The National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, one of the most important in Italy, was established in 1887 and has occupied since its origins the former Convent of the Alcantarini Friars, or San Pasquale, built shortly after the mid-eighteenth century.
The exhibition path of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto leads the visitor to discover the most ancient traces of the presence of man in the territory, the splendors of the Great Greek city, the turbulent phases of the Roman conquest and finally the urban transformations and cultural and commercial exchanges. from the early Middle Ages.