eurasia Reloaded at MAO.
THE Royal Museums of Turin consolidate their prominent position with 36,065 people who took advantage of the rich offer of the museum system during the week between Liberation Day and May Day. The turnout figure for the exhibition was very positive Leonardo’s Self-Portrait. History and contemporaneity of a masterpiece open until 30 June in the Royal Library and at the exhibition Guercino. The painter’s profession running until July 28th in the Sale Chiablese. Compared to the same period in 2023, the Royal Museums recorded over 100,000 admissions in April 2024, increasing the number of tickets by +83%.
Boom in visitors also for the MAUTO – Automobile Museum of Turin which, from Wednesday 24 April to Wednesday 1 May 2024, recorded over 25,000 admissions. There were many visitors interested in the permanent collection of the Turin museum and in the brand new exhibition Ayrton Senna Forever, dedicated to the great Brazilian champion. In particular, on May 1st, the live streaming connection from the Imola Autodrome for the commemorative celebrations from the Tamburello curve, followed by the talk with Carlo Cavicchi, curator of the exhibition, and Benedetto Camerana, President of MAUTO, moderated by Federica Masolin, Sky Sport journalist, recorded over 4,000 appearances. The special guided tours of the exhibition on Saturday 27 April, Sunday 28 April and Wednesday 1 May are also sold out.
