The museum, which was opened to the public on May 19, 1979, has an ethnographic vocation bringing to life various aspects of the rich cultural heritage of the city of Kef and its surroundings. A large room is dedicated to traditional women's jewelry. These body ornaments, which are made of silver, are displayed according to their specific use and the  part of a the woman's body they adorn: head jewelry, temple jewelry, chest jewelry, waist jewelry and foot jewelry. In the same room the visitor will also discover the bride costumes of   the city of Le Kef, used on the first and seventh day of the wedding celebrations.

The second room is dedicated to Bedouin and rural life represented by a tent erected in the middle of the room and furnished with ustencils of the nomads' daily life including traditional weaving tools. All around the tent are displayed the tools required for agricultural activities such as ploughing, harvesting as well as artifacts made of sheep's wool, goat and camel hair. The third room deals with the equestrian art through an embroidered saddle accompanied by the harnesses and all the trimmings used the horseman such as boots, hat, powder gun...

The fourth room is dedicated to traditional pottery. It highlights the know-how of rural women and in this case traditional potters of Nebber a small hamlet near Le Kef. Terracotta pieces are exhibited according to their use (domestic, culinary etc.).

In 1994, the themes of the museum were expanded. Thus, new collections joined the permanent exhibition highlighting, among other things, the domestic activities of the Kef  woman, as well as various traditional urban activities, such as blacksmithing, men's hairdressing salon and the grain milling.