Each of these departments have laboratories especially for children and young students. The Transport section is made up of four different parts: air, rail, water and Submarine Enrico Toti-S-506.
Materials section
The Materials section treats the life cycle of modern products from raw materials to recycling. Specific sections are dedicated to polymeric and synthesis materials and to the basic chemical manufacturing. There is also a metal section that illustrates the metal extraction and processing techniques and exhibits the first electric arc furnace for melting steel invented in 1898 by Ernesto Stassano.
Transport section
The transport section is divided in four different sections:
The Rail Transport section is sited in a pavilion from the 1906 Expo with an added reconstruction of a late 19th-century railway station facade. The collection exhibits vehicles from 19th and 20th century with a particular focus on the historical public transport of Lombardy.
The last section is dedicated to the Toti-class submarine Enrico Toti, built by Italian shipbuilders after the Second World War for the Italian Navy and launched in 1967.
Energy section
The Energy section is dedicated to energy sources and device. In this part of the museum there are the Margherita thermoelectric power station and an oil industry/petrochemistry section.
Communication section
The communication section is divided in three different areas:
The Sound section shows main technologies for recording and reproducing sound from the 19th century to the modern times.
Leonardo da Vinci, Art & Science section
One of the most characteristic sections of the museum is the Leonardo da Vinci, Art & Science area. This department of the museum is divided in four parts:
The Jewelry collection shows precious objects from stones and gems to metals including gold and ivory jewelry.
The Leonardo da Vinci section exhibits many Leonardo Machine reproduced from Da Vinci drawings like an hydraulic saw, a spinning machine, a flying machine or the Leonardo’s Tank. The models of the collection are the fruit of a reinterpretation, by a group of expert, which has translated and completed his drawings.
The Horology collection shows the evolution of watchmaking and shows several pendulums, ancient clocks, personal watches and tower mechanisms.
The Musical Instruments section exhibits instruments from 17th to 20th centuries. A reconstruction of a lutemaker’s workshop from the 17th century is exposed in this part of the museum.
