Museum of Science and Technology

Jim has always had an interest in Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings and accomplishments. For that reason, I suggested we visit the Museum of Science and Technology and Leonardo Da Vinci. The museum was HUGE, with two buildings, three floors each, and outdoor spaces, airplane hangars, and a mini-train station.
Took this picture for you, Oliver and Trenton, as we had just seen a clown riding one of these in the Fourth of July parade, and you both were mesmerized!

We did a double-take with this poster...
Lost in translation, perhaps???

"Leonardo is one of the greatest examples of the union between humanism and science.

The original nucleus of this museum was our ample collection of models of his machines, which were reconstructed from his drawings.
Ever since the Museum was founded in 1953, it has provided a fundamental starting point for exploring the complex relationship between humanity and machines."

- quoted from their websiteThey had many cool laboratory rooms set up where you could actually participate in experiments! However, each demonstration was conducted in Italian, and most were taking place later than we wanted to stay... So we hopped on a tour but realized that we knew absolutely NO Italian... So we ended up reading the signs (in English) and getting through as much as we could. Thankfully, this museum was air conditioned.

The tour guide made a big point out of explaining that these were, in fact, artist representations and models of Leonardo's work. (Like, duh.) It was neat to see him work each little machine, though, and very, very interesting to learn about the extensive mind of this inventor and lover of knowledge.