For the exhibition all areas of this fine mansion were used. Figurines, pottery and jewellery from the prehistoric period down to Roman times are displayed in the main building. Heavy objects, though, like the unique Aeolic column capitals from the temple at Klopedi, as well as important inscriptions, funerary stelai, relief sculpture, statues and coins from the Archaic to the Roman period, were placed in the service building and the courtyard. The philosophy of the exhibition was to enable the visitor to comprehend the island's history and the role it played through the ages in the Aegean and the shores of Asia Minor, by using artefacts accompanied by captions, explanatory texts and maps.