LEONARDO
Discover Leonardo: more than 100 models, texts, images, exhibits.
The Ideal City
Urban and architectonical studies for a more functional city
Bridge channel
Leonardo studies with interest the canals in Milan
Hydraulic saw
Leonardo studies and draws the technology of his time
Parabolic bridge
A movable bridge for defence
Air screw
An exceptional intuition on the potential of propellers
Leonardo's gallery
Discover the core of the Museum: more then 30 machines created from the inventor's drawings.
Leonardo's life
Find out what he did and where he went year by year.
Studies and drawings
Some of the most interesting ideas from the over 6.000 folios by Leonardo's.
Where are the manuscripts
Nowadays Leonardo's writings are divided in ten different codes.
Virtual Leonardo
Visit the Museum in 3D and use Leonardo da Vinci's machines.
Mechanic loom
Activate Leonardo's loom and find out how it works and how it was reconstructed.
Ideal city
Walk inside a virtual reconstruction of the city designed by Leonardo.
Leonardo Milan and water
Find out the complex and fascinating connection between Leonardo and the local waterways.
HIGHLIGHTS
ON LINE
How do helicopters fly?
Find out how a modern helicopter flies and moves in all directions and witch controls are used by pilots.
Collage
Adhesives are hidden all over the place. Could you live without them? Pick an area and look carefully.
Oil prêt-à-porter
How much oil do you have on you? Tell me what you are wearing and you'll find out.
DEPARTMENTS
Telecommunications section
Discover the history of communicating at a distance, with Marconi's original apparatus.
DNA demystified
In the interactive Genetics & Biotech i.lab we discover where DNA is found and we work with animal, plant and yeast cells.
Ebe Training Ship
Discover the schooner housed in the Air & Sea Transport Building – the largest sailing ship in Italy to be held inside a museum.
