National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci"

March 2012 trip to Madrid, Venice, Verona, Milan and Paris.

Milan: Duomo, Cathedral Roof, Galleria & Castle, Al Conte Ugolino,
Last Supper Tour, Art Café, National Museum, Il Bar

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Leonardo da Vinci bridge model - Milan, Italy
parabolic swing bridge designed by Leonardo da Vinci
National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci - MIlan
National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

Sunday continued

After lunch, we returned to the Metro and rode to the Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci (National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci). This was the one time we got a small discount with our Milano Cards. It is Italy's largest science and technology museum and has 10,000 items on display and 15 interactive laboratories.

The main reason I wanted to visit this museum was for the exhibits devoted to Leonardo da Vinci. There is a long hall lined with Leonardo's sketches and models of many of his inventions. There are are also programs using some of those models in the interactive laboratories, but we weren't taking the time to do that.

Regine Margherita - Milan museum of science and technology
Regine Margherita - thermo electric steam plant built in 1895

Leonardo da Vinci Gallery - Milan, Italy
Leonardo da Vinci Gallery with more than 30 models of machines made or drawn up by Leonardo

Leonardo da Vinci warships
Navi a sperone mobile - models of ships of war designed by Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci catapult model
Leonardo da Vinci Balista Doppia (double catapult)

Astronomy Hall telecopes and globes -
Astronomy Hall

RObots in the Milan Museum of Science and Technology
Robots in the robotic laboratory

submarine - National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci
Enrico Toti submarine

Ebe training ship
The Ebe schooner-brig was built in 1921 and sailed the Mediterranean sea for almost forty years - it was cut into 90 parts,
assembled here, then the naval pavilion  was built up all around the ship

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