Controversial Exhibit Opens In Tampa

I found this story at local6 an Orlando stations site that offers a unique look at that the news in print, video and pictures.

A controversial exhibit of human corpses, stripped of their skin to reveal muscles, organs and blood vessels, opened in Tampa, despite the state Anatomical Boards refusal to approve it. The "Bodies: The Exhibition" show includes human bodies and body parts preserved with a process that replaces human tissue with silicone rubber. The Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa opened the exhibit even though the state anatomical board said the museum failed to get permission for exhibit and does not have consent forms for those whose bodies are on display. A similar show, called "Body Worlds," opened in the United States last year and has attracted a half million visitors to a Chicago museum since February.

I found this story at first intriguing as an art lover, then repulsed as a human being with a conscience. I remember the controversy caused by the “Human Body Worlds” exhibit, the other anatomy exhibit mentioned in the article when it opened in Germany, in 2000. The controversy arose when it was suggested that the bodies used where in fact tortured Chinese prisoners.

I guess I wouldn't have a problem if the body was of someone who wanted to continue on their legacy as an exhibitionist after they died, but not to have a company trying to boost their profit margins by treating the dead like circus freaks. Since the time of DaVinci artists have been tring to find ways to accurately depict the human form in its most natural state. We already have the scientific knowledge to create life like replicas of the human anatomy, we dont need this type of degradation of the human spirit worthy only of a backstreet freak show. Here are some of the pictures.

A controversial exhibit of human corpses opened at a museum in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, according to Local 6 News.


The "Bodies: The Exhibition" show includes human bodies and body parts preserved with a process that replaces human tissue with silicone rubber.

The Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa opened the exhibit even though the state anatomical board said the museum failed to get permission for exhibit and does not have consent forms for those whose bodies are on display.



The dissected and preserved corpses belonged to Chinese people and went unclaimed or unidentified before being turned over to a medical school in China, according to the exhibit's owner, Premier Exhibitions of Atlanta.

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Later,
Kenaz