Turin's Egyptian Museum celebrates refugees: free admission for World Refugee Day

There will be free admission for all visitors to the Egyptian Museum of Turin on the occasion of World Refugee Day: this is how the Turin institution has decided to celebrate refugees, namely with a moment of celebration for all that will allow, on Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 7 to 11:30 p.m., free admission (before 7 p.m. you enter at the regular rate). In addition, a special event entitled I am Welcome has been planned, a program of events that will enliven the Egyptian Museum from 7 to 11:30 pm. In return, visitors will be asked to write or draw a welcome message on the Welcome Wall, a large wall that will be placed at the museum’s entrance and become a symbol of openness and welcome.

“For a long time the Egyptian Museum,” the presentation reads, “in addition to carrying out the indispensable activity of studying, enhancing and preserving a collective heritage, it also feels the responsibility of being experienced as a place of confrontation and dialogue. Especially in times of migration, intercultural dialogue is experienced as a priority to be promoted and supported. And it is precisely from this desire, that the Museum has decided to open its doors again to be experienced by all as an engine of social inclusion. The permanent collections will be joined by choral music, a universal language that promotes the breaking down of cultural barriers.”

Italy hosts 131,000 refugees: they make up 0.02 percent of the Italian population (that is, there are two refugees for every 1,000 inhabitants). This is according to the latest available data (from 2016) released by theUnited Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), which, to give an idea of the numbers, explains that if they were to gather all the refugees in Italy in one place, they would fill less than half of Rome’s Circus Maximus and would not fill Rome’s San Siro stadium and the Olimpico stadium combined. “Despite the EU’s (now almost unique) border status to the south,” UNHCR explains, “Italy has a very small percentage of refugees on its territory. A percentage that good reception and integration policies can, without difficulty, transform from a supposed problem into a resource.” In Europe, there are a total of 2.1 million refugees, and the two countries that in proportion to the number of inhabitants take in the most refugees are, again according to UNHCR data, Sweden and Malta.

Below is the program for the evening, more info can be found on the museum’s website.

19.00
Vox Viva Choir - THE JOURNEY (Kings Gallery)
University Chorale of Turin - FEAR NO MORE (Atrium)

19.30
MIKRON Choir - WITHOUT BORDERS (Gallery of the Kings)
La Rupe Choir - MIGRANTI (Hall 2)

20.00
Vox Viva Choir - THE JOURNEY (Hall 6)
Roberto Goitre Choir - DE PROFUNDIS (Kings Gallery)

20.30
Pequenas Huellas Manincanto Choir - IMPRONTE (Room 5)
Torino Musical Singers - OLTRE LE BARRICATE (Kings Gallery)
After Midnight Song - MY BLUES (Room 12)

21.00
Torino Chamber Choir - AMOR SACRO E AMOR PROFANO (Atrium)
University Chorale of Turin - FEAR NO MORE (Gallery of the Kings)

21.30
La Rupe Choir - LUCI DELLA RIVALSA (Gallery of the Kings)
Pequenas Huellas Manincanto Choir - IMPRESSES (Hall 6)

22.00
Torino Musical Singers - BEYOND THE BARRICades (Kings Gallery)
MIKRON Choir - WITHOUT BORDERS (Room 5)
After Midnight Song - MY BLUES (Room 12)

22.30
Roberto Goitre Chorale - DE PROFUNDIS (Hall 2)
Torino Chamber Choir - AMOR SACRO E AMOR PROFANO (Kings Gallery)

Turin's Egyptian Museum celebrates refugees: free admission for World Refugee Day

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