The Kobarid Museum was opened on 20 October, 1990. Presented in it are the events of World War I. that took place on the Isonzo Front. Particularly exhausitive is the presentation of the 12th Isonzo Battle which is known as "the Battle by Kobarid". Briefly presented in the Museum is also the history of the Kobarid region, from the prehistoric era to the present. Owing to its originality and the narrative power of the collection, the Museum was awarded in 1992 the highest Slovenian museum award, the Valvasor Prize, and the next year, it was awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize - as the best European Museum in 1993.
