Kobarid Museum — Attraction in Kobarid

My husband and I visited the Kobarid Museum on our trip to Slovenia in March 2023. We are both serving members of the Canadian army and have a personal and professional interest in military museums. We have visited several but the Kobarid Museum greatly exceeded our expectations. The main exhibit during our visit focused on the frontlines of Italy and Austria-Hungary during the First World War but had exhibits touching on history from the Roman Empire up to the contemporary period. The price of admission is more than reasonable for the amount of detail in the exhibits. We were blown away when one of the managers told us that this museum is a private initiative that receives little to no government subsidies. The level of detail was exceptional, many exhibits were very moving emotionally, and you can tell that there is a lot of passion put into maintaining this museum. Additionally, we hiked up to Fort Hermann in Bovec the day before and one of the exhibits included a 3D rendering of the frontlines of the First World War – we were able to see where Fort Hermann was and how it was just a small piece of a larger puzzle! Our only regret was not having budgeted more time in our schedule to see all of the exhibits in more detail. One hour was far from enough time. We highly recommend anyone passing through to take the time to visit and spend at...

It's an exceptional museum and I recommend everyone to visit it. Be prepared for coming out depressed though, they show the First World War in all its cruelty and suffering.

Their exhibition on how pointless a war is stroke me like no other before. It is a long read, but totally worth it. With each new battle (and there were a dozen in this area) it is more and more clear that people were dying for nothing and that the incompetence and lack of empathy of army leaders has no limits.

You can feel the pain of the soldiers through countless photos and texts. The magnitude of the war is clear in the entire valley through the shear amount of memorials and war scrap not only in the museums, but also private collections displayed outside the houses of the village inhabitants.

After visiting the museum, you can also follow the footsteps of the soldiers by visiting the large system of trenches hidden in the forests and seeing the final resting place of thousands of fallen Italian soldiers at the huge charnel house.

It is sad to know that this picturesque place had such a violent history and that some people have still not learned from the mistakes of the past and the suffering...

A deeply moving museum, exploring the battle of Caporetto and its aftermath.

This place, combined with a visit to the church and Charnel house that sits above the town,, gives you an insight into the terrible Winter War that was fought here in 1917 between the Italians and the Central Powers. From here you can see the mighty mountains of the Julian Alps, in which both sides list 10s of 1000s of men. On the day that I visited, the sky's were blue and the weather warm but the snows still sat on the mountains. The conditions up there in the winter of 1917 were horrific.

The Italian Charnel House built above the town, contains the bones of more than 7000 Italian soldiers killed on the Soča Front. It's topped by the 17th-century Chutch of St Anthony. A sobering but...