Whereas the Mona Lisa is ready to get her personal room on the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci himself can be celebrated with a brand-new museum within the metropolis of Pueblo, Colorado — the primary and solely establishment in North America dedicated to the artist and inventor.
Scheduled to open this fall, the museum can be primarily targeted on Leonardo’s engineering endeavors, bringing his drawings, textual content, and experiments to life by means of interactive fashions facilitated by the Artisans of Florence, a touring exhibitions firm that has an in depth partnership with the Museo Leonardo da Vinci in Florence.
A rendering of the forthcoming museum’s reward store
The Colorado Financial Improvement Fee gave its closing approval for the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of North America in downtown Pueblo on Thursday, February 20, following a 10-year exclusivity memorandum of understanding guaranteeing that it “will be the only permanent home in the United States for Leonardo da Vinci’s model-based exhibits.”
After the Artisans of Florence’s touring exhibition Da Vinci: Machines and Robotics made a cease on the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Convention Middle in Pueblo throughout summer time 2022, the corporate has since saved lots of the exhibition’s contraptions within the metropolis to be loaned throughout, prompting the Southern Colorado Science Middle (SCSC) to spearhead the proposal for his or her everlasting dwelling onsite.
These contraptions are set to occupy the forthcoming Leonardo da Vinci Museum now that it has been granted a lease within the defunct Professional Bull Riders Sports activities Efficiency Middle. The interactive machines geared towards youngsters’s schooling can even be put in alongside sections of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk. Along with rotating reveals, the museum is ready to have a present store in addition to an outside cafe.
In an announcement, SCSC Board Chair Joe Arrigo emphasised the brand new establishment’s significance to the Pueblo neighborhood within the areas of STEAM (Science, Expertise, Engineering, Arts, and Arithmetic) schooling.
“This approval allows us to move forward with our plans to create an interactive and educational experience that celebrates the genius of Leonardo da Vinci,” Arrigo mentioned.