Best places: Science museums in Italy

Contemporary & striking museum of science & natural history with high-tech, hands-on fun exhibits.

A collection of interactive machines modeled on the Renaissance artist’s original sketches.

👍 Dal posto dove è ubicato il Museo si gode di una bella vista sulle campagne marchigiane che arriva fino al mare. Dentro il museo è ben diviso, con spazi ampi per poter provare le varie “attrazioni” . Un paio purtroppo erano fuori servizio e un po’ rovinate. (Sicuramente incuria dei visitatori) Lo sc...

16th-century palazzo at the University of Bologna, with eclectic science exhibits & frescoes.

Former monastery housing science museum with scale models of da Vinci's submarines & planes.

Museum featuring invention models, designs & reproduced art of Leonardo da Vinci, plus a bookshop.

Collection of artifacts from the 15th/16th centuries, with scientific instruments & personal items.

👍👍 Museo unico al mondo! Un gioiello storico da visitare! Le guide preparate e soprattutto appassionate nel raccontarvi le origini e la storia di questa parte della nostra Italia!

Reproductions of da Vinci's master works, plus inventions, drawings, papers & educational workshops.

Museum with interactive exhibits on human anatomy, surgical tools & the history of local medicine.

👍👍 Consigliato! Un bel museo per conoscere la storia della nostra bellissima Sardegna

Kid-friendly science museum with interactive exhibits, educational workshops & a planetarium.

👍👍 Visited a few years ago. As a structure it is very small but the activity it carries out and the possibility for amateur amateur astronomers to observe the sky with this instrument is great. Yesterday I discovered that the new grandiose observatory is being built 200 meters away. Go to the Sormano...

Varied museum aimed at inspiring kids to learn with hands-on (and fun) exhibits & an on-site cafe.

Exhibition celebrating Leonardo's talent, with model flying machines & copies of famed paintings.

👍👍 The museum is full of specimens of all species preserved with various methods and in a good state of conservation. The display cases are well kept and collect species from all over the Mediterranean area and not, absolutely worth visiting.

👍👍 LOVED this place. Something new and different from all the classic art - and you can put your stuff in the locker so your free even if you have shopping. Also the STAFF are SO helpful - they are up for your silliness and make you feel welcome

Small venue with fossils, archaeological finds & outdoor dinosaur sculptures, plus science films.