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

• Japan, various cities, beginning in Tokyo (September 14, 1995 - October 19, 1997)
• Mannheim (October 30, 1997 - March 1, 1998)
• Vienna (April 30, 1999 - August 31, 1999)
• Basle (September 4, 1999 - January 5, 2000)
• Cologne (February 12 - July 31, 2000)
• Oberhausen (August 5, 2000 - January 28, 2001)
• Berlin (February 10 - September 2, 2001)
• Brussels (September 22, 2001 - March 3, 2002)
• London (March 21, 2002 - February 9, 2003)
• Seoul (April 17, 2002 - March 2, 2003)
• Stuttgart (March 11 - 19, 2003)
• Munich (February 22 - August 17, 2003)
• Busan (March 11 - September 21, 2003)
• Hamburg (August 30, 2003 - January 4, 2004)
• Singapore (November 9, 2003 - March 21, 2004)
• Frankfurt (January 16 - June 13, 2004)
• Taipei (April 21 - October 24, 2004) - National Taiwan Science Education Center http://www.bodyworlds.com.tw/en/home.asp
• Los Angeles, California (July 2, 2004 - January 23, 2005) - California Science Center http://www.casciencectr.org/Exhibits/Weingart/BodyWorlds/BodyWorlds.php
• Chicago, Illinois (February 4 - September 5, 2005) - Museum of Science and Industry
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (October 7, 2005 - April 23, 2006) Franklin Institute Science Museum http://fi.edu/bodyworlds/

Body Worlds 2

• Los Angeles, California (January 29 - March 27, 2005) - California Science Center http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/Exhibits/Weingart/BodyWORLDS_2/BodyWORLDS_2.php
• Cleveland, Ohio (April 9 - September 18) - Great Lakes Science Center http://bodyworlds2.glsc.org/
• Toronto (September 30, 2005 - February 26, 2006) - Ontario Science Centre http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/