National Museum of Science and Technology

With its twenty- eight sections, from information technology to engines to astronomy, some 40 000 square metres of displays, and a massive 15 000 pieces in its collection, 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.
In addtition to this, the Museum offers a particular section which transports us back to a golden era in Italy's artistic history: the Renaissance and its great men, among them Leonardo da Vinci, who perhaps knew best how to bring together and unite the concept of "art- science- technology", a concept which over the centuries has become more and more divided and incoherent, with one culture prevailing over another.
A large gallery is dedicated to the genius of Leonardo the engineer and scientist, in which, as well as models of Leonardo's machines, several frescoes from the fourteenth right up to the eighteenth centuries are displayed. Amongst these is a reproduction of "The Last Supper", whilst the original can be found at the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, only 200 metres from the Museum.
The Museum was founded in 1947 by the engineer Guido Ucelli di Nemi and inaugurated in 1953. It is made up of three separate buildings: the Monumental Building, the Rail Transport Building and the Air&Sea Transport Building, which contains two of the Museum's most sensational pieces: the sailing ship Ebe and the bridge of the transatlantic liner Conte Biancamano.

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Contact Information

National Museum of Science and Technology
Via S. Vittore 21
20123 Milano

Tel. +392485551

http://www.museoscienza.org