Museo Leonardo Da Vinci — Attraction in Florence

First of all - be careful: there are two museums Da Vinci in the same area. Choose the right one for you (if you can understand the difference, I couldn’t). Don’t book your tickets online: I paid 10.4 eur per ticket online although the price at the place was 8 euros. There is no line, so come and pay right there. I had a very unpleasant situation with this museum: I bought my tickets online, paid 20.8 euros. Then I saw that there were two museums in the same street area, it was a real confusion: similar expositions, similar sites, similar reviews. I decided to cancel my booking and to come directly to the place to see. I received a confirmation of cancellation with note that no reimbursement would be done, because the cancellation was made less than 24 hours before the visit. So I’ve just lost 20.8 euros. The next morning we came to the museum with my daughter. I clearly explained the situation to the guy at the desk. I asked if we could enter anyway. He confirmed and gave me paper tickets (the price on them was 8 eur). We started our visit. In 10 minutes the guy found me and told me that he discovered that our reservation was cancelled (🤦🏽‍♀️ was not that what I told him initially?) and that I need to pay 16 euros for the new tickets because I would get reimbursement. I explained again that there would not be any reimbursement and showed him the email that I got. It meant that the museum would get the cost of anulated tickets anyway with the deduction of payment system commission. The guy said that we should go to his colleagues. Ok, we returned to the desk. This time there were two girls to whom I re-explained the situation. They told me that I needed to pay anyway because they gave me the new tickets. Then I said no, gave them back the tickets and we left the museum. That was a very nice customer-friendly approach ! Bravo, guys! I confirm that at the enter they give you a card with QR code that you can use to write a review. During 10 minutes of our visit I came to the conclusion that the museum was OK, but not 8 euros and definitely not for 10.4 that I paid online per ticket. If I could visit it appropriately I would have given 3...

This is a genuine tourist scam museum. Unprofessional, not entertaining, not interesting.

It only has this amount of 5 star reviews because they give you a coin if you submit it.

There are many small machines of Leonardo but without any good explanations and context (we don’t know what was indeed manufactured and which wasn’t). Most of them are just basic physical machines (they are not interesting or surprising), so this being “interactive” doesn’t make it any better. If it’s entertaining for you to use a basic pulley, then you’re free to go. (And pulleys weren’t invented by Leonardo either.) Some of them are worn down over the time and don’t even work.

Upstairs there are only a few music instruments which are out of tune and produce unbearable sounds. Downstairs there is a “workshop” with basic building blocks and games for children.

You won’t get to know anything special about the life of Leonardo either, there is only a basic timeline which is less informative than Wikipedia.

You can go through the entire thing in 15 minutes. They don’t accept Firenze card and it’s not cheap for students and children either (which is a standard in other museums).

We visited with our family and everyone was...

If you’ve ever wanted to walk through the chaotic brain of a Renaissance man who clearly never slept, the Da Vinci Museum is your place. It’s like stepping into a room where someone said, “What if a helicopter was made of wood and powered by dreams?” and Leonardo replied, “Hold my quill.”

You’ll see flying machines that never flew, tanks that look like giant wooden turtles, and an absurd number of anatomical sketches that make you question if da Vinci was a scientist or just really nosy.

There are interactive exhibits too! Want to crank a gear with absolutely no idea what it does? Go for it. Touch a wooden lever that might be a catapult or a coat rack? Live your truth.

The Mona Lisa isn’t there (obviously), but there is a replica with eyes that follow you like your mom when you’re near the cookie jar. Unsettling, but kind of iconic.

5 stars for ambition, weird vibes, and reminding me that I’ve accomplished absolutely nothing compared to a guy who casually painted masterpieces and designed scuba gear in the 1400s.

Highly recommend for art lovers, history buffs, and anyone who likes saying, “Wait… what is that?”...