The Leonardo, Science and art museum in Salt Lake City, US

The Leonardo was a science and art museum in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, open from 2011 to 2025. Named after Leonardo da Vinci, it explored how science, technology, art, and creativity connect. It hosted temporary exhibitions such as Gunther von Hagens's Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out, featuring plastinated animal sculptures.

The Leonardo opened on October 8, 2011, in downtown Salt Lake City as a museum of science and art, named for Leonardo da Vinci because his curiosity joined art and science in one enterprise. It closed permanently in 2025, citing the rising cost of maintaining its infrastructure. It was governed by a board of directors and an internal staff.

Each exhibition at The Leonardo focuses on different aspects of human innovation, including engineering, digital arts, and natural sciences through experimental learning.

The museum sits in the city center near a TRAX light rail station just across from the entrance, making it easy to reach by public transport. Plan to spend several hours exploring the different levels and interactive displays at your own pace.

The museum took its name and its guiding idea from Leonardo da Vinci, whose curiosity spanned anatomy and engineering as well as art. It held no paintings by him; the aim was to gather material tied to his work in anatomy and engineering. It closed permanently in 2025 because of the rising cost of maintaining its infrastructure.