Body Worlds is a traveling exposition of dissected human bodies, animals, and other anatomical structures of the body that have been preserved through the process of plastination.
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11 Facts About Body Worlds
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Each Body Worlds exhibition contains approximately 25 full-body plastinates with expanded or selective organs shown in positions that enhance the role of certain systems.
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Body Worlds exhibitions have received more than 50 million visitors, making them the world's most popular touring attraction.
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Body Worlds was first presented in Tokyo in 1995, and related exhibitions have since been hosted by more than 50 museums and venues in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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Several Body Worlds exhibits were featured in the 2006 film Casino Royale.
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Body Worlds 4 debuted 22 February 2008 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester in England and was in the Cureghem Cellars in Brussels until March 2009.
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Body Worlds Vital was inaugurated at the Universum museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2012.
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Body Worlds has prepared free teaching guides for secondary school education, typically made available through organizations hosting its exhibitions.
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On Tuesday 21 April 2009, a French judge ruled concerning the Paris exhibition of Our Body Worlds: The Universe Within, that exhibiting dead bodies for profit was a "violation of the respect owed to them".
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Body Worlds matched over 200 donation forms to death certificates, but he did not match the paperwork to specific bodies von Hagens has on display.
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Success of Body Worlds has given rise to several similar shows featuring plastinated cadavers, including BODIES.
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