The painter - rewarded the Kossuth and Munkácsy prizes - was born in Kiskunfélegyháza. He lived in Debrecenben until his death. He himself donated his paintings to his town in 1961. He was a prominent artist of the Hungarian expressionism.

The exhibition is situated in the courtyard of the prisonhouse of the former Kiskun Police Station. Visitors can see the relics and pictures of the torture devices of the 15th-17th centuries. The methods and tools of capital punishment is also demonstrated. In the 17-19th centuries the convicts were emprisoned in work houses and behaviour-correcting institutes.

The permanent exhibition is located in the building of the museum. The display has the characteristics of history and ethnography. The visitors may get acquainted with objects of liturgy of the Reformed Church, the Jewish community, and the Roman Catholic Church living in the area of the Kiskunság.