# Have you seen Bodyworlds? Do you want to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939 "2010-12-13T01:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/1 "2010-12-13T01:13:14Z")
I heard about Gunter Hagen back in 1996 and I was DYING (hehehehe) to see it. I finally did see it a couple of years ago and it rocked right down to the ground. Genuinely extraordinary, [beautiful](http://www.almightydad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/bodyworlds_fullsize_story1.jpg), fascinating and moving. Not creepy, not gross, just amazing. I am very grateful he does this and grateful I got to see it. It’s all wonderful and amazing, but I’d have to say the ones that really [blew](http://www.bodyworlds.com/download/pressimages/previews/1152652945.jpg) me away were the [stand](http://www.lilbiker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Head_side.png)[alone](http://www.bodyworlds.com/download/pressimages/previews/1152652944.jpg) [blood](http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/media/picture_database/preview.html?id=13) vessel [exhibits](http://www.bodyworlds.com/download/pressimages/previews/1152652995.jpg). [Whoa](http://www.alicepham.com/images_blog/bodyworlds.jpg)! [Skin man](http://www.bodyworlds.com/download/pressimages/previews/1223460911.jpg) and [the horse and rider](http://www.bodyworlds.com/download/pressimages/previews/1223402070.jpg) are also standouts in a standout exhibition. I also loved teh [nervous system](http://cybject.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/bodyworlds-chicago.jpg?w=216&h=330)… amazing. Some people freaked about the [pregnant woman](http://www.getreligion.org/wp-content/photos/body_worlds_16.jpg), but I think that’s silly. Pictures will never do it justice. If you get the chance, do yourself a favor: don’t miss it. And take your kids! Lots of kids when I saw it and they loved it. (Of course, lots of stupid coming from some parents who couldn’t be bothered to read the information in front of them, but I know Dopers would never…) Currently headed to[Austria, San jose, Mexico, and Vancouver.](http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/exhibitions/current_exhibitions.html) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/2 "2010-12-13T01:57:36Z")
I saw BodyWorlds 2 in Milwaukee a couple of years ago. It was a pretty incredible experience. Fascinating, disgusting, awe-inspiring, and sobering. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/3 "2010-12-13T02:01:19Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Not creepy, not gross. Strikes me as both, actually. Glad you enjoyed it; I have no interest in ever seeing it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/4 "2010-12-13T02:08:16Z")
Not only have I seen it in three different cities, I have signed up with his organization to have my body donated for plasticination after my demise. I loved and would love nothing more than to think that I might ultimately become a work of art. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/5 "2010-12-13T02:44:46Z")
I saw it a few years ago. I didn’t find it particularly mind-blowing, although the nerves and blood vessels were pretty impressive. The exhibits such as “dead dude riding a skateboard” and “dead dude running” and “dead dude dancing” were less interesting to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/6 "2010-12-13T03:41:24Z")
I saw it in Philly a couple years ago. It was interesting, but not especially so. The only exhibit that really hit me was what I think was called Exploding Man, or something like that. It was eye opening to realize we carry around that much inside us. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/7 "2010-12-13T04:28:36Z")
Saw it in Los Angeles a few years ago. Very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/8 "2010-12-13T05:48:44Z")
Saw Bodies at Luxor in Vegas. Same as others. Interesting but not mind-blowing. In fact it was a bit clinical. I would have liked a little more explanation regarding how things worked together. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/9 "2010-12-13T07:09:50Z")
We had the other one, Bodies, at the Science Center a few years ago. It was fascinating, but a pain in the ass to deal with. (We had to keep going through the comment booklet after every school group went through, to take out the dirty remarks before someone complained!) We had some amusing episodes – one woman called to make reservations and asked if the bodies were dead. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-bodyworlds-do-you-want-to/563939/10 "2010-12-13T07:26:39Z")
I’ve seen Bodies, too, in New York City down on Fulton. It was pretty cool. I don’t know if it was mind blowing either, **Cyberhwk** , but interesting. Especially the embryo/fetus part.