I took my husband to the Body World exhibit at The Leonardo on Saturday for his birthday. Anatomy was one of his favorite classes in college, and as a future dental student hopeful (cross your fingers!), he LOVES learning about the human body. So I thought this activity would be a perfect fit. A couple of things to consider before YOU decide to go- you will wait in line for about 30 minutes, BEFORE you get into the exhibit. Depending on when you go (my suggestion- don't go on a Saturday afternoon), it may be crowded. And there are no windows. And it's dark, and a little warmer than usual. So just get comfortable with those aspects of this adventure into the human body.
Another thing to consider- DO NOT buy the $5 audio. The exhibit takes about 1 1/2 hours (we did it in a little over 1 hour) to go through, and if you buy the audio, you will be there for 3 1/2+ hours. Not an option for us- you experience an information overload anyways- there are detail signs and posters everywhere, and there are numbers at every exhibit that you dial into your audio contraption, and the audio portions GO. ON. FOR. EVER. It would have been nice had the audio just talked about what was in that certain exhibit for a minute or two, but it goes on for a very long time, giving you every single detail of the anatomy and physiology of the exhibits, whether you wanted to know that much about that part of the body or not. And it's crowded. And warmer than normal. And there are lines. You do not want to sit at one exhibit for 10 minutes listening to audio. Trust me.
Don't get me wrong, though, Body Worlds is AMAZING. The exhibits and plastinations (human cadavars placed in certain poses- see the picture above- yes, that's a real human being- and no, I did not take that picture- you are not allowed to take pictures in the exhibit area) were fascinating. Trust me, I am NOT a medical person. There is a reason I work in an office in front of a computer all day. I don't think I could handle that kind of stuff on a daily basis, but just this once, to go to a museum to see what a human heart actually looks like, look at the tiny bones of the human ear, look at a normal set of lungs and then another set of lungs ravanged by cigarette smoke, look at stages of human embryos in the first weeks of development, and then unborn babies at different stages of development- it's incredible. It makes you really respect the human body. It was a great experience- I highly recommend it!
The Leonardo is located in Library Square, right across from the public library at 209 East 500 South in downtown Salt Lake City. (I don't know how long the exhibit will go for, though). Purchase your tickets online (all set for a specific time during the day) at http://theleonardo.org/bodyworlds/tickets/. Body Worlds is open Sunday through Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — the museum is open two hours after every last entry.
Another thing to consider- DO NOT buy the $5 audio. The exhibit takes about 1 1/2 hours (we did it in a little over 1 hour) to go through, and if you buy the audio, you will be there for 3 1/2+ hours. Not an option for us- you experience an information overload anyways- there are detail signs and posters everywhere, and there are numbers at every exhibit that you dial into your audio contraption, and the audio portions GO. ON. FOR. EVER. It would have been nice had the audio just talked about what was in that certain exhibit for a minute or two, but it goes on for a very long time, giving you every single detail of the anatomy and physiology of the exhibits, whether you wanted to know that much about that part of the body or not. And it's crowded. And warmer than normal. And there are lines. You do not want to sit at one exhibit for 10 minutes listening to audio. Trust me.
Don't get me wrong, though, Body Worlds is AMAZING. The exhibits and plastinations (human cadavars placed in certain poses- see the picture above- yes, that's a real human being- and no, I did not take that picture- you are not allowed to take pictures in the exhibit area) were fascinating. Trust me, I am NOT a medical person. There is a reason I work in an office in front of a computer all day. I don't think I could handle that kind of stuff on a daily basis, but just this once, to go to a museum to see what a human heart actually looks like, look at the tiny bones of the human ear, look at a normal set of lungs and then another set of lungs ravanged by cigarette smoke, look at stages of human embryos in the first weeks of development, and then unborn babies at different stages of development- it's incredible. It makes you really respect the human body. It was a great experience- I highly recommend it!
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I'm jealous you guys got to go! It looks way cool, I'm sure stephen loved it.
By the way, we probably kiss a lot more infront of Miya then we should b/c she now has this thing w/ licking our faces. Not that stu and I go around licking each other faces...anyway, thats miya's new thing. Maybe stephen will get a B-day licking tomorrow.
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