Thursday, April 12, 2007

Bodies: The Exhibition


I was very excited when I heard that the exhibit Bodies had come to DC. The last time I was in New York my friend wanted to go check it out down at the South Street Seaport and since most of her other friends had already seen it, I agreed to go - but I was very hesitant! Not only was I actually going to have to pay almost $30 (and coming from DC where most of the museums are free it took a lot of convincing) but the actual exhibit seemed a bit repulsive.


The exhibit is basically actual human bodies, which have been preserved and then dissected to show specific muscles, organs and systems. The thought brought me back to anatomy class in high school when we were dissecting cats and after a few days the smell became horrendous. But the exhibit turned out to be far from repulsive! In fact, it is the best exhibit I have been to. It was amazing! You can truly see everything in the body and how it works. The dissection technique is pretty cool too and how they were able to remove everything but the circulatory system still shocks me! I highly recommend this to anyone. It is well worth the trip to Rossyln and well worth the $26. You won't be sorry! It is truly fascinating and you will learn so much about your body.


The bodies were either unidentified people or were donated to science - all were acquired from a laboratory in China. But it begs the question - is this considered science?? My friend and I ended up debating this for awhile. Being put on display like this in a museum for all to see just doesn't seem like science to me. But go check it out yourself and let me know what you think!