The Kobarid Museum was founded in 1990 with the aim of presenting the rich history of Kobarid and particularly the events on the Soča Front from May 1915 to November 1917. Its orientation places it among historical museums with a military subject and an antiwar message. In the foreground are the "little people" caught up in the horrors of war who can not be divided into good and bad by the colours of their uniforms.

The greater part of the permanent exhibition is devoted to events in the mountainous northern section of the Soča Front and the detailed presentation of the famous Battle of Kobarid, the twelfth battle on the Soča River on October 24, 1917, during which German and Austro-Hungarian divisions drove the Italian forces back all the way to the Piave River. These events inscribed the names of KOBARID, CAPORETTO, and KARFREIT on the maps forever.