The museum exhibits essential artifacts unearthed during excavations in the ancient cities of Miletos, Priene, Didyma Apollo temple, and the sacred road finds in the museum’s open and closed areas. The museum, named after the ancient city of Miletos, which hosted many civilizations in history, exhibits artifacts from the Minoan, Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Menteşoğulları Principality Periods.

The Miletos Museum welcomes visitors to the Minoan Cuisine display. In addition, Minoan and Mycenaean Period finds, Zeytintepe Aphrodite Sanctuary finds, Kazartepe Necropolis finds, and Archaic Votive Steles are among the artifacts exhibited in the museum. The votive items belonging to the Temple, The finds of Sacred Road, which connect the ancient city of Miletos and the Temple of Didim Apollo, are among the museum’s most important works. Sphinxes from the Sacred Road and the local River God Meandros statue are among the must-see works. Grave steles from the Archaic period and an unfinished sculpture group are also exhibited in the museum.

Visitors enjoy İlyas Bey Complex finds, located just near the museum; glass artifacts, figurines, oil lamps, ornaments, coins, terracotta items, and bronze and ceramic artifacts from various periods of Antiquity. The museum also hosts valuable architectural pieces and artifacts excavated from the ancient city of Piriyene, known as the Pompeii of Anatolia. In the garden of the Miletus Museum, there are lion statues, inscriptions, tomb steles, sarcophagi, architectural elements, and column heads, which are the city symbol of Miletus.

Miletus Agora Gate, one of the most important buildings of the ancient city, is exhibited at the Bergama Museum in Berlin. Some artifacts belonging to the city of Miletus are found in Istanbul Archeology Museums.