La Prima Sala is dedicated to the exhibition of papyri and to the illustration of aspects, problems, themes, and moments in the history of papyrology. The materials are displayed in five showcases.
La sala also hosts a small Herculaneum section, in which a modern reproduction of the famous machine for unrolling the Herculaneum papyri, developed in the mid-eighteenth century by the Scolopi Father Antonio Piaggio, is exhibited. The Second Room houses the Library of Egyptology and Papyrology, which contains over 1500 volumes on Egyptological and papyrological subjects.
The Room also features two showcases: the first contains a collection of ancient pottery from the eastern Mediterranean and some modern objects found in the landfill of the Archaeological Mission of the University of Michigan at Soknopaiou Nesos; the second displays some objects variously connected with the world of writing. The Third Room houses the management and administration of the Museum. Behind the Museum is the Laboratory for Reading and Restoration of papyri, equipped with a workstation for optical analysis.
