MUSA - Historical-Archaeological Museum is located a few steps from the historic center of the city of Lecce and was inaugurated in 2007. The university museum is managed by the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Salento. MUSA documents and enhances the results of the research activities carried out by the archaeologists and ancient historians of the University of Lecce.

The MUSA exhibition includes archaeological finds from the University's excavation activities but also reconstructions of ancient contexts, and retraces the fundamental stages of a long path of growth that has seen the continuous updating of the horizons of historical-archaeological research, from prehistory to the Middle Ages and from Salento to the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as the constant increase in skills and laboratory equipment aimed at studying the ancient world by the University of Salento.

In the visit itinerary, articulated in five rooms, ample space is given to the archaeological investigations carried out in the Salento territory, through a route that starts from prehistory and reaches the Middle Ages (rooms 1-4).

In the last room (room 5), excavations, surveys, and studies on materials are presented, many of which are still ongoing, involving numerous archaeological sites in Italy and in various areas of the Mediterranean basin (Turkey, Ukraine, Syria, Egypt, Sudan, Malta, Iran).

The archaeological materials on display come directly from the University's field activities and therefore maintain a strong connection with their context of origin, recreated in the Museum with the help of models, casts, and 3D videos.