Museum of Oriental Art
The Museum of Oriental Art is a museum located in a 17th-century palazzo in the city of Turin, Italy. The museum contains one of the most important collections of Asian art in Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—7:00 PM
Monday: closed - Email: mao@fondazionetorinomusei.it
- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Turin, Italy
- Also known as: “Mao Museo d’Arte Orientale” and “MAO Museo di Arte Orientale”
- Address: Via San Domenico 11, Torino, 10122
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo Egizio and Turin Cathedral.
Museo Egizio
Museum
Photo: Ysogo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museo Egizio or Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum in Turin, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 30,000 artifacts, and is considered the second most important Egyptological collection in the world, after the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Museo Egizio is situated 760 metres southeast of Museum of Oriental Art.
Turin Cathedral
Church
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Turin Cathedral or Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Turin, northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Turin. Turin Cathedral is situated 430 metres east of Museum of Oriental Art.
Palazzo Barolo
Museum
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Palazzo Barolo is a museum, which is situated 120 metres west of Museum of Oriental Art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roman Quadrilateral and Porta Palazzo.
Museum of Oriental Art
- Categories: art museum, ethnographic museum, museum of modern art, private museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Centro - Crocetta, Turin, Province of Turin, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.07464° or 45° 4′ 29″ northLongitude
7.68025° or 7° 40′ 49″ eastElevation
252 metres (827 feet)Abbreviation
“MAO”Open location code
8FQ93MFJ+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1628071063OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Museum of Oriental Art” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Արևելյան արվեստի թանգարան (Թուրին)”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան արվեստի թանգարան”
- Bulgarian: “МАО Торино”
- Bulgarian: “Музей на ориенталското изкуство”
- Catalan: “Museu d’art oriental de Torí”
- Chinese: “东方艺术博物馆”
- Dutch: “Museum of Oriental Art”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الفن الشرقى”
- French: “musée d’art oriental de Turin”
- French: “Musée d’Art oriental de Turin”
- German: “Museo d’Arte Orientale”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון לאמנות מזרחית של טורינו”
- Italian: “MAO - Museo d’Arte Orientale”
- Italian: “MAO Torino”
- Italian: “museo d’arte orientale di Torino”
- Italian: “Museo d’arte orientale”
- Italian: “Museo d’Arte Orientale”
- Italian: “Museo di Arte Orientale”
- Japanese: “トリノ東洋美術館”
- Macedonian: “Музеј на ориентална уметност (Торино)”
- Macedonian: “Музеј на ориентална уметност”
- Spanish: “Museo de Arte Oriental”
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