The medieval Benedictine monastery of S. Scolastica, together with the annexed 16th-century bastion, is today the renovated home of the Archaeological Museum of the Metropolitan City of Bari. It welcomes visitors to the northernmost tip of that “museo diffuso” (widespread museum) which is the old City, with its density and variety of architectural, archaeological and historical values.
Natural gate between the city and the sea, the monumental complex is also a museum of itself due to that thousand-year-old stratification of events that has been revealed by a recent restoration project. It opens to the public at the end of extensive functional renovation of the spaces begun in 2011, carried out in stages using grant funds: from one end of the monastery to the other, by respecting and enhancing ancient pre-existing architectural structures, the archaeological path takes the visitor on a journey back in time, from the 19th century, through the Middle Ages, to Protohistory, into the foundations of the building.
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Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday 09,00 – 19.00 (last entrance 18.30)
Sundays and holidays 09.00 – 13.00 (last entrance 12.30)
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Services available to visitors
- assistance with studies and research
- consultation of the Library
- consultation database -
Ticket Prices
The prices include access to the Archaeological Museum and the Metropolitan Art Gallery “Corrado Giaquinto,” including during events and temporary exhibitions.
- Full price: €5.00
- Reduced price (18-25 years): €2.00
- Combined ticket (valid for two days for both the Archaeological Museum and the Metropolitan Art Gallery): €8.00
Free entry is granted to:- Minors under 18 years of age (minors under 12 must be accompanied).
- People with disabilities and one accompanying person or family member who can prove their status.
- Tour guides practicing their professional activity, upon presentation of a valid license issued by the competent authority.
- Interpreters accompanying tour guides, upon presentation of a valid license issued by the competent authority.
- Staff of the Metropolitan City of Bari, the Regional Secretariat of the MIC for Puglia and Valle d’Aosta, and the Archaeological Superintendence, Fine Arts, and Landscape of the Metropolitan City of Bari and Puglia, with valid identification.
- Members of I.C.C.R.O.M. (International Council of Monuments and Sites) and I.C.O.M. (International Council of Museums).
- Military personnel from the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit.
- University students enrolled in cultural heritage preservation courses, accompanied by their teachers.
- EU teachers and students of art, art history, architecture, conservation, heritage, archaeology, history, and philosophy, upon presentation of proof of academic status.
- Journalists in good standing with their association dues, upon presentation of an ID confirming their professional activity.
- Italian or foreign scholars and researchers upon specific and motivated request, or those applying on behalf of research and cultural institutions.
- Volunteers, upon presentation of appropriate documentation.
- Everyone on the first Sunday of the month.
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Iapygians and Greeks in ancient Apulia
This room displays a significant selection of ceramics of indigenous and Greek production, dated between the 6th and 3rd centuries BC, which constitute one of the most important nuclei of the Archaeological Mu-seum of Bari.
Prehistory and protohistory in the Terra di Bari
This conventionally defines the vast time span of human history that extends back as far as 1.5 million years, from the first use of stone tools to the mastery of metals (Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic or Copper Age).
Ancient peoples of Apulia: the Peucetians
The room on the first floor of the Museum is dedicated to the Peucetians, people who in pre-Roman times occupied the territory of the present - day Province of Bari, as well as part of the territory of Taranto and part of the in- land of Basilicata.
The Polese collection
The Polese collection was acquired by the Provincial Administration in 1925 on a proposal from the Committee for Archaeology and local history, with the aim of enriching the collections of the Archaeological Museum of the Province of Bari established in 1875.
Archaeology of Bari
The section Archaeology of Bari aims at illustrating, by and large, the development of the city by means of the underground traces, leafing through the archaeological strata from the Middle Ages to the Bronze Age.
Life in the monastery
This room has been reserved for the exhibition, contextual to the place of discovery, of a selection of artifacts found in the deep well in the centre of the hall. The artifacts are grouped according to types including uncoated tableware and storage ware.
THE MONUMENTAL COMPLEX
The monastery
The story of the foundation of the monastery willed by the king of the Franks, Pepin, in 755 seems to be legendary, while the first document mentioning the monastery is da- ted 1102, suggesting the monastery already existed in the previous century. ...
The bastion
The imposing bastion of Santa Scolastica, overlooking Largo Nino Lavermicocca-lungomare Imperatore Augusto, constitutes the monumental “sea gate” of the Museum. ...
The archaeological area of San Pietro
The area of S.Pietro is an integral part of the Museum. Adjacent to the the western facade of the monastery of S. Scolastica it can be accessed directly from the Bastion or from piazza S. Pietro.
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Via Venezia, n. 73 - 70122 BARI
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+39 0800990882
Email address
museoarcheologico (at) cittametropolitana.ba.it
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