The oldest relics - of the prehistoric age - have been found near Félegyháza. The area was inhabited in the bronze age and at the time of the Celts as well. Sarmata and Avarian finds were also discovered during excavations. The Kuns were settled in the Kiskunságban by Béla IV. in 1239.

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 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.