A lot of things are written about the universality of the talent of Leonardo da Vinci. But for large groups of the world's community the master from Vinci is not for the first century remains a foremost painter. He is one of the three legendary Titans of Italian Renaissance.

Millions of tourists visit Paris every year in an effort to see the "Mona Lisa". Almost the same quantity of pilgrims attracts to Milan the second-known work of Leonardo - the fresco "The Last Supper" which is in the church of the Dominican monastery Santa Maria della Gracie. The path of those, who are interested in the gifted nature of Leonardo as scholar and as engineer, also lies to Milan, but to another monastery - San-Vittore. Half a century ago, the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology was opened there. It is the main scientific and technological museum of Italy and by the way, one of the best science and technology museums in Europe.

The museum not only uses the name of the great Italian, but also keeps one of the best collections of the technical projects and sience researches of the master. Visiting the gallery, also bearing the name of Leonardo, you can see the projects of Leonardo on the paper, and "live" projects too. Most models of the devices that are displayed today in the museum were created for the ambitious exhibition of 1952, organized in honor of 500-years anniversary of the most mysterious Renaissance hero.

Some models are illustrative, they do not function, just facilitate the perception of drawings from Leonardo codes. However, several models - are working mechanisms. These include two reconstructions of Leonardo aircrafts, which struck scientists the most. In Milan museum reconstituted in every details the mechanism known as "air screw" and machine for flights with waving wings ... The first, which has strong similarities with modern helicopters, is the most interesting.

In addition to the technical and scientific heritage of Leonardo in Milan museum you can find exhibits that tell about the development, if not all, then of most branches of science and technology in Italy. The most impressive exhibits belong to the transport department of the Museum. There are many trains, planes, ships in his exposition.

Also there are 18 interactive labs in the museum. There is a laboratory of robotics, genetics, chemistry, biology. You can learn to do nonvolatile soap bubbles, to comb the iron, make ink and cook beer... And it is likely that children, who played in such laboratory, will grow up and become engineers, scientists, pioneers.