Among the wonders our territory has to offer, we cannot exclude the many museums of Salento, unmissable attractions. It is a pity that many are not aware of all the opportunities this land offers to discover history, art, ancient traditions, culture and entertainment in the numerous museums scattered around the Salento peninsula. We therefore came up with a guide to the museums to visit in Salento suitable for young and old people.
Sacred Art Museums in Salento
Discover the Sacred Art museums of Salento:
- Diocesan Museum of Nardò-Gallipoli
Via Antonietta De Pace – c/o ex Seminary – 73014 Gallipoli – Tel. + 39 0833.871659/266858
Ticket price: 3 € (check the website for possible reductions) - Diocesan Museum of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca
Via dei Cesari – 73059 Ugento – Tel. + 39 0833.55.5030 - Lecce Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
Old Seminary – Piazza Duomo, 5 – 73100 Lecce – Tel. + 39 0832.1827289 - Treasure of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Galatina
Parish of St Catherine of Alexandria – Piazzetta Orsini, 15 – 73013 Galatina – Tel + 39 0836.558411/568494
Opening by reservation only
Ticket price: € 1.00 - Diocesan Museum of Otranto
Piazza Basilica – 73028 Otranto – Tel. + 39 0836.801434
Opening hours: 10:00-13:00 / 15:00-21:00
Closed on Mondays
Guided tour by appointment
Ticket price: € 1,50 (check the website for possible reductions) - Pompilian Museum
Via Pirrotta, 2 – 73012 Campi Salentina – Tel + 39 0832.791034
Open by appointment only
Guided tour: by appointment
Free entrance - Museum of Frescos in the Crypt of Santa Maria degli Angeli
Piazza Episcopio – 73037 Poggiardo – Tel. + 39 0836.904350
Opening hours 9:00 / 12:00 – 16:00 / 19:00
Closed on Mondays
Guided tours by appointment
Educational activities for school groups
Ticket price: € 3,10 full price € 1,05 reduced
Natural History Museums in Salento
Discover the natural history museums of Salento:
- Natural History Museum of Salento in Calimera
S.P. Calimera-Borgagne, km 1 – 73021 Calimera (Lecce) – Italy – Tel. +39 324 8890790
Opening times: 9:30-12:30/17:30-20:30 (summer timetable in force from June to October)
closed on Mondays
Guided tour: by appointment
Ticket price: € 2.60 full price € 1.60 reduced - Malecological Museum of Clays in Cutrufiano
Contrada Lustrelle – S.S. Cutrofiano/Aradeo – 73020 Cutrofiano – Tel. +39 328.2855414
Opening times: by appointment 18:30-20:00 (summer timetable from June to September)
Guided tour: by appointment
Free entrance - Naturalistic Museum Aquarium in Torre San Giovanni
Torre San Giovanni – La Pedata Gallipoli – 73014 Gallipoli – Tel. +39 0833.261701
Opening: by appointment only
Guided tour: by appointment
Ticket cost: free - La Cutura Botanical Garden in Giuggianello
S.S. Maglie-Poggiardo, km 5 – 73030 Giuggianello – Tel and fax +39 0836.354164
Guided tour: by appointment only
Ticket price: € 3,60 (full price) children free of charge - Chinese Missionary Museum of Natural History
Via Monte San Michele, 4 – 73100 Lecce – Tel. +39 0832 314101 / 0832 455008 – Fax 0832 455010
Opening hours 9:00 / 12:00 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Guided tour by appointment
Free Entrance - Museum of Marine Biology Porto Cesareo
Via Vespucci, 13 – c/o Marine Biology Station – 73010 Porto Cesareo – Tel. +39 0833.569502
Opening times: 9:00-13:00/16:00-18:00 (winter opening hours)
10:00-12:00/16:00-21:30 (from June 15th to September 15th)
Activities: guided tour and educational activities
Ticket price: free
Museums of Salento Traditions
Discover Salento’s museums of traditions:
- Provincial Museum of Popular Traditions in Casalabate
SP. Squinzano-Casalabate – Loc. Casalabate – Tel. +39 0832.361176
Opening times: 9:00-13:00/14:30-19:30 closed on Mondays
Guided tour: by appointment
Ticket price: free - Messapic Civic Museum in Alezio
- Wine Museum in Parabita
- Museum of Salento Rural Civilisation in Tuglie
- Museum of the Roman Theatre in Lecce
- Municipal Museum of Ceramics in Cutrofiano
Piazza Municipio, 12 – c/o Municipal Library – Cutrofiano – Tel. +39 0836.512461
Opening hours: 9:00 / 12:30 Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays – 16:30 / 20:00 Wednesdays – Closed Sundays (winter timetable)
16:30 / 20:00 Monday to Friday – Closed Saturday and Sunday (June to September)
Guided tour by appointment
Ticket price: free - Multimedia Museum of the Grecìa Salentina in Corigliano d’Otranto
Castello de’ Monti – 73022 Corigliano d’Otranto – Tel. +39 333.9204977
Opening times: 17:00 / 20:00 Monday to Sunday
Ticket cost: free - Museum of Rural Civilisation in Supersano
S.S. 476, km 35 c/o Casale Sombrino – 73040 Supersano – Tel. +39 0833.631272 – Fax 0833.632061
Opening: by appointment only
Guided tour: by appointment
Free entrance - Open Museum of Rural Life
Piazza del Popolo – c/o Palazzo Ducale – 73054 Presicce – Tel. +39 339.7474418
Opening: by appointment
Guided tour: by appointment
Free entrance
Museums in Lecce
- Faggiano Museum
Via Ascanio Grandi, 56 – 73100 Lecce – Tel. +39 0832 300528 – +39 360722448
Opening Hours: from 9.30 to 20.00 every day
Ticket price: € 5,00 (consult the website for possible discounts) - Sigismondo Castromediano Museum
Viale Gallipoli, 28 – 73100 Lecce – Tel. +39 0832 683503
Opening hours: 9:00 / 13:30 – 14:30 / 19:30 Monday to Sunday (closed Sunday afternoon)
Guided tour by appointment
Ticket price: free - Jewish Museum
Via Umberto I, 9 – Lecce – Tel: +39 0832.247016
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday: 10:00 – 17:00* – Sunday and holidays: 10:30 -13:30
Guided tour by appointment
Ticket price: € 9.00 (visit the website for reductions) - Apulia Railway Museum
Via G. Codacci Pisanelli 3 – 73100 Lecce – Tel: +39 0832 228821 – +39 335 6397167
Opening hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 to 13:00, Saturday and Sunday from 16:30 to 20:30 (from June 1st to September 30th) – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 to 13:00, Saturday and Sunday from 16:00 to 20:00 (from October 1st to May 31st)
Guided tour by appointment
Ticket price - MUST (Lecce City History Museum)
Ex Convento di Santa Chiara Via degli Ammirati, 11, 73100 Lecce – Tel: +39 0832.241067
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 to 21.00
Ticket price: € 5,50 (visit the website for reductions) - Vernazza Palace
Vico Vernazza, 8, 73100 – Lecce – Tel: +39 0832 407011
Opening Hours: Every day from 10:00 to 16:00 (except Tuesdays)
Ticket price: € 6.00 - Roman Theatre Museum
Via degli Ammirati – Lecce – Tel. +39 0832.279196
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 09.30 to 13.00.
Guided tours by appointment - Biscozzi Foundation | Rimbaud ETS – Museum
Piazzetta Baglivi, 4 – 73100 Lecce – Tel: +39 0832 1994743
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Guided tour by appointment
Ticket price: € 5,00 (visit the website for reductions) - MUSA – Historical-Archaeological Museum
Opening Hours: Monday: 9:30-10:30; 11:30-12:30 – Tuesday: 9:30-10:30; 11:30-12:30; 15:30-16:30 – Wednesday: 9:30-10:30; 11:30-12:30 – Thursday: 9:30-10:30; 11:30-12:30; 15:30-16:30 – Friday: 9:30-10:30; 11:30-12:30
Reservation required - Spada Museum
Via Sindaco Lupinacci 11, Lecce – Tel: +39.328.7496672 - Franciscan Art Gallery
Via Imperatore Adriano,79 – 73100 Lecce- Tel. +39 0832.455009 – Fax 0832.455010
Opening hours by appointment only
Guided tours by appointment
Free Entrance
Art museums in Salento
Discover Salento’s art museums:
- “Vito Mele” Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Maria di Leuca
Basilica of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae – Santa Maria di Leuca – Tel. +39 0833.758636 - International Marian Art Museum
Piazza Don Tonino Bello – 73031 Alessano – Tel. +39 0833.781334
Opening by appointment only
Free entrance - “Ezechiele Leandro” Museum Artist’s House
Via A. Cerundolo, 26 bis – 73016 S. Cesario di Lecce – Tel. +39 0832.200120
Opening hours by appointment only
Guided tours by appointment
Educational activities for school groups
Free entrance - Civic Museum in San Cesario
Piazza Garibaldi, 16 – c/o Palazzo Ducale – 73016 S. Cesario di Lecce – Tel. +39 0832.20536
Opening hours 8:00 / 12:00
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Guided tour by appointment
Free entrance - “Pietro Cavoti” Art Museum in Galatina
Piazza Aligheri, 51 – 73013 Galatina – Tel. +39 0836.561568 – fax 0836.561543
Open: 9:30-13:00/15:30-19:30 Tuesday to Saturday
Closed Mondays
Summer timetable (May-September): 16:30-20:00 Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Guided tour by appointment
Free entrance - Picture Gallery “Enrico Giannelli” Artistic Museum
Via Vittorio Emanuele III – c/o Palazzo Ferrari – 73052 Parabita – Tel. +39 0833.392354
Opening times: currently closed
History museums in Salento
Discover Salento’s history museums:
- Miner’s Museum in Casarano
Via Bonifacio IX, 8, 73042 Casarano – Tel. + 39 0833.599287 - Poster Museum
Via Vittorio Emanuele III – c/o Palazzo Ferrari – 73052 Parabita – Tel. + 39 0833.392354
Currently closed - “Decio De Laurentis” Civic Museum of Palaeontology and Palethnology
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 113 – 73024 Maglie – Tel. + 39 0836.485820
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 9:00-13:00 – Monday to Friday 15:30-18:00 Closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday
Guided tour: by appointment
Ticket price: € 2.60 - Museum of Borgo Terra
Piazza del Popolo – c/o Palazzo del Principe – 73036 Muro Leccese – Tel. + 39 0836.343824
Opening times: 10:00-12:00/17:00-21:00 (June to September)
Guided tour: by appointment
Free entrance
Archaeology Museums in Salento
Discover Salento’s archaeology museums:
- “Emanuele Barba” Civic Museum in Gallipoli
Via A. De Pace, 108 – 73014 Gallipoli – Tel. +39 0833.264224/260283
Opening hours: 10:00-13:00/17:30-19:30 Tuesday to Friday – 10:00-13:00/18:00-21:00 Saturday and Sunday
closed Mondays (June to September)
Ticket price: € 0.50 - Salvatore Zecca Archaeological Museum in Ugento
Via della Zecca, 1 – c/o ex Convento dei Francescani- 73059 Ugento – Tel. + 39 0833.555819/343824
Opening hours: 9:00-13:00/16:00-21:00
Guided tour: by appointment
Ticket price: € 2,00 - Museum of Messapic Civilisation in Vaste
Piazza Dante c/o Palazzo Baronale – 73029 Vaste – Tel. + 39 0836.904350
Opening hours: 9:00-12:00/16:00-19:00 from Tuesday to Sunday (winter opening hours) – 17:00-20:00 (from June to September)
closed on Mondays
Guided tour: by appointment
Ticket price: € 2.10 - Museo Archeologico dei Ragazzi – Museum Laboratory of Archaeology
Via Poli, 5D – 73100 Lecce – Tel. + 39 0832 631164 – Cell. + 39 320 9581398
Opening hours by appointment
Guided tours by appointment
Free Entrance
Other museums Salento
- Sidereus Astronomical Park in Salve
Contrada 2022Leopaldi, s.n.c. – Salve – Tel: +39 349 8470776 - Radio Museum in Tuglie
Via Vittorio Veneto – 73058 Tuglie – Tel. 0833.598001
Opening hours: 9:30 / 12:30 Tuesday – Friday 16:30 / 19:30 Thursday 9:30 / 12:30 – 17:00 / 21:00 every day (from June to September)
Guided tour by appointment
Ticket price: € 1.00
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