[1][2] The museum is in the former home of Franco-Israeli international artist Yitzhak Frenkel.

[4] In 1973 the building opened to the public as a museum exhibiting Frenkel's work from the 1920s up to the 1970s.

Frenkel Frenel was schooled in Odesa in his teens and then in the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière durings his 20s.

The building which houses the art surrounds the Western and Northern section of the courtyard.

The collection also includes sketches of costumes, theater sets and exhibition posters.