da Vinci's Bottega of brilliance School Holiday Fun Fri 19 Dec 2014 – Sun 1 Feb 2015 10:00am – 4:30pm Museum of the Great Southern Step back in time to almost 600 years ago when a man named Leonardo da Vinci was working away in his bottega (a workshop or studio). This man of unquenchable curiosity and inventive imagination gave the world art, inventions and discoveries that were well ahead of his time. Find out how da Vinci worked, and try your hand at creating and inventing machines that answer challenges of all sorts. Ages: 3 years and up Availability: All dates except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Cost: $10 per person for all activities or free with purchased tickets to the da Vinci Machines exhibition Bookings: Essential for some activities, or for groups of 10 or more – see website or call 9841 4844 Leonardo’s Bottega Did you know da Vinci wrote in mirror code? Write a secret message in this code and see if anyone else can crack it. Find out how da Vinci used optics to create wonderful art and test your eyes for depth and distance perception. Do you have a dominant eye and how do you tell? Build catapults, take the castle challenge, build a castle storm that would help soldiers climb over a castle wall or ram open doors, build a new machine to help solve a cargo problem and take the parachute lolly bomb challenge. Help us with our original digital ‘selfie’ project. Join the inventor’s workshop to create amazing machines. Sculpt animals, paint your own self portrait or create a flying machine – will it fly? These and many more activities will fill hours with fun in the bottega from the past. WA Museum