BODY WORLDS Vital Field Trip Contest Voting Now Open

The voting period to select which lucky South Carolina school classroom will receive a free trip to the South Carolina State Museum exhibit of BODY WORLDS Vital is now open. Teachers across the state registered in December to win free …

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Last Chance: Enter the BODY WORLDS Vital Field Trip Contest

The South Carolina State Museum is sending one special South Carolina classroom to the BODY WORLDS Vital exhibit…for free. Admission and bus travel are included. Register your class today at http://www.facebook.com/scstatemuseum and if you win, expenses up to $1,000 will …

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How are BODY WORLDS Vital donors preserved for public display?

All of the human donor bodies on display at the South Carolina State Museum exhibition of BODY WORLDS Vital are preserved through a process called Plastination. Plastination was invented by scientist and anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens in 1977 as …

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Where do the BODY WORLDS Vital Bodies come from?

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 exhibitions. Currently, the Institute for Plastination has a donor roster of 13,000 …

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Interesting Facts about BODY WORLDS Vital

BODY WORLDS Vital is the largest exhibition in the history of the South Carolina State Museum. With 6,500 square feet of real human bodies, organs and systems assembled, guests can see what a real body looks like and how to …

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