It housed not only the barn, but also the bakery and the living area for a master miller and baker.
The artist, Henni Lehmann, bought the old building around 1920 and chose the blue colour to which the house owes its name today.
The Blaue Scheune became well known as a result of regular exhibitions by the Hiddensee Women Artists' Federation (Hiddenseer Künstlerinnenbundes).
The gallery is open to the public in the summer months twice a week (Wednesdays and Sundays).
The Blaue Scheune is the last surviving smokehouse (Rauchhaus), so called because it had no chimney and the smoke escaped through cracks and gaps in the roof.