Gaudium Associates, a culture content corporations, has brought artifacts from Italy's "Museo Egizio" to Korea for the first time.
Gaudium Associates said on the 10th that it signed a final exhibition contract with the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, to hold "The great civilization of Egypt: The glory of the pharaohs." Chief Executive Kim Dae-seong of Gaudium Associates and Chair Evelina Christillin of the Museo Egizio board attended the signing ceremony.
The Museo Egizio is considered one of the world's top three Egyptian collections, along with the Louvre Museum in France and the British Museum in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1824, it is also widely known as "the world's first museum dedicated to Egypt."
Gaudium Associates said more than 320 artifacts will be shown at "The great civilization of Egypt: The glory of the pharaohs," many of which have been designated national treasures by the Italian government.
The first exhibition will run from May 28 to Sept. 16, 2027, at the Sejong Museum of Art in the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul. It will be followed by a second traveling exhibition at the Haengso Museum at Keimyung University in Daegu from Oct. 2027 to Mar. 2028.
Chief Executive Kim Dae-seong of Gaudium Associates said, "We are pleased to bring the Museo Egizio exhibition to Korea for the first time," and added, "We will present the great history of ancient Egypt, transcending time and space, to Korean visitors in a multidimensional way through diverse artifacts and archives."