Located in the Chateau Saint-Hélène, which was once the summer home of the perfumer François Coty, the museum was inaugurated in 1982 thanks to a donation of over 600 works by Anatole and Renée Jakovsky. The collections count over 1000 works and have been enriched over the last few years by important donations and acquisitions -amongst which figures a work by Henri Rousseau- that map out the world history of Naïve painting from the 18th century to the present day, An important deposit of works by Bauchant, Blondel, Jean Eve, Rimbert, Séraphine, Vivancos, and Vivin, on loan from the Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou further enriches this ensemble. A program of annual exhibitions opens the field of exploration of this spontaneous art to include various facets of Art Brut.