Quick Links What is Plastination? FAQ's Amazing Facts about the Human Body Must See @ The Tech Museum of Innovation Online Store Official Body Worlds Web Site Partners & Programs Free Student Guide Order Teacher Guide for Grades 7-12 Presenting Sponsor or call 408.795.6307 Overview Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS exhibitions are the original, precedent-setting public anatomical exhibitions of real human bodies, by physician, anatomist, and inventor of Plastination, Dr. Gunther von Hagens. BODY WORLDS features more than 200 authentic human specimens preserved through Plastination, including whole bodies, individual organs, and transparent body slices. The exhibit offers visitors an in-depth view of the intricately designed human body, comparative anatomy showing wellness and disease, and the mysterious world of the brain. Throughout our lives, from birth to adolescence and adulthood to old age, the brain chisels, refines, learns, reinvents, matures, and transforms itself. BODY WORLDS 2 & The Three Pound Gem includes a special debut feature on the brain inspired by the latest findings in neuroscience on brain development and function, brain disease and disorders, and brain performance and improvement. BODY WORLDS is aligned with The Tech's mission to "inspire the innovator in everyone", and complements and builds on permanent Galleries and exhibits in the museum focused on medical technologies, biotech, genetics and the human body. When you come to see the limited-engagement BODY WORLDS exhibition, be sure to leave some time to enjoy the hands-on experiences in The Tech related to life sciences. Learn about the Life Tech Gallery and other exhibits The Tech that complement BODY WORLDS, or plan your trip to the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater to see The Human Body, Wired to Win, or any one of our other great IMAX movies.