The permanent collection was established by Sidney Brown and his wife Fanny Sulzer Brown, who were great collectors of French impressionism.

[1][2][3] The first painting acquired by the pair was Laundresses on the Banks of the Touques by Eugène Boudin in 1896.

[4] The collection currently includes but is not limited to art by Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley.

With all of the Brown sons without issue, the City of Baden, inherited the property and art collection in 1987.

[5] It is currently closed and is scheduled to reopen in spring of 2026 after extensive renovations.