Bodies Human - Anatomy in Motion
Showing at the Mellwood Arts Center in Louisville, Kentucky
Open March 7, 2009 – June 21,2009
Exhibit Hours: Monday through Wednesday and Saturday – 10AM -6PM, Thursday & Friday – 10AM – 9PM, Sunday 12PM-6PM
Last Admission is 1 hour prior to closing.
This unique exhibit is a display of over 100 authentic human specimens, including whole bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices preserved through a special process called plastination. It provides viewers with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to look inside the human body, and to see and understand our own anatomy and physiology. This will provide a new appreciation and respect for the human body and what it means to be human. It’s an inside look at the human body and is designed to show how the choices we make affect our overall health.
The bodies are prepared through a process called "plastination" - a technique that prevents decomposition and preserves the anatomical specimens. During preparation, the process extracts bodily fluids and replaces them with reactive plastics. The bodies are positioned in motion allowing you to see the body as it would be in real life situations. We obtained our human specimens from a U.S. supplier to the medical community who works with a plastination laboratory in Taiwan, where the bodies are prepared for educational and scientific purposes.
Showing at the Mellwood Arts Center in Louisville, Kentucky
Open March 7, 2009 – June 21,2009
Exhibit Hours: Monday through Wednesday and Saturday – 10AM -6PM, Thursday & Friday – 10AM – 9PM, Sunday 12PM-6PM
Last Admission is 1 hour prior to closing.
This unique exhibit is a display of over 100 authentic human specimens, including whole bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices preserved through a special process called plastination. It provides viewers with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to look inside the human body, and to see and understand our own anatomy and physiology. This will provide a new appreciation and respect for the human body and what it means to be human. It’s an inside look at the human body and is designed to show how the choices we make affect our overall health.
The bodies are prepared through a process called "plastination" - a technique that prevents decomposition and preserves the anatomical specimens. During preparation, the process extracts bodily fluids and replaces them with reactive plastics. The bodies are positioned in motion allowing you to see the body as it would be in real life situations. We obtained our human specimens from a U.S. supplier to the medical community who works with a plastination laboratory in Taiwan, where the bodies are prepared for educational and scientific purposes.
Bodies Human - Anatomy in Motion - Mellwood Arts Center Louisville, Kentucky
Bodies Human - Anatomy in Motion - Mellwood Arts Center Louisville, Kentucky