The idea of opening a museum dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1919, on the occasion of the celebrations for the fourth centenary of his death, but it opened to the public only in 1953 thanks to the gesture of
IBM, which donated a series of models reconstructed on the basis of Leonardo's drawings. Time has passed since then and today the museum itinerary is arranged over several locations: the first rooms are set up in the Palazzina Uzielli while the remaining exhibition sections are housed in the medieval Castello dei Conti Guidi, the historic seat of the museum. The itinerary also includes the "Leonardo and Painting" section at Villa del Ferrale and Leonardo's birthplace in Anchiano. The museum is accessed from the Piazza dei Guidi. The Palazzina Uzielli hosts the sections "Construction machinery", "Textile manufacturing machines", "Mechanical clocks" and "Leonardo and Anatomy". At the Palazzina there are also spaces dedicated to temporary exhibitions and a large room for educational paths. The Castello dei Conti Guidi houses the sections: "War machines", "Bridges", "Studies on flight", "Mechanisms and tools", "The bicycle and the self-propelled chariot", "The waters", "The optics and perspective" and "The geometric solids". The Villa del Ferrale hosts a section on Leonardo's life as a painter, with reproductions of his paintings and drawings, made in high definition and life-size. The reproductions alternate with didactic installations and explanatory videos. The visit ends with Leonardo's birthplace, where a life-size hologram tells his personal life. ==Palazzina Uzielli==