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 Jankay Collection and Contemporary Art Gallery was first opened in 2003. From 2013 it works as part of the Munkácsy Museum on a new location and under a new name - Jankay-Kolozsváry-Tevan Collection .

The exhibition room dealing with economy ethnography recalls some details of traditional husbandry in Békés County.

Munkácsy Mihály was born on 20, February 1844 in Munkács. His parents died when he was 8 and he was taken in by his uncle Reök István who lived in Békéscsaba. He spent his childhood there. After he became a famous painter, he returned to the town several times. His relationship with it broke after the death of his uncle.