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Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in
Milan, dedicated to painter and scientist
Leonardo da Vinci, is the largest science and technology museum in Italy. It was opened on 15 February 1953 and inaugurated by
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi.[1]
The museum, in the ancient monastery of
San Vittore al Corpo in Milan, is divided into seven main departments:[2]
Each of these departments have laboratories, especially for children and young students. The Transport section is made up of four different parts: air, rail, water and
Submarine Enrico Toti-S-506.[3]
Materials section
The Materials section treats the life cycle of modern products from
raw materials to
recycling. Specific sections are dedicated to polymeric and synthetic materials and to basic chemical manufacturing. There is also a
metal section that illustrates the metal extraction and processing techniques and exhibits the first
electric arc furnace for melting steel invented in 1898 by Ernesto Stassano.
Transport section
The Transport section is divided in four different sections:
The Rail Transport section is sited in a pavilion from the
1906 Expo with an added reconstruction of a late 19th-century railway station facade. The collection exhibits vehicles from the 19th and 20th centuries with a particular focus on the historical public transport of
Lombardy.
The Energy section is dedicated to energy sources and devices. In this part of the museum there is the Margherita thermoelectric power station (1895) and an
oil industry/
petrochemistry section.
Communication section
The Communication section is divided into three areas:
The Astronomy section shows several antique astronomic and topographical instruments, including two 17th-century celestial and earth globes, the Salmoiraghi
refracting telescope, and a
Foucault pendulum.
The Telecommunication section is dedicated to all forms of modern-era communication from
telegraph to
telephone and wireless communication, and from
radio to
television, with a global view of the technical history of Italian television.
The Sound section shows the main technologies for recording and reproducing sound from the 19th century to modern times.
Leonardo da Vinci, Art & Science section
The Leonardo da Vinci, Art & Science area is divided into four parts:
The
Jewelry collection shows precious objects from stones and gems to metals, including gold and ivory jewellery.
The
Leonardo da Vinci section exhibits many Leonardo machines reproduced from Da Vinci drawings,[4] including a hydraulic saw, a spinning machine, a flying machine and Leonardo's tank. The models of the collection are the fruit of a reinterpretation by a group of experts who have translated and completed his drawings.
The
Horology collection shows the evolution of watchmaking and shows several pendulum clocks, ancient clocks, personal watches and tower mechanisms.
The
Musical Instruments section exhibits instruments from the 17th to the 20th century. There is a reconstruction of a lute maker's workshop from the 17th century.