The Museum’s Egyptian collection was the first one in Catalonia and was donated in 1886 by Eduard Toda i Güell a diplomatic figure, writer and a close collaborator with Víctor Balaguer with Renaixença’s movement. Some of the pieces of the collection come from Sennedjem’s tomb in Deir el-Medina (west Thebes) where Eduard Toda collaborated.Padró i Parcerisa, Josep. Catàleg del Museu Balaguer: col·lecció egípcia, 1987. .
