The museum developed from the collection of Nahariya resident Israel Shiloni, who assembled historical material from friends and acquaintances to commemorate the German-speaking immigrants to Palestine and yekke culture.

It focuses on the history of the German-speaking Jews of Central Europe till the Second World War and on their contribution to development, economy and culture of Israel.

[1][2] The museum artifacts are displayed according to topic and include interactive presentations incorporating texts, visual aids, authentic photographs and film.

In 1935 the couple moved to Nahariya and bought a parcel of land there at the corner of Weizman and Hanita street, where they built two settler shacks.

When a new apartment building was supposed to be built there, older Nahariyans (especially the glass factory owner Andreas Meyer) organised the preservation of the bigger shack as a historical testimony of the settler years.

[3] The "Now It Can Be Told" exhibit is based on family stories about "changes of identity, false papers, secrets behind objects, unconventional migration, flight and professional retraining," according to the museum’s curator, Ruth Ofek.