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By Maja Gojkvoic

Bodies.The Exhibition is one of the hottest exhibiton features around today. The exhibition displays real human bodies in order to demonstrate the engineering of the human body. BODIES…The Exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to see themselves in a fascinating way like never before and fully understand how and what our bodies do.

The exhibition contains more than a dozen full body specimens and 200 organs and partial body specimens – both healthy and diseased bodies can be viewed by vistiors. The exhibition also provides an educational experience that replace the use of traditional methods of text books, classroom lectures, photographs and simulated models.

According to their website “The study of human anatomy has always operated on a basic principle: to see is to know. This same principle led Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Islamic cultures to a progressively more scientific understanding of the human form. Public dissections during the Renaissance furthered this understanding, laying the foundation for our modern medical institutions and for this Exhibition.”

The Exhibition is organized by Atlanta-based Premier Exhibitions, Inc. Premier Exhibitions obtained the specimens in BODIES the Exhibition through Dalian Medical University in the People’s Republic of China. The specimens in BODIES The Exhibition are unclaimed and unidentified bodies.The exhibition has had mixed reviews due to the fact that they use real specimins although It is common practice throughout Asia and the United States for such bodies to be used by medical schools for educational purposes.

This description of the Bodies Exhibition automatically made me think. Science at school was very boring for me. I believe that perhaps if there was such an exhibition around before, I may have been able to ace my science GCSE! Instead I was stuck looking at a plastic skeleton and disecting a pigs heart. I personally believe it is an amazing and new way of learning that will definatley open the mind of everyone, especially children.

For more information on the exhibiton and where to buy tickets you can find out more in our April addition of European Vibe Magazine.