Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II of Hungary lived in the house at number 32 on Barbaros Street in Ertugrul neighborhood for 15 years between 1720 and 1735. This house was purchased by the Hungarian government in 1932 and converted into a museum.

The museum building was constructed in 1894 as the Municipal Building. Visited by Ataturk on December 20, 1930, the building has served as the Kirklareli Museum since 1994.

The Ilhan Koman Sculpture and Painting Museum was established on September 23, 2002, the 20th anniversary of Trakya University, under the name 'Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Museum'. In 2011, it was renamed 'Ilhan Koman Sculpture and Painting Museum' by a decision of the University Senate. In the same year, it moved to the historical mansion in the Karaagac campus of the Faculty of Fine Arts, which also houses the Old Train Station Building, the Lausanne Monument and Square, and the National Struggle and Lausanne Museum.