Body Worlds

Yesterday, my flatmate and I decided to visit the latest Body Worlds (BW) exhibition, the Mirror of Time, at London's O2 Arena. BW sells itself as a lesson in anatomy using real bodies. It consists of 200 specimens, ranging from full bodies, body parts, and a few animal bodies thrown in for good measure. Now... I am a fairly squeamish person - let there be no BONES about it (Sorry, I couldn't resist!). I was, however, lured by the 2-for-1 deal currently available on the exhibition's website. For adults, tickets are ordinarily priced at £14 on the weekends, and £12 on weekdays, with concessions available for children, students, seniors, and groups. With the 2-for-1 ...  Read the complete review

My daughter was studying anatomy in art and has a lot of interest in the human body so when her art teacher told her about Gunther Von Hagen's body world display, she really wanted to go. Gunther Von Hagen is a polish anatomist who invented plastination to preserve and observe dead bodies of humans and animals. He is now 64 and despite having lots of brushes with the law and being accused of taking bodies without persmission and family confirmation, he is very succesful and knowledgable about anatomy. Plastination is the preservation of bodies. The fat and water in the body is replaced by certain plastics that stop the body from smelling or ...  Read the complete review

I'm training as a massage therapist, and I heard about Body Worlds and thought that it would be good for me to go. My expectations were exceeded, I went with my Mum who enjoyed it aswell, as a good day out. I learnt loads and found that the audio was most helpful. I was worried about seeing dead bodies, but it wasnt gory at all. Amazingly interesting! We took our time, looking at everything and it took us about 3.5 hours to get round the whole lot. You are unable to drink in there, and they dont really like you leaving for the toilet etc once you're in unless you're desperate! We were there for 10am on Saturday morning, by ...  Read the complete review

I spent most of the last week in Burnley, near Manchester, visiting one of my relatives and for a day out her son took us to see the Body Worlds 4 exhibition at Manchester Science Museum. The difficulty with this is although it was at the museum it's a short term exhibit and the only real part of the museum we visited, so I can't review the actual museum (probably a good job considering the length of this). The basic idea is that it is a display of dead bodies which is meant to educate the general public. Cost: £10 adult ....... £8 student/elderly ........ £7 child - which is 16 and under Dates: 22nd Feb - 29th June Location: Museum of ...  Read the complete review

Where does the line between art and a science fall? Can the grotesque be beautiful? And why has someone bothered plasticizing hundreds of corpses? These are just a few of the questions that enter you mind whilst visiting the controversial and intriguing 'Korpenwelten'or 'Body Worlds' exhibition. Created with typical German efficiency by Professor Gunther Von Hagen and colleagues, the exhibition sets out to explore the fascinating anatomical structure of the human body. The uniqueness of the exhibition lies in that instead of using models, everything on show is constructed from real bodies. Everything preserved via a complex procedure of ...  Read the complete review