St. Ingbert is named after the Irish Saint St Ingobert and for 300 years belonged to the electorate of Trier.

Major employers now include the software company SAP SE and Festo automation technologies.

It has been held decentrally in St. Ingbert since 2018 and is aimed at filmmakers under the age of 29 with prizes worth 20,000 euros.

The museum had an additional area of about 450 square metres, which was intended for temporary exhibitions, as well as other rooms.

The St. Ingbert Museum of Local History (Heimatmuseum), which dealt with the town's industrial past, was located in the same building.

A permanent exhibition entitled "Kohle - Eisen - Stahl" ("Coal - Iron - Steel") ran from 1991 to 2006.