Where you can see the Leonardo da Vinci drawings

144 of Leonardo da Vinci's greatest drawings in the Royal Collection are currently on display in 12 simultaneous exhibitions of Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing across the UK.

If you want to get to see the various exhibitions around the UK - or even all of them(!) - this is where you can see them.

• They are listed below in alphabetical order of the locations
• PLUS one of the images that can be seen at that location.

From 1 February - 6 May 2019, to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, 144 of the Renaissance master's greatest drawings in the Royal Collection will go on display in 12 simultaneous exhibitions across the UK.

This is a nationwide event. It rebuffs the notion that all the good art is only shown in London. In fact, it will give da Vinci's drawings the widest-ever audience to celebrate the 500th anniversary of he death of da Vinci in 1519.

12 drawings selected to reflect the full range of Leonardo's interests – painting, sculpture, architecture, music, anatomy, engineering, cartography, geology and botany – will be shown at each venue in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton and Sunderland.

Longer exhibitions will then be held at first the Queen's Gallery in London - followed by the Queen's Gallery in Edinburgh.

The exhibitions include examples of all the drawing materials employed by the artist, including

• pen and ink, 
• red and black chalks, 
• watercolour and 
• metalpoint. 

They also present new information about Leonardo's working practices and creative process, gathered through scientific research using a range of non-invasive techniques, including ultraviolet imaging, infrared reflectography and X-ray fluorescence.

I've also included

• links to BBS news items - with the relevant gallery - which show more images and videos of the drawings on display.
• links to any useful items relevant to particular exhibitions

The drawings in the Royal Collection have been together as a group since the artist's death, and provide an unparalleled insight into Leonardo's investigations and the workings of his mind.Leonardo da Vinci drawings to go on display in Birmingham in 2019 | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Blog

For more information

• visit www.royalcollection.org.uk/Leonardo 500
• view this video
• view the listings below for each of the twelve exhibitions

The Nationwide Exhibitions

Exhibitions will be held in the following twelve locations between 1 February – 6 May 2019

Belfast - Ulster Museum

• Venue: Ulster Museum, Belfast
• Admission: FREE (on the basis I can't see any charging info)
• BBC - Leonardo Da Vinci drawings on display at Ulster Museum

Ulster Museum, Belfast Leonardo da Vinci, The skull sectioned,  1489, traces of black chalk, pen and ink

Birmingham - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

• Venue: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
• Admission: FREE
• BBC: Leonardo da Vinci works on display at Birmingham Museum

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Leonardo da Vinci, A Map of the Valdichiana,  c.1503-4, watercolour, pen and ink, ink wash over black chalk

You can download the large print copy of the labels before you go - and you'll get to see the explanations for each of the drawings

Leonardo was an accomplished map maker. This map illustrates the Chiana valley in central Italy, with north to the left of the sheet. The river Tiber can be seen running along the top edge, the river Arno on the left and the city of Siena in the lower centre.

The marshy lake in the valley allowed the spread of malaria. It seems probable that Leonardo was employed by the Florentine government to create this map as part of a civil engineering project to drain the marsh. (Label for exhibit)

Bristol - Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

• Venue: Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
• Admission: 
• £6 adult* | £5 concession* 
• Under 16s FREE
• Tue-Sun: 10am-5pm Closed Mondays except Bank Holiday Mondays and Mondays during Bristol school holidays: 10am-5pm

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery  Leonardo da Vinci, Cats, lions and a dragon,  c.1517-18, black chalk, pen and ink, wash

Anybody else got visions of da Vinci the cat lover - drawing next to a cat who likes to walk all over his drawings?
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