[2] Built by Eva Scott Fényes (1849–1930), her daughter Leonora Scott Muse Curtin (1879–1972), and her granddaughter Leonora Frances Curtin Paloheimo (1903–1999), it today houses their legacy in the form of vast collections, spanning more than 150 years of family history,[2][3] including about 4,000 objects, 12,000 photographs, 700 boxes of archival material, and a historic library of 5,000 books.

[6][7] The extensive and worldwide pottery collection contains works by Maria Martinez, Margaret Tafoya, Arabia, and sculptor Frank Applegate.

To support local traditions, the family helped found the Spanish Colonial Arts Society in 1925 and Leonora Frances Curtin Paloheimo founded the Native Market on West Palace Avenue in Santa Fe, with branches in Tucson and New York, in 1934.

[7] The collections also reflect the existing networks within Santa Fe and are the result of exchange between artists, collectors, and institutions.

Several objects were bought from or exchanged with the Museum of New Mexico, Margretta Dietrich, Dorothy Dunn, Olive Rush, and several others.