Collezioni egittologiche «Edda Bresciani» dell'Università di Pisa
Collection of Egyptian and Nubian antiquities of the University of Pisa in Via San Frediano, named after the Egyptologist Edda Bresciani.
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About the museum
The Egyptological collections of the University of Pisa originated in 1962, when Laura Birga Picozzi, a descendant of Ippolito Rosellini, made a first donation of finds collected by her illustrious ancestor on the Franco-Tuscan expedition to Egypt and Nubia of 1828–1829, led together with Champollion and leading to the world's first chair of Egyptology, in Pisa.
In 1964 the collection of Michela Schiff Giorgini was added, with about four hundred objects from the excavations in Sudan promoted by the University, and in 1968 a collection of about 1,500 ostraka from Oxyrhynchus, potsherds with texts in Demotic describing life in a small Egyptian oasis. Later the collections were enriched by donations, targeted purchases and the university's own excavation campaigns.
The seat at Via San Frediano 12 has been open to the public since 1994 and is part of the Sistema Museale di Ateneo. Since 16 July 2021 the collections have been named after Edda Bresciani, a world-renowned Egyptologist and emerita professor of the University of Pisa, who died in November 2020. The finds, from Egypt, Nubia and North Africa, have considerable educational and documentary value.
Highlights
- Objects from the Schiff Giorgini collection, from the excavations in Sudan
- About 1,500 Demotic ostraka from Oxyrhynchus
- Materials linked to the expedition of Rosellini and Champollion
- A. E. Breccia archive
Permanent exhibition
- Collezioni egittologiche permanenti – Egyptian and Nubian antiquities, Demotic ostraka, materials from the excavations in Sudan and from the donations of the Rosellini family.
- Founded
- 1962
- Operated by
- Università di Pisa – Sistema Museale di Ateneo
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,727
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €2.50 |
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Free admission: Every first Sunday of the month, according to a university announcement of 2024.
The ticket price comes from a sector portal listing and from a report of the Sistema Museale di Ateneo, and should be checked at the time of the visit.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours are available; the educational offer for schools is published on the website of the Sistema Museale di Ateneo. |
