DISCOVER THE UNIQUE MUSEUM IN FLORENCE
100% INTERACTIVE AND WITH EXPLANATIONS IN ENGLISH
WHERE YOU CAN PROVE THE WONDERFUL MACHINES DESIGNED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI IN HIS CODES
MACHINES
INTERACTIVE
Embark on a Journey to Witness the Ingenious Machines Crafted by Leonardo da Vinci
INTERACTIVE
LABORATORIES
Build the Bridge, the Dome and the Polyhedrons designed by Universal Genius
STUDIES
OF ANATOMY
Discover Leonardo the anatomist by admiring his drawings of the human body
The Leonardo Interactive Museum is an interactive museum in Florence dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci.
Inside, you’ll find fully functioning machines and mechanisms designed by the Universal Genius in his famous Codices.
It has inspired numerous attempts at imitation, yet no other museum has matched the outstanding quality and precision with which Leonardo’s machine prototypes are reconstructed here.
The only institution comparable in craftsmanship is the Da Vinci Interactive Museum in Venice, located inside the historic Complex of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
Entirely focused on Leonardo’s mechanical inventions, the museum allows you to activate and explore many of his most fascinating creations — including:
- the Giant Tank
- the Catapult
- the Endless Screw
- the Air Screw
- the Vertical Ornithopter
- the Hydraulic Saw
- the Printing Machine
- and many other ingenious devices
This is a hands-on, educational, and fully interactive experience, ideal for curious visitors who want to dive into the creative mind of the greatest genius of all time.
A typical visit lasts about one hour and is recommended for ages 7 and up.
The museum was created to celebrate and promote the legacy of Leonardo da Vinci, the greatest intellect in human history, through a fully private initiative.
For more than 20 years, it has welcomed visitors in the heart of Florence’s historic center, at Via dei Servi 66/r, just steps away from the Accademia Gallery and Florence Cathedral.
Unlike static wooden displays found elsewhere, all machines and mechanisms here are true mechanical reconstructions, designed to be fully operable and faithful to Leonardo’s original engineering vision.
The visitor, therefore, can gain a direct learning experience through manual experimentation of what is on display.
The Leonardo Interactive Museum is visited by millions of people and has received the highest accolades for its value, achieving great success and international renown as an essentially interactive museum.
“Once you have known flight, you will walk the earth looking up to the sky, for there you have been and there you will wish to return”
In addition to the museum exhibition, there are fantastic Interactive Workshops, always active during opening hours, and included in the entrance fee.
In addition, the great master’s most famous paintings are exhibited in high-resolution, backlit, life-size digital reproductions.
Finally, at the entrance to the Museum, there is a well-stocked bookshop where you can buy books on Leonardo da Vinci and the city of Florence, wooden models, interactive machines and mechanisms to assemble, souvenirs and themed gadgets.
A guided tour of the museum is an excellent opportunity to take part in a fascinating and lively narrative about Leonardo da Vinci’s thoughts, life, works and inventions.
There are many curiosities and unanswered questions that still surround the myth of Leonardo: our guide will also entertain you on these interesting topics.
The guided tours organised by the museum contextualise the stories to the Florentine Renaissance period in which this great man lived and worked, and the exhibition will also include the telling of anecdotes, some of them unpublished, concerning Leonardo’s public and private life.
Guided tours must be purchased, selecting the desired day and time, in advance (click here to find out our rates and to proceed to their purchase).
They last just under an hour and, at the end, the visitor can remain in free practice inside the museum to experience first-hand how the exhibition content works and participate in interactive workshops.
