It is located adjacent to the United States Golf Association’s headquarters in Liberty Corner, Bernards Township Somerset County, New Jersey.

In 1951, when the Association purchased the property at 40 East 38th Street in New York City, the first dedicated display space for the collections was created and the Museum was formally opened.

Since 1972, the USGA's headquarters in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, has provided public exhibition galleries, staff offices and collections storage for the Museum.

The Museum, which re-opened June 3, 2008,[2][3] now includes the Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History, which provides 16,000 square feet (1,500 m2) of additional space, with more than 5,000 square feet (460 m2) of new exhibition galleries, a research center and technologically advanced storage rooms.

Amateur Trophy and a replica of Ben Hogan's 1953 Hickok Belt were stolen from the museum's collection during a break-in.