The Leonardo da Vinci Museum is housed in an old storefront located directly beside the Florence Museum of the Dark Ages. A museum that stands in stark contrast to the brightly illuminated, pleasant da Vinci museum interior with its dark cavernous space accessible by a staircase that leads underground into what is billed as one of Florence’s only surviving Dark Age dungeons.
Entering into the da Vinci Museum, I quickly realize I am more than likely the first customer of the day. There’s a man standing behind a counter that also serves as a book rack, filled with various da Vinci histories and books of his art and even some miniature versions of his inventions that double as kid’s toys. The man’s maybe a little taller than me, and thinner. He’s wearing a dark sweater over
