Da Vinci's Workshop: Chicago: Museum of Science and Industry: August 28, 2006

On Monday, August 28, 2006, 27 Evansville students, community members and staff chaperones, led by Mr. Richard Cole, explored a classic exhibit of Leonardo DiVinci at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Imagine 5 rooms where the designs of Leonardo from his workbooks were created for all to see. There was a replica of the horse he designed, the catapult, the knight robot, pulleys, cranes, the parachute, the hanglider and much, much more.

When museum staff asked for three volunteers to help launch the catapult, three youngsters quickly came foreward. After just one launch, the kids were eager to launch many more. They had done the time machine thing and were ready for battle.

A big thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Zwicky whose generous contribution made this trip possible.

It was pretty stunning to realize that 4/5 of the notebooks of DeVinci have been lost, and the ideas we reviewed were only a fraction of the total.

What a wonderful day!. Click on the photo for the largest version.