The Greeks in Turin. Stories of epigraphic collecting

The exhibition series "Museo in passerella" proposes to the attention of the public affairs of the articulated collectible greek epigraphy in Piedmont, illustrated by specimens collected by learned scholars since the sixteenth century and merged in the collections of the Savoy or other important institutions Piedmont museum.
In addition to those of the Museo di Antichità, provides some inscriptions in the collection of his barnabite father Luigi Bruzza, kept at the Real Collegio Carlo Alberto in Moncalieri, and other precious objects belonging to the collection of Bernardino Drovetti and merged in the collections of the Egyptian Museum of Turin. Other exhibits yet, come to light in Turin and in Piedmont thanks to ancient or recent discoveries archaeological investigations have contributed to enrich the corpus valuable documentary. 
The exhibition, curated by Enrica Culasso Gastaldi and Gabriella Pantò, was created in collaboration with the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Turin, within the project "Cultural heritage of antiquity and Its influence of Piedmont from the Risorgimento to Europe , from the middle of the nineteenth century to 1961 ", supported by the generous contribution of the Compagnia di San Paolo.

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