The state collection of antiquities was established in the 16th century and heavily supported by the royal family, especially by King Lugwig I. The collection also benefited from private donations and from the sponsorship and the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Science and Humanities). Material may have also filtered in from when the collection of Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing, professor of the Egyptological Institute at Munich University, some of his privale collection was sold to the museum or given as a gift.
The collection was moved into its own new museum in 2013.
Relevant publications:
Loeben, Christian E. 2013-2014. The new State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich. KMT 24 (4), 34-49.
Mori, Takashi 2015. 州立エジプト美術博物館（ミュンヒェン）のリニューアル ―ヴィッテルスバッハ家のエジプトコレクション― / The renovation of the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich: the Egypt collection of the House of Wittelsbach. The Journal of Center for the Global Study of Cultural Heritage and Culture 3, 203-221.
