The Rail Transport Building at the Museum of Science and Technology

Because the Museum houses and exhibits a vast heritage, made up of over 10,000 items, between original objects and models, displayed over 23,000 square metres of exhibition space on a total surface area of 40,000 square metres. The Museum’s collections tell the history of science and technology in many areas: from the models that show the genius of Leonardo, to instruments for representing the universe, from devices for recording and reproducing sound to those for telecommunications, from metallurgy to the first engines, and transport. The "Leonardo da Vinci" National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan is one of the most important technical and scientific museums in the world.

Because at the Museum, you can see several models and accurate reconstructions of the machines the Leonardo da Vinci designed while he lived in Milan and throughout his life, all displayed in the vast hall bearing his name. You can compare the machines made in the 1950s with the corresponding reproductions of Leonardo’s designs. You can admire the reconstruction of Leonardo’s mechanical loom, the first ever completely automated loom which the Museum was able to reconstruct from a drawing that was found in the Codex Atlanticus. The revolutionary automatic shuttle-throwing that Leonardo devised, contributed to trigger the process known as the Industrial Revolution two hundred years later. At the Leonardo i.lab, school groups can experience excitement, fun and hands-on activities by handling objects and using the educational exhibits based on Leonardo’s inventions.

Because at the Museum you can dream: admiring the most colossal steam engines that crossed Italy, walking alongside the merchant sailing ship Ebe launched in 1921, imagining you are at the controls of the post-war jet planes, studying the main exploration routes on the late-17th century globes, which offer an evocative representation of our earth...