Leonardo full immersion

Combined ticket

A complete experience with access to all the Museums of Vinci

Palazzina Uzielli is recommended as the starting point of the Leonardo Museum visit, where mechanics provide fertile ground for a journey into the mind of the Genius. The experience begins with some of Leonardo’s most significant drawings related to the exhibition themes, brought to life through evocative animations. These are followed by sections on construction machinery, textile manufacturing, and clocks, featuring astonishing models that faithfully reproduce Leonardo’s writings.

Throughout the museum, visitors can enjoy virtual reality experiences, allowing them to interact with the mechanisms designed by the Genius from Vinci. It’s a truly immersive 360-degree experience that culminates in the anatomy rooms, where Leonardo’s mind shifts from studying the movement of machines to that of the human body. Thanks to exquisite wax sculptures, some of Leonardo’s extraordinary anatomical drawings take shape, transforming from his unmistakable lines into fully three-dimensional works to be admired from every angle.

 

 

Conti Guidi’s Castle is the second part of the Leonardo Museum, home to the oldest and most historic collection, including models of Leonardo’s most famous machines, such as the armored vehicle and the large articulated wing. Here you’ll find the war machines room and the flying machines room.

Leonardo also conceived projects related to his homeland, Vinci—such as ideas for regulating and diverting the Arno River. Don’t miss the immersive room “He Was Called Lionardo”, where evocative images, colors, and sounds reveal the story of Leonardo’s childhood. The experience concludes at the panoramic tower, where visitors can enjoy a breathtaking view of the landscapes that inspired Leonardo’s artistic and engineering works.

 

 

In the “Leonardo and Painting” exhibition spaces on Via Roma, visitors can experience all of Leonardo’s painting masterpieces, reproduced in high definition and at full scale (1:1), including the Adoration of the Magi and the Mona Lisa. A unique opportunity to immerse oneself—after a journey through the mind of Leonardo the engineer and scientist—into the world of Leonardo the artist.

 

 

Leonardo’s Birthplace in Anchiano is located about 3 km from the village of Vinci, along a scenic path surrounded by splendid olive trees set among the iconic Tuscan hills. It can be reached on foot via the Strada Verde, where you can also admire the fish ladder, a stepped stone structure used to direct river water into an artificial canal flowing by the Doccia Mill, mentioned in one of the sheets of the Codex Atlanticus.

Once you reach the evocative house where Leonardo was born, he himself welcomes you through a fascinating holographic installation, telling his story within the very walls where he was born and raised: the story of a remarkable life deeply rooted in his native land.

 

 

In the village of Vinci, several contemporary art installations can be freely visited. Here, today’s great artists engage in a dialogue with Leonardo’s genius, creating a captivating encounter between past and present.

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Leonardo artist and scientist

Museo Leonardiano ticket

An experience to enter the mind of the Genius, between art and engineering

Palazzina Uzielli is recommended as the starting point of the Leonardo Museum itinerary, where mechanics serve as fertile ground for a journey into the mind of the Genius. The visit begins with some of the most significant drawings related to the exhibition themes, presented through evocative animations. These are followed by sections on construction machinery, textile manufacturing, and clocks, featuring astonishing models that faithfully reproduce Leonardo’s original writings.

For all visitors, virtual reality experiences with headsets are available throughout the museum, allowing interaction with the mechanisms designed by the Vinci Genius. It’s a truly 360-degree experience that concludes in the anatomy rooms, where Leonardo’s mind shifts from studying the movement of machines to that of the human body. Thanks to exquisite wax sculptures, some of Leonardo’s marvelous drawings come to life, transforming from the unmistakable strokes of his famous sheets into fully three-dimensional sculptures to admire from every angle.

 

 

Conti Guidi’s Castle forms the second part of the Leonardo Museum, hosting the oldest and most historic collection, including models of his most famous machines such as the armored vehicle and the large articulated wing. This is where you will find the war machines room and the flying machines room.

Leonardo also conceived projects related to his birthplace, Vinci, including ideas for the regulation and diversion of the Arno River.
Not to be missed is the immersive room “He Was Called Lionardo”: surrounded by evocative images, colors, and sounds, Leonardo’s childhood is revealed. The experience concludes with a visit to the panoramic tower, where you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the landscapes that inspired Leonardo in his artistic and engineering works.

 

 

In the “Leonardo and Painting” exhibition spaces on Via Roma, visitors can experience all of Leonardo’s painting masterpieces reproduced in high definition and at full scale (1:1), including the Adoration of the Magi and the Mona Lisa. A unique place to immerse yourself—after a journey into the mind of Leonardo the engineer and scientist—into the world of Leonardo the artist.

 

 

 

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The Origins of the Genius

Leonardo’s Birthplace ticket

The place where it all began on April 15, 1542

Leonardo’s Birthplace in Anchiano is located about 3 km from the village of Vinci, along a route lined with splendid olive trees resting on the iconic Tuscan hills. It can be reached on foot via the Strada Verde, where you can also admire the fish ladder—a stepped stone structure that directed river waters into an artificial canal flowing by the Doccia Mill, mentioned in one of the sheets of the Codex Atlanticus.

Upon arriving at the evocative Birthplace of Leonardo, he himself welcomes visitors through a fascinating holographic installation, telling his story within the very walls where he was born and raised—a memorable life deeply connected to his native land.

From the central room, furnished with a 15th-century fireplace and the Da Vinci family crest carved in pietra serena stone, visitors proceed to the right room, where a scale model illustrates Leonardo’s final journey—the one that in 1516 took him from Rome to Amboise, France. Among panels and multimedia supports about Leonardo’s life, there is the interactive application Leonardo Touch, focusing on his painting and graphic work: an engaging way to interact directly with some of his drawings and painted works.

The adjacent farmhouse, housing the ticket office and bookshop, concludes the visit with two videos: one about the Battle of Anghiari, Leonardo’s unfinished and now lost masterpiece painted in the Great Hall of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence; the other commemorates the seventieth anniversary of the Birthplace’s opening as a museum.

If arriving on foot from Vinci village along the Strada Verde (itinerary no. 14), visitors can admire the ancient path of about 2 km immersed in the countryside and landscapes that first inspired the young Leonardo. The rural route winds through the typical Tuscan cultural landscape characterized by terraces and fields cultivated with vineyards and olive groves, following the path of what was known in the 19th century as the Botanical Way.

 

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