A refreshing new Da Vinci exhibition hall

The Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology is a museum dedicated to commemorating Da Vinci's outstanding achievements in science and technology, located near the Milan City Hall. The museum is housed in a former monastery and was built in 1953 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Da Vinci's birth. The exhibits are dazzling, covering all content related to science and technology. In addition to the general scientific museum's displays on matter, energy, nanotechnology, and other areas, the museum is divided into several different exhibition halls based on the content of the exhibits. In addition to the must-see displays of Da Vinci's mechanical design manuscripts and replica models, there are also achievements in astronomy, agriculture, electronics, and other fields. One side of the exhibition hall showcases collections mainly of material engineering, communication technology, astronomical instruments, and musical instrument craftsmanship, and also displays Da Vinci's manual mechanical sketches and replica models, which are very worth seeing. Besides, the most eye-catching part of this museum is the Da Vinci Hall. Da Vinci took notes all his life and left behind a large number of manuscripts, all written in mirror writing with his left hand. Da Vinci did this to prevent others from copying his knowledge. Although these manuscripts are scattered around the world, they are very concentrated here and involve a wide variety of types. They include not only notes and drawings but also real objects, models, design drawings, sketches, etc., displaying countless creations of Da Vinci's life in science and technology, involving siege weapons, bridge construction, mills, tunnel construction, etc. It is hard to imagine that this is the cognitive space of a person who lived more than five hundred years ago. Da Vinci also invented a device with an alarm clock function that operates by the falling of water drops in a water trough, and he also foresaw the development of science four hundred years later. He used his knowledge of medicine, anatomy, and physiology to contemplate heart transplants, and with his knowledge of mathematics, mechanics, optics, chemistry, and physics, he conceived of cars, helicopters, and robots. Some say that if one lifetime is considered, Da Vinci's life is equivalent to seven lifetimes of a person, and his rival Michelangelo is equivalent to three lifetimes of a person. Tickets: 4.5 euros Hours: 9:30-17:30, closed on Mondays Address: Via San Vittore, 21, 20123 Milano MI, Italy Subway: Line 2 to S. Ambrogio station Bus: 50, 58 to San Vittore station; 94 to Carducc station