[2] The museum institution itself was established in 2009 by National Artist Benedicto Cabrera with the BenCab Art Foundation managing the facility.

[3][4] Cabrera intended to establish a private museum to host his personal art collection consisting his own works, Cordilleran indigenous art which he considers as underappreciated, erotica, and works of other artists that appealed to him.

[7] The museum complex also has the BenCab Farm & Garden, a leisure area featuring the Ecotrail – which showcases Igorot huts which are an example of Ifugao, Kalinga and Bontoc architecture.

Its farm is used to cultivate coffee and other crops and the garden has bonsai trees.

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