Museo Della Scienza E Della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Lombardy, Italy
4.0 (2.525 reviews) Friday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent More than 3 hours Ranking #58 in Milan Speciality Museums • Science Museums
Great museum but crowded
Visit one of the most attractive historical sites in Milan and travel in the past, present and future of science and technology. Born in 1953, the Museum is one of the largest science and technology museums in Europe. Nestled in the cloisters of a Renaissance monastery, it covers about 50,000 square meters. At the Museum you can discover exhibits and interactive workshops on energy, materials, communication, transport, energy and particle physics. Visit the most important collection in the world of historical models based on Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings. Discover extraordinary objects such as steam trains, the catamaran AC72 Luna Rossa, the brigantine schooner Ebe, and the deck of the Conte Biancamano transatlantic. Come aboard the Enrico Toti submarine to experience how sailors used to live. Explore the new Space area displaying the only Moon fragment visible in Italy. Keep an eye on temporary shows and don’t miss the new exhibitions “#FoodPeople. The exhibition for people eager for innovation” and “Extreme. Searching for particles”. On weekends and public holidays enjoy a full program of activities in interactive workshops, initiatives in the Tinkering Zone and in the Maker Space, guided tours and special events included in the admission ticket.
Address
Via San Vittore 21, 20123 Milan Italy
Mobile
Website
http://www.museoscienza.org
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 11:55
User Ratings
4.0 based on (2.525 reviews)
Reviews
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3Wentu 5:00 PM Dec 9, 2022
Not as good as I remembered
I visited this when I was a kid and I loved it. Now at 47 I was quite disappointed and I can't imagine kids having that much fun. The exposition is large and you can spend here a lot of time but mainly, what I didn't like was the lack of interesting hands-on activities and of captivating descriptions. It felt more as a boring textbook. Take the part about "Seamless tube". I learned something here and it was interesting but I really wonder what a young boy could get from here. Or.. the "quadrant"... I heard boys asking their parents what's that for, receiving blood-curling attempts at an explanation. The Morse communication is so annoying that it was driving me crazy but the possible activity there wasn't attractive at all to try, and of course there's no personnel to try and lure you in. The trains section, maybe due to the fact it was a dark humid evening, was really sad, dark and uninformative. A bit better the naval and airplane "hangar". The problem is not the lack of information per se, but the fact that the information that is there is presented in an unappealing way (at least, it is always in ITA and ENG). The activities that seemed to have the most success were videogame-like stuff with, apparently, not much of an educational content after all. I am not saying: "do NOT bring your kids there", but be prepared to have a lengthy slow experience and no help when you need to answer their (very welcomed!) questions or you have to fight out their boredom.
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3Stephanie O 5:00 PM Feb 26, 2022
Slightly disappointing visit
I think this museum is great for families, however not worth the visit if not accompanied by younger children. We visited the museum following a recommendation from our hotel after we expressed interest in Leonardo Da Vinci, so we were slightly disappointed when the exhibit focused more on the Da Vinci followers than the great man himself. The layout of the museum is incredibly confusing and I felt like I was in an IKEA instead of a museum. I’d you’re a visitor to Milan on short time, I would not recommend this venue.
