Milan Hotels near Leonardo da Vinci National Museum

Of all the pre-eminent landmarks in the Lombardy city however, the Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia stands apart. Leonardo da Vinci, the foremost Renaissance mathematician, engineer, inventor, painter and sculptor, spent just under two decades of his life in Milan. The museum is a brilliant tribute to the genius whose indelible legacy in the city includes The Last Supper mural in Santa Maria delle Grazie. The museum is the most important science and technology institute in Italy. Departments include Materials, Transport, Energy, Communication, Leonardo Art & Science, New Frontiers and Science for Young Children that all told, hold more than 10,000 objects.

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The Leonardo da Vinci National Museum covers 40,000 m² of a 16th century Olivetan monastery. The museum is a ten minute walk from Santa Maria delle Grazie church.

Other worthwhile museums in Milan include the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Civic Museum of Natural History and Bagatti Valsecchi Museum.