Leonardo3 Museum

Leonardo3 – The World of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo3 Museum – Il mondo di Leonardo
Coordinates45°27′59″N 9°11′24″E / 45.466377°N 9.189931°E / 45.466377; 9.189931
FoundersMario Taddei, Massimiliano Lisa, Edoardo Zanon
Websiteleonardo3.net

Leonardo3 is an interactive museum and exhibition center at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Piazza della Scala, Milano, Italy.[1][2] The museum was inaugurated in 2013, and is devoted to Italy’s notable personality Leonardo da Vinci, who is portrayed both as an artist and inventor.[1][3]

Description

The Leonardo3 museum has physical models and machines based on daVinci's designs and a digital version of the Codex Atlanticus, which contains the notes and sketches of the inventor.[3] The museum has the provision to explore independently or with many hands-on displays, touch screens, or with the help of audio guides in English, French, Chinese, Italian, Russian, German, and Spanish and can interact with more than 200 digital reconstructions.[4][5]

The museum has received an Award of excellence from the President of the Italian Republic.[6]

Exhibits

The museum exhibits working models of da Vinci’s machine and his musical instruments like Rapid-fire Crossbow, Mechanical Eagle, Mechanical Submarine, Mechanical Dragonfly, Great Kite, Rapid Fire Crossbow, Musical Cannon, Time Machine, Harpsichord Viola, the Areial Screw with spring engine, Giant Trumpet, Mechanical Lion and many others.[1][6]

The digitally restored The Last Supper painting, one of the famous works of Leonardo, provides information about the science and story behind it.[1][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Leonardo3 – The World of Leonardo | Milan Museum Guide". Milan. 2016-01-04. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. ^ Benedini, Giuseppe. "La macchina volante di Leonardo atterra in Galleria". ilGiornale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  3. ^ a b "The Best Leonardo3 Museum (World of Leonardo da Vinci) Tours & Tickets 2019 – Milan | Viator". www.viator.com. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  4. ^ "The world of Leonardo – save your money with your MilanoCard". MilanoCard – The smartest way to travel in Milano (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  5. ^ "Leonardo3". Tiqets. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  6. ^ a b Team, Editorial (3 April 2013). "Edutainment: Leonardo da Vinci, as never before seen @ "Leonardo3 – The World of Leonardo Exhibition" | 2LUXURY2.COM". Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  7. ^ "Leonardo, aquila volante e Ultima cena 3D: la grande mostra non chiude e rilancia – Milano – Repubblica.it". Milano – La Repubblica. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-05-30.