The Archaeological Museum of Santa Scolastica is located in the historic center of Bari in the seat of the ancient monastic complex of Santa Scolastica. The Museum houses a collection of artifacts from the indigenous civilizations of the area, with artifacts from the regions of Daunia, Messapia and Peucezia. The finds date back to periods ranging from prehistory to the Bronze Age, as well as jewelry from the Greek, Byzantine, Arab-Norman and medieval ages. The museum layout is divided into sections which allowed to create a path that winds through the entire monastic complex. The first section concerns the Byzantine Bari with the details of the testimonies of monastic life in the buildings found during the excavations. Multimedia supports help in reading architectural and artistic testimonies. The collection dedicated to archeology in the Land of Bari and exhibits the finds found in the site of Santa Scolastica. Among the most characteristic works we find ceramics, funeral objects from the archaic and classical ages. One section collects the significant finds from the history of the Archaeological Museum of Bari, such as: the red-figure crater, the archaic funerary equipment, the Chinca di Bisceglie dolmen and numerous Roman and medieval coins. Today the museum is home to important conferences, seminars and temporary exhibitions related to the ancient history of the city.