[Article] Body Worlds 2

Body Worlds 2
Posted by Ree in Boston; Arts & Events on 21/Nov/2006

The title makes it sound as though you are about to view some B-movie about a perverted Dr. Frankenstein who gives life to zombies on other planets, but in actuality it was named by a German scientist who pioneered the process of plastination, which essentially means turning corpses and body parts into something more permanent. So basically, not too far off from my initial impression.

This exhibition at the museum of science in Boston is not something i would have gone to a few years ago. I've never had a strong stomach and I am a sympathetic barfer. I even threw up at the alter during my own wedding! In recent years I've toughened up, to the point where I can clean up after the dog, bandage a wound, and scare away wild animals (well, at least the odd moth or two). And so I thought I was ready for Body Worlds...

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I'd say a little too expensive (around 25 $ ,I don't remember the student fare)but definitely remarkable