Famous worldwide for being a veritable "open-air museum," Rome abounds with artistic treasures that you can enjoy in the many archaeological areas that dot the city or in the various museums that hold the works of brilliant artists or the remains of a glorious past.
But Rome is also a city that loves to tell the story of Science, its inventions, and myriad curiosities in an in-depth and analytical way but captivating and within everyone's reach.
To understand the facts, mechanisms, and secrets of knowledge, we present an itinerary to discover the, perhaps lesser known, science museums of Rome, but rich in interesting testimonies capable of dialoguing with the tradition of arts and antiquities.
With a holding of some 5 million specimens, from mollusk shells of a few millimeters to a 16-meter whale, and with the help of multimedia and multisensory tools, the Museo Civico di Zoologia, inside Villa Borghese Park tells the unique story of the animal world.
In Piazza del Popolo, the Museo Leonardo da Vinci documents, through the display of models interpreting original designs, the genius of Leonardo da Vinci the inventor and engineer. The machines on display range in all fields, from flying to war machines, from mechanical devices to civil engineering.
Just a few steps from St. Peter's Basilica, the Leonardo da Vinci Experience invites you to admire the accurate reproductions of 46 machines and 22 paintings, including The Mona Lisa, Lady with an Ermine, Ecce Homo and the two versions of the Virgin of the Rocks all faithfully made on a 1:1 scale using procedures typical of Renaissance workshops and the use of the same materials employed by the artist.
Between Piazza Navona and Campo de' Fiori is the Mostra di Leonardo. The exhibition features more than 200 machines designed by the Tuscan genius, including 65 built models and 9 animated holograms. These include the famous flying machines, the ancestor of the parachute, a bicycle, and a hydraulic saw. Some of them, all working, can be touched and tried on for a total perceptual and sensory experience.
Located inside the Sapienza Università di Roma, the Museum of the History of Medicine preserves a rich collection of objects that reconstruct the evolution of medical knowledge and practices from prehistory to the genomic revolution.
Thanks to the latest digital technology, the Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, located among the elegant architecture and wide boulevards of the EUR district, offers you a new, unmissable immersive experience in the world, the Universe, and its distant galaxies and fascinating nebulae: real astronomical shows to discover the secrets and beauty of space.
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