Body Worlds


 
 

Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a travelling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts, prepared with a technique called plastination to reveal inner organs or structures. Its developer and promoter is German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, who invented the plastination technique. The exhibition, first presented in Tokyo in 1995, has been shown in many cities in Europe and Asia; the catalogue for the North American tour of the exhibition, which began in Los Angeles in 2004, claims that more than 15 million people have seen Body Worlds (and a second traveling show, Body Worlds 2) between 1995 and early 2004.

Exhibition schedule

Includes past, present, and future exhibitions

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Original Exhibit

Body Worlds 2


 

German: German may mean:...

Travelling exhibition: A travelling exhibition, also referred to as a "travelling exhibit" or a "touring exhibition", is a type of exhibition that is available for circulation on a local, national or international level....

Plastination: Plastination is a technique used in anatomy to conserve bodies or body parts. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimen that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most microscopic properties of the original sample....


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Introduction
Exhibition schedule
Notable exhibits
External link
Further reading
 


 

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2004 (1) - Los Angeles (1) - 1995 (1) - Fat (1) - Water (1) - Anatomy (1) - Plastination (1) - Travelling exhibition (1) - German (1) - Tokyo (1) - Gunther von Hagens (1) - Anatomist (1) -
 

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