[3] The museum contains a large collection of historical objects such as furniture, artifacts, and a traditional Curaçaoan kitchen.

[4] The museum also contains the locomotive of the first mining railway,[5] and the cockpit of the Snip, the first airplane to land in Curaçao from the Netherlands.

[1] The sculpture garden contains statues of the freedom fighters Luis Brion and Manuel Piar.

[1] Artist who have exhibited in the Curaçao Museum include Hendrik Chabot, Edgar Fernhout, Wim Schuhmacher, Maryleen Schiltkamp, Jan Sluyters, and Carel Willink.

[8] During World War II, the building had been used as an internment camp for Jewish women and children who had been put ashore.