The National Gallery of Art opened its doors this morning to a major exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci works, featuring more than 100 pieces including 30 drawings never before displayed in the United States.

The exhibition, titled "Leonardo: Mind and Vision," runs through January 2025 and represents a decade of planning with Italian museums. It includes anatomical studies, engineering drawings, and preparatory sketches for famous paintings.

Museum director Kaywin Feldman called it "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to see the Renaissance master's genius up close." The exhibition has already drawn thousands of advance ticket sales.

The centerpiece is a series of anatomical drawings from the Royal Collection Trust that reveal Leonardo's groundbreaking studies of human physiology, predating modern medical understanding by centuries.