Gallipoli Sea Museum.

This is a natural history museum that documents the biodiversity of the waters of Gallipoli—and more generally, of Salento—organized into several sections: cetacean, marine reptiles, marine invertebrates, ornithological, and aquaria. It offers a journey that explores everything from the smallest underwater wonders to the most impressive collection of cetaceans in the region. The section dedicated to cetaceans is, in fact, the most important collection in Apulia, displaying complete skeletons of Tursiope, Stenella, and Grampoe Zifio, the latter being extremely rare and of considerable scientific importance.

Among the exhibited specimens, visitors can admire several individuals of the Caretta caretta turtle, the most common in the Mediterranean, a vast and historic ornithological collection, and a section dedicated to marine invertebrates that includes a variety of mollusks, echinoderms, and crustaceans.

Particularly interesting is the cetological collection, which comprises several dolphin skeletons, including two Grampi—a female and her offspring.

The ornithological section features specimens of migratory species, resident species, and some that nest locally. Explanatory panels guide visitors in recognizing the species and learning about their biology, evolutionary history, and intra- and inter-species relationships.