This museum features the history, nature, and culture of Noboribetsu City. The myriad exhibits here include those about the history of the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, about the relocation of samurai warriors to Hokkaido in the early Meiji era (around 1870), and about Noboribetsu and Karurusu hot springs, as well as everyday tools used in olden days and a carbonized Sakhalin fir trunk formed by the eruption of the Kuttara volcano. The museum also holds municipally designated cultural properties and other valuable materials.

The museum exterior was modeled after Shiroishi Castle, the castle of the Katakura family, whose head was a retainer of the Sendai Domain. Trees near the museum, including Gioiko and other cherry and maple trees, offer stunning seasonal scenery.