The Takahama City Kawara Museum and Library is operated by NOMURA Co.,Ltd. as the designated manager. Initially, it opened in 1995 as a museum themed on "kawara" (roof tiles) in Takahama City, Aichi Prefecture, a central production area of Sanshu tile, which boasts the largest production volume in Japan. Since 2008, management and operation have been transferred to a designated manager, and since April 2023, it has become a multi-purpose cultural facility together with the municipal library. Based on the concept of "A Forest of Connection Where People and the City Grow," it aims to create a further cycle of feeling, learning, activity, and exchange through the interaction of the museum, library, and various people. The museum, with the catchphrase "Museum for Everyone," creates a place where various people and things gather through exhibitions in a wide range of fields, including roof tiles, and diverse projects that focus on regional cooperation. The library provides a familiar library space for everyone at its main branch and three other facilities in the city, and as a "supportive library," it is close to people's daily lives through books.