From Thursday 26 to Tuesday 31 December and from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January, the National Museum of Science and Technology will be open on holidays and a great offer of activities for adults and children.
The interactive activities in i.lab Leonardo will allow children and adults to experience firsthand his working method, in which art and science are intimately connected. The large interactive models of flight and construction machines, the tools used to draw, sculpt, paint and a large wall to create frescoes will allow you to deepen various aspects of the historical and cultural context of the Renaissance and the deep connection with Leonardo’s work .
In the Tinkering Zone, adults and children from 8 years of age can build light boxes to tell the Christmas stories, made of light and shadows, or build paths for marbles using gravity, elasticity and geometry. In Gen. ib, adults and children from 8 years of age will be able to observe closely how a small plant develops and extract genetic material from cells. While in i.lab Biotechnology, they will be able to observe living organisms and understand how to use them to transform food. In the i.lab Nutrition, they will instead discover the consistency of ice cream and how to use the ingredients of the kitchen to create bright foods. In the i.lab Energy & Environment they will discover that energy is involved in every aspect of daily life and they will be able to understand how to produce it, using renewable sources. In the i.lab Area for Children, children aged 3 to 6 can play with lights, shadows and music to build a great Christmas scene together, or play with mathematics to keep geometric shapes in balance. Other interactive activities will be proposed in the i.lab Soap bubbles.
With the Museum ticket you can also visit the New Leonardo da Vinci Galleries, an immersive journey that uses many interpretation tools (videos, multimedia, original works and settings), and the temporary exhibition Fragility and Beauty, to see our planet with the eyes of satellites and understand how much these tools can help monitor changes and protect the environment.