The museum of egyptian antiquities (Museo Egizio) was founded In 1824 by king Carlo Felice, who assumed Bernardino Drovetti’s collection, which consisted of 5.628 egyptian exhibits.
First in Europe and second in the world only after the Cairo museum (Egypt), the historical collection is placed nowadays in a jesuit school, which was built by architect Guarino Guarini in 17° century. The Building was known as “Collegio dei nobili” (High College) but in 18° century it became center of Science Accademy.