The E.L.I.A. collection adds up to a multifaceted coverage of Greece's historical development through the 19th and 20th centuries.
 
E.L.I.A.'s merit lies in the fact that it maintains an exceptional collection of over 1000 archives of historical, literary, economic and artistic content.

Moreover, it maintains a rich stock of visual and pictorial material: photographs, post cards, maps, old advertisements, and a wide range of various everyday collectibles or ephemera, curios and a mass of other objects.