THE EXHIBITION
© Archeological Museum in Zagreb
Concept
and objectives
Awakening to Life. Childhood and Adolescence in Ancient Egypt is a unique exhibition that takes us back to a crucial stage of life in one of the most fascinating civilizations in history: childhood and youth in Ancient Egypt.
Through a rigorous, cross-disciplinary approach, this exhibition offers a unique look at how Egyptian children and adolescents lived, grew, learned, and interacted, from the predynastic period to the Greco-Roman period.
The exhibition explores how social class, family background, and gender influenced their physical, social, and spiritual development.
The fundamental objectives of this exhibition are:
Revaluing childhood as a key stage in Egyptian culture.
Show the differences and similarities between social classes and genders.
Showcase exceptional pieces, many of them previously unseen in Spain.
Connecting past and present through an accesible, emotional and inmersive journey.
Because even the little ones left their mark on history.
Museo Egizio, Turin / Photo: Nicola Dell’Aquila
Featured pieces and
thematic tour
The exhibition brings together more than 190 original pieces from national and international museums and public and private institutions. Sculptures, ritual objects, toys, medical instruments, clothing, school tools, and funerary items compose a vivid mosaic of everyday life for children and adolescents in ancient Egypt.
Free access with your ticket
Vimcorsa
room
thematic tour
The experience of life
Birth, motherhood and the role of the child in the Egyptian social structure.
Learning to live
Educational methods, hieroglyphic writing and transmission of knowledge.
Preparing for Adulthood
Roles, development, and the transition to adulthood.
Medicine, magic and death
Medical treatments, funeral beliefs and rites of passage
Orive Room
An immersive space that invites visitors to connect with the spirituality, myths, and light of Ancient Egypt through a large, immersive audiovisual projection.
Singularity of
the project
First exhibition in Spain dedicated to childhood and adolescence in Ancient Egypt.
Unpublished pieces, some never before exhibited even in their places of origin.
Transversal narrative, with a social, gender, symbolic and cultural perspective.
Innovative exhibition design, with a choreography of light that connects the audiovisual narrative with the physical pieces.
Real and sensitive accessibility:
Interactive typhlological models.
Sign language.
Audio description and locutions.
Easy reading.
Technology and inclusion as pillars of the experience:
Immersive monumental audiovisual.
Interactive touch points.
Smart urban model (optional).
Free access with your ticket
