The archaeological showing is a collection of the most important archaeological heritage from Békés County. It is divided into three units: Prehistoric times, migration period, as well as the original settlement and Árpád period. These units are to be found in separate rooms.

The Pro-Natura permanent exhibition upstairs deals with the flora and fauna in Békés County, mostly by slides. Fossils represent geological past. The visitors can also read interesting writings about Hungarian naturalists.

The items shown at two rooms at the local history exhibition review over four centuries of the history of Békés County, from the Ottoman invasion of Gyula to the change of social system. The glass floor motif on which a magnified military map of Békés County from the 19th century repeats itself. The Körös River is shown on a 1m x 2m layout.

The history of Hungarians and other ethnic groups, Serbs, Romanians, Slovakians and Germans, living in symbiosis in Békés County began in 1715 when the reorganization of the county took place. In the second half of the 17th century, the county became unpopulated due to fights in the region. The lord Harruckern János György organized the settling of people to make the territory valuable again.