The museum is located in Rødbygget, which was drawn by Christian Heinrich Grosch.
[1] The building was originally a school for the deaf, Throndhjems Døvstummeinstitut ('Trondheim Deaf-Mute Institute') and later Trondheim offentlige skole for døve ('Trondheim Public School for the Deaf'), founded by Andreas Christian Møller.
It included apartments for both-sex students and the warden, and a prayer room.
[1] The Neo-Gothic style was characteristic of Grosch's later works.
The highly decorated inner courtyard is rather unusual in Trondheim.