The Etruscans and the Mediterranean exhibition sets out to highlight the Etruscan Civilisation's Mediterranean outreach though the exemplary history of one of its leading cities, Cerveteri. The exhibition takes the shape of a chronological narrative in five sections preceded by a "prologue" telling the story of the archaeological discoveries.  Each section illustrates a different period in the city's history. To gain a concise overview of each chapter or section, you can use the introductory section texts prepared for the actual rooms in the exhibition. The exhibition is divided into six sections (I have changed the titles slightly).

EXHIBITION SECTIONS
I. History of a Discovery
II. Birth of the City
III. The Princes of Cerveteri:  Etruria, the East and Greece (7th century BC)
IV. Cerveteri in the Archaic Period:  A Mediterranean Powerhouse (5th to 4th centuries BC)
V. Cerveteri and Rome (4th to 3rd centuries BC):  The City Renewed
VI. Roman Cerveteri:  End of an Era
 
The exhibition hosts some 400 items from the world's leading museums of ancient art, including the Vatican Museums, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Berlin Museen, the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen and many more besides. A large number of masterpieces have also been lent by the Museo di Villa Giulia in Rome and by Cerveteri itself.
The most significant exhibits and/or groups of items are:

Section One
The painting by Cesare Berzotti (with a visit to the Tomb of the Reliefs); cat. no. 18
The acroterion with the figure of a warrior and pediment decoration with struggling warriors; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen; cat. nos. 146 and 147;

Section Two
The Cypriot zoomorphic askòs from Laghetto tomb 2138; Museo di Villa Giulia, Rome; cat. no. 47
Bronze horse bit with sculpted figures of ponies; Vatican Museums; cat. no. 48

Section Three
A selection of funerary items from the princely Regolini-Galasso Tomb; Vatican Museums; cat. nos. 53-62  -   esp. the bronze holmos (support) with lebes with animal heads; cat. no. 57
The terracotta statuette from the Tomb of the Five Chairs; British Museum, London; cat. no. 50;
The so-called Aristonothos crater showing the blinding of Polyphemus, signed by the Greek potter who made the item; Musei Capitolini, Rome; cat. no. 126

Section Four
Antefix in the shape of the head of Achelous from the Vigna Parrocchiale; Museo di Villa Giulia, Rome; cat. no. 170
Cippus inscribed by Tragliatella; Museo di Villa Giulia, Rome; cat. no. 231
Gold foil inscribed in Etruscan and Phoenician discovered in the monumental sanctuary of Pyrgi; Antiquarium of Santa Severa (Rome); cat. no. 240
Clay statue of a donor with a piglet from the southern sanctuary of Pyrgi; Antiquarium of Santa Severa (Rome); cat. no. 248;
Amphorae for holding wine discovered in the wreck of the "Grand Ribaud F" off Hyères in southern France; Musée d'histoire de Marseille, Marseilles; cat. no. 273;
Painted slabs from the Campana collection; Louvre, Paris; cat. nos. 296-300
The Louvre version of the Sarcophagus of the Spouses; Louvre, Paris; cat. no. 191
Crater attributed to Euphronios showing Hercules struggling against the giant Antaeus; Louvre, Paris; cat. no. 289

Section Five
Antefix in the shape of a saty'rs head; British Museum, London; cat. no. 325
Terracotta head of a woman (known as Leucotea) from Pyrgi; Museo di Villa Giulia, Rome; cat. no. 327
Sarcophagus of the Magistrate; Vatican Museums; cat. no. 360
Bronze weight for scales with an inscription in Etruscan from the sanctuary of Sant'Antonio; Museo di Villa Giulia, Rome; cat. no. 332
Group of votive terracotta items from the sanctuary of Manganello; Vatican Museums; cat. nos. 342-55
Sculptural decoration from the Greppe Sant'Angelo tomb; Cerveteri; cat. nos. 362-4

Section Six
Marble relief with personifications of the Etruscan cities; Vatican Museums; cat. no. 397