The exhibition hosted by three locations is Pécs opens on April 15, 2014. The exhibition commemorates in an usual manner, the world-famous Italian polymath. The exhibition is based on Leonardo da Vinci's sensational inventions. The items on display are accurate, authentic models, drawings, manuscripts. The visitors may also learn about the mind behind the works through modern multimedia equipment.

In the past decades, several exhibition have been presented about the inventor Leonardo, primarily through his inventions that were sensational in his time . However, the compilation of such exhibitions lacked the important point, namely, how the work of the Renaissance polymath contribution to science, technology, the arts and the development of culture in general.

The exhibition presents both a sophisticated artist, the inimitable artist the inventor who studied the operating principles of machines, the innovative architects and flying, and also the scientists studying anatomy.

Leonardo's automobile

Visitors to the exhibition may admire a scale model of Leonardo's so-called 'automobile', which has generated much interest among many scientists since the beginning of the 20th century on.

A number of reconstructions wre made after the special structure during the centuries, but those were based on an error, which only recently came to light. According to systematic mechanical explanations by Carlo Pedretti and Mark Rosheim the "automobile" was not powered by the spirals observed in Leonardo's drawing but a pair of motors with spirals.

The two professionals thoroughly analysed da Vinci's design, and realized that the sophisticated programmable device for the "automobile" was designed to issue special effects at court ceremonies. At last, Pedretti and Rosheim created three different size models.

The Leonardo exhibition in Pécs is the biggest in its largest scale of all so far.

In terms of the number of sites and exhibition space our exhibition is the largest, in terms of its content, the richest Leonardo exhibition opens on April 15 in Pécs. We can say so these three themes have never been shown together neither in Hungary nor in other European cities.