The Exhibition takes visitors through nine galleries providing an up-close look inside the skeletal, muscular, reproductive, respiratory, circulatory and other systems of the human body. Many of the 250+ whole body specimens are dissected in vivid athletic poses, allowing the visitor to relate to everyday activities. The Exhibition will change the way people see themselves. It is designed to enlighten, empower, fascinate, and inspire.
"The educational impact of this exhibition is immeasurable," said Dr. Roy Glover, Chief Medical Director for Bodies Revealed. "For centuries, the medical community has learned about the inner workings of the human body through the study of real specimens, and now it’s possible for the public to gain an intimate knowledge as well. It seems only natural that a region so well-known for medical excellence and innovation in the life sciences play host to Bodies Revealed’s North American debut."
The real human body specimens in the exhibition are preserved through a revolutionary technique called polymer preservation. In this process, human tissue is permanently preserved using liquid silicone rubber that is treated and hardened. The end result is a rubberized specimen, preserved to the cellular level, showcasing the complexity of the body’s many bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and organs. The full-body specimens can take more than a year to prepare. The exhibition is produced by Premier Exhibitions, Inc. of Atlanta, a major provider of museum-quality touring exhibitions throughout the world. Currently, Premier Exhibitions’ other blockbuster entity Bodies…The Exhibition, has seen more than six million visitors and is currently open in nine cities worldwide, including San Diego, New York, Las Vegas and Barcelona. Sacramento will mark the first opportunity to bring Bodies Revealed to the United States after its three year international tour.
EVENT DETAILS
Location: 2040 Alta Arden Way, Sacramento, California 95825
Exhibition Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. daily (last admission one hour prior to closing)
Ticket Information: 1-888-263-4379 or www.bodiesrevealed.com
Ticket Prices: Adult (13-64) $24; Children (4-12) $17; Seniors (65+) $22; Audio Guide $6
DID YOU KNOW?
That your body grows another 40 yards of hair every 24 hours?
That if you stretched out all of the blood vessels in your body, they would wrap around the earth? Twice!
That your nerves transmit messages to and from your body at speeds over 200 miles per hour?
That your kidneys filter over one liter of blood per minute? That’s a big soda bottle every two minutes!
That the average person needs to replace about 2.5 quarts of water each day?
That every person has between 2,000 and 5,000 taste buds? Girls usually have more than boys!
That the liver is the single heaviest organ in the body, weighing close to 3.5 pounds in an average adult?
That the human body is almost 70% water?
That you produce 12,000 gallons of urine in your lifetime?
That you shed 30-40,000 microscopic skin cells every minute? That means that you are likely to shed 40 pounds of skin in your lifetime!