The museum was located at the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam-Centrum in the building that currently houses the Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.

[3] The monumental building on the Keizersgracht canal has a history going back to Carel Joseph Fodor (1801–1860), who worked in the coal trading business.

Fodor quickly opened up his house to the general public, where many art lovers visited to see his collection by appointment.

[1] Museum Fodor was located at Keizersgracht 609 near the Leidsestraat in the center of the canal district in the borough Amsterdam-Centrum.

[1] In 1861–62, after Fodor's death, the building was turned into a museum by a design of architect Cornelis Outshoorn.

[1] Among the paintings was Christus Consolator (1837) by Ary Scheffer, which Fodor had bought from the collection of the Duchess of Orléans.

[5] The museum acquired the Atlas Splitgerber in 1879 and a collection of works by Jan and Caspar Luyken in 1889.