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BODY WORLDS 3: The Anatomical
Exhibition of Real Human Bodies

The Horse and Rider

February 25 - September 4, 2006

The Houston Museum of Natural Science, in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine and The Lester and Sue Smith Foundation, announces the debut of Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS 3: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, including never-before-seen whole-body plastinates.

Created by Dr. Gunther von Hagens, BODY WORLDS 3 is the culmination of the German scientist and physician’s 30-year career in anatomy. Like its predecessors, BODY WORLDS 3 presents more than 200 authentic specimens, including organs and whole body specimens, that have undergone Plastination—von Hagens’ groundbreaking method of halting decomposition and preserving the body after death for medical study, which he invented in 1977. But von Hagens says the Houston exhibit captures the evolution and refinement of his invention to its outer limits.

BODY WORLDS 3: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies is presented in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine and The Lester and Sue Smith Foundation.

Please note: No photography or recording of any type allowed inside the exhibit.