Da Vinci Inventions
Exhibition
1 March -30 April | 10:00
National Museum of History
From March 1 to April 30, 2016, at the National History Museum you interact with everything that means Da Vinci Inventions - is a truly captivating way to experience the world of Leonardo da Vinci.
Da Vinci Inventions is the most comprehensive Leonardo da Vinci experience to tour the world. With the assistance of Museo Leonardo da Vinci (Italy) and Pascal Cotte of Lumiere Technology (France), this experience brings to life the genius of Leonardo as an inventor, artist, scientist, anatomist, engineer, architect, sculptor and philosopher.
Working from Leonardo’s codices, Italian artisans have faithfully crafted interactive and life-size machine inventions for this unique, full-spectrum Leonardo da Vinci experience. These works include the first concepts of a car, bicycle, helicopter, glider, parachute, SCUBA, submarine, military tank and ideal city to name a few.
Moving far beyond machine inventions alone, the experience also features facsimiles of Leonardo’s most famous codices, anatomical studies, Anghiari battle drawings and Renaissance art.