The Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology is one of the most interesting and most visited in Italy. Thanks to the caring residents of Milan, it was founded in 1953, and today it is housed in the building of the former monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict.
The interactive laboratories of physics, chemistry, genetics, and robotics located on the museum grounds will captivate even those people who have always considered themselves far removed from the world of science. Here visitors are invited to make ink and “unpoppable” soap bubbles themselves, as well as look through a telescope and explore a submarine.
Of course, the collection of Leonardo da Vinci himself, which occupies an entire floor of the museum, is of particular value. The artist, inventor, sculptor, scientist, and greatest creator of the Renaissance left behind countless mysteries that more than one generation has yet to unravel. Thousands of pages of drawings, sketches, manuscripts, and wooden models carried through the centuries still make even the most ardent skeptics believe in the miracle of human thought and technology.
