The Science Centre of Iowa (SCI) in Des Moines, Iowa, US, is to host a new Da Vinci exhibition.

"Da Vinci - The Genius" is a touring exhibition that has previously been shown in the UK and Taiwan. The 14,000sq ft exhibit demonstrates the full scope of Leonardo Da Vinci’s genius as an inventor, artist, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, musician and architect. 

Ten years in the making, the exhibition features an array of full-scale machine inventions crafted from Da Vinci’s personal codices, as well as reproductions of his most famous Renaissance art, including the Mona Lisa and The Annunciation, anatomical sketches, the preparatory drawings of the Anghiari Battle, and 3D interactive presentations of the Last Supper, the Vitruvian Man, and the Sforza Horse sculpture that offer never before seen perspectives on these famous works.

“This exhibition was created to celebrate Leonardo Da Vinci’s great works and place them all together in a single location where people can come and marvel at the brilliance of this great mind,” said Bruce Peterson, founder and managing director of Australia-based exhibit development company Grande Exhibitions, the firm behind The Genius.  

“Leonardo Da Vinci is arguably the greatest genius the world has ever known and this show makes it abundantly clear why that proposition is virtually irrefutable.”

The exhibit will be on show at SCI from 2 October until 16 January.