The house, located in a small garden, was purchased with municipal funds in 1981 from the heirs of the last owner – Tadeusz Urbańczyk. It was designed and built by the county (‘powiat’) builder, Franciszek Urbańczyk. The building dates back to the late 19th century and exemplifies small-town villa architecture with regional characteristics. It is a single-storey brick house on a stone foundation, partially cellared. The timber roof truss was covered with overlapping ceramic roof tiles. The front and side elevation have rich architectural ornamentation with a wooden porch at the front. The house’s historical and aesthetic qualities and its central location within the city led to a major renovation carried out in consultation with the Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments in Katowice, and the building was adapted for museum purposes. Partition walls, doors to the ground-floor rooms, and interior stairs were removed, while the wooden door frames were preserved and the old structural divisions were exposed, creating a two-way open exhibition flow, dedicated to temporary exhibitions. The attic was made into studios, a library, an archive, and a reading room. The historical building was opened to the public in the autumn of 1985.