MILAN - The Record Vespa, Lallement's bicycle, the Cray supercomputer, Giulio Natta's laboratory instrumentation, and then many other more or less ancient objects, of daily or professional use, used for sport or pleasure, which, at thousands, tell the history and evolution of our country from a scientific and technological point of view: from 24 July for the first time the Leonardo da Vinci National Science and Technology Museum in Milan will make its Study Collections accessible to the public, thanks to a project still in progress - supported by the Lombardy Region - for the reorganization of the deposits located in the Aeronavale Pavilion, now made usable.
Until 28 August it will be possible to discover the immense Italian heritage - from ancient, modern and contemporary times - coming from the world of research, industry, school institutions and individual citizens, by participating in guided tours organized every Saturday at 11.30. The project, which in the future will have a progressive trend, aims at the enhancement of thousands of objects that until now have not been visible: out of the 19,000 total assets of the Museum, in fact, only 2,700 are exhibited, numbers that testify to how much the deposits are spaces vital to development, custodians of a precious intangible knowledge of stories, knowledge, gestures and experiences. Thanks to the Studio Collections (whose warehouse modernization works were carried out during the months of the lockdown), they will therefore have a "new life"pieces so far never seen or seen very little, and also some materials relating to the second half of the twentieth century, which are then those most at risk of dispersion not only for the extraordinary technical-scientific development and the rapid obsolescence of tools and machinery, but because the producers themselves have struggled to recognize the status of cultural heritage to this legacy.
"The vast campaign of archival reorganization of the historical heritage of the Museum of Science and Technology can count on the support of the Lombardy Region. The inauguration of the Collezioni di Studio project is the result of a long work carried out to make increasing portions of documentary assets accessible and usable stored in the deposits. It is also the demonstration that not even in the most difficult period for culture due to the pandemic emergency did we stop planning the restart with creativity and foresight ", said Stefano Bruno Galli, Councilor for Autonomy and Culture of the Region Lombardia participating in the presentation of the project. "Collezioni di Studio is an area dedicated to conservation, study and research on objects belonging to numerous technical-scientific fields.It covers an area of 2800 square meters and houses approximately 7,800 goods. It is a living context, in constant evolution, where different experiences and skills are intertwined. A place intimately connected to the deep meanings of the museum institution - explained Marco Iezzi, transport curator and Deposits manager of the National Science and Technology Museum -. The work done so far has made it possible to make a large portion open to visitors and we hope that this will help to offer a further articulated vision of the reality in which we work every day ".museum institution - explained Marco Iezzi, Transport curator and Deposits manager of the National Science and Technology Museum -. The work done so far has made it possible to make a large portion open to visitors and we hope that this will help to offer a further articulated vision of the reality in which we work every day ".museum institution - explained Marco Iezzi, Transport curator and Deposits manager of the National Science and Technology Museum -. The work done so far has made it possible to make a large portion open to visitors and we hope that this will help to offer a further articulated vision of the reality in which we work every day ".