seedy100

Has anyone else seen the "Bodies" exhibition?
If so how did it effect you?

I went to see it on Friday in Amsterdam.
The idea of dissected dead bodies being used as exhibits is a bit macabre, but also fascinating.
I was unsure of how I would react.

In practise the process that is used to preserve the bodies turns them into a plastic looking and feeling material, so they don't seem too real.

The detail of the bone and muscle structure is preserved.

Even someone like me with only a basic knowledge of anatomy can learn a lot about how the body works from looking at the structures.

The whole circulatory system is effectively stripped out of a body, plasticised and hung up to see.
There's also a series of cross sections through the main organs.
Its amazing.

For the smokers there's also the obligatory smokers lung exhibit.
At the end you get to handle a real, preserve, bits of bodies. Always presuming that your not to squeamish!

This ranks as one of the best exhibitions I have ever been to, if you get the chance I recommend it to everyone.


Just to put things in perspective, I was there for a week and had done the RLD and the Koffee shops first!