An exhibition of preserved human bodies has drawn controversy in Australia this week after an activist group raised questions about the origin of the specimens. The group of objectors - who include doctors, lawyers and scientists - have called for the exhibition in Sydney to be shut down.
They assert that it may include the bodies of executed Chinese inmates, including political prisoners. But the organisers of Real Bodies: The Exhibition have strongly denied those allegations, calling them "lies" and "sensationalism". They say the 20 cadavers were legally provided by a medical university in China, where hospitals had determined them to be "unclaimed corpses". The bodies have been preserved through a method known as plastination, which drains them of fluids before replacing them with silicone.
This allows the skinned bodies to be exhibited in life-like poses. In an open letter to Australian politicians, the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China says there is "credible evidence" that the bodies may belong to "executed prisoners and prisoners of conscience from China". She described Dalian as the "epicentre" for executions of prisoners associated with Falun Gong - a spiritual movement that is banned in China.
Prof Vaughan Macefield, from the University of Western Sydney, said he was troubled that the bodies had not been identified. He also noted that most appeared to be young men, whereas medical schools often have bodies donated from older people. Our venue management reserves the right to refuse any non-valid discounts or offers at the box office.
For questions concerning your offers, please address them with the provider. Please contact Walk across the walkway, enter the hotel and head up the escalators to the Food Court. Walk through the Food Court and the Bodies Exhibit will be on the left. Enter the hotel and go up the escalators in the main lobby, to the second floor.
Walk straight and the Bodies Exhibit will be on the right. For group or school reservations of 10 or more, please call Backpacks, luggage or like items are strictly prohibited in the show room. Over authentic artifacts recovered from the wreck site of Titanic make this an educational and entertaining experience perfect for all ages.
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Within the opening hours you can stay as long as you like. We recommend allowing yourself about one to two hours. The length of time will vary on how long each visitor wishes to examine each specimen and read the information provided.
An audio tour will increase your time in the exhibits. Reentry to the exhibition is not allowed, once you exit. In some exhibitions audio guides are offered for an additional fee. The audio tour is designed for the layman to enhance the exhibition content and to provided added insight to the specimens on display.
Clear explanations, amazing facts and more information about the plastinates can be accessed by individual users at their own pace. The guides are usually available in English or other languages in select markets. More information are available on the exhibition website and on site in the exhibition.
Teachers will wish to prepare both their students and their adult supervisors carefully for their exhibition experience. Please inquire about educator preview opportunities. Invented by scientist and anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens in , Plastination is the groundbreaking method of halting decomposition to preserve anatomical specimens for scientific and medical education.
The process involves extracting all bodily fluids and soluble fat from specimens, replacing them through vacuum-forced impregnation with reactive resins and elastomers, and then curing them with light, heat or certain gases, which give the specimens rigidity and permanence. The BODY WORLDS exhibitions rely on the generosity of body donors; individuals who bequeathed that, upon their death, their bodies could be used for educational purposes in the exhibition. All the whole-body plastinates and the majority of the specimens are from these body donors; a few organs and specific specimens that show unusual conditions come from old anatomical collections and morphological institutes.
As agreed upon by the body donors, their identities and causes of death are not disclosed. The exhibition focuses on the nature of our bodies, not on providing personal information.
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