The Egyptian Museum in Berlin - one of the most outstanding of all the list of museums that are now part of the State Museums of Berlin. The building where it was located since 1697, and is today (with the exception of 4 years, when the museum was moved to the Museum Island in the Old Museum), called the "Eastern shtyullerovskim" and represents the architectural interest.

Getting exposure, from which soon grew up a museum was laid by Frederick William III in 1828, and it all started in one of the palaces, or rather, in Monbijou. Meeting King was supplemented and expanded private collection of a Giuseppe Passalacqua, an Italian merchant, then it contributed to archaeological finds, which left a mark in history under the name of Karl Richard Lepsius expedition.

Already in 1850 the project one of the most influential German architects - Friedrich August Shtyullera - on Museum Island for this collection was built a separate building, it was restored and is now the new museum. The most famous exhibit of the entire collection was donated to the museum not so long ago - only in 1920, and it was the famous bust of Nefertiti. During World War II, the museum is divided, it also affected the funds that were taken to different places. It should also be noted that a lot of the exhibits were burned. The bust of Nefertiti was taken out in advance and stored in a deep mine in Thuringia, it saved him.

After the war, the museum was opened, though not in its territory, as part of its exposure shown in the Museum Bode, but the second part of the collection was moved to the eastern part of Berlin, and the first time was shown much later - in 1967. When Germany was reunited, the leaders of the two museums have also decided to get everything back to the original look. Now, all of the existing exhibits again took their places in the Old Museum and the influx of people has increased. Come to Berlin and see the bust of Nefertiti - slip, which is impossible to avoid.