[1][2][3] Its eclectic collection has been called an "artistic jungle", but Goor considers it to have been her own "university".

The inn, located outside the city walls, served as a shelter, protecting the pilgrims from robbers.

Yet another century later, in 1949 and thus by now within the newly created State of Israel, a community of Libyan Jews were using part of the building as a synagogue.

[6] Ilana Goor first purchased part of the building in 1983, and then eventually also the rest of it, with the intention of converting it to a museum dedicated to her art collection.

[8][4] The museum has works by contemporary artists like Diego Giacometti, Henry Moore, Josef Albers and Olga Wolniak.