Curious? Morbid? Grotesque? Educational? or just “edu-tainment” for the masses. Having no specific plans for the Fourth of July holiday we saw the Our Body exhibit had been held over at the Detroit Science Center. There is not a lot of good entertainment in Detroit proper, but this sounded pretty interesting. ???? ?????
We had wanted to see the Body Worlds exhibit when it was in Chicago at the museum but the timing did not work out. After the typical discussion surrounding the “when to go” we decided that we would do well to leave early in the morning. So we did.
It was the first time at the Detroit Science Center for me, so I was pleasantly surprised at how nice the facility was. Our plan of arriving early (9 am) as soon as the doors opened worked out perfectly. There was front row parking, no line for tickets, and we got into the first viewing group at 9:30. The exhibit was not crowded at all which made getting up to the individual items very easy, and could stay and read about things without feeling like you were holding up the line… since there was no line. It actually was quite enlightening. ???? ???? We found the actual spinal cord all laid out, with it’s 31 pairs of nerves running from it, to be intriguing. Since I don’t typically see a lot of body organs, seeing the size of some compared to others a revelation. ie Lungs are smaller than I though, while the heart is larger.
Unfortunately there were many signs, and a number of guards, reminding there was NO PICTURE TAKING in the gallery. So, the only things to see are from the brochure, or you can visit the web sites using the links above.
After leaving the Our Body gallery we spent a couple of hours in the rest of the museum. We had a great time, especially with the musical instruments… a little Jimmie Hendricks in all of us I guess.
Until the last “Air Guitar” is played late into the night,
George