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Museum unveils preserved body
Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry displayed part of its upcoming exhibit of human organs and bodies.
By KEVIN GRAHAM
Published July 27, 2005
TAMPA - The Museum of Science and Industry this morning unveiled one of 20 fully preserved human bodies that will go on display in a 14,000-square-feet exhibit next month.
"Bodies, The Exhibition," will also feature 260 additional organ and partial body specimens.
"The most asked question we get is, "Is that real?' " said Wit Ostrenko, president of MOSI. "This miracle we call the human body is going to be here so we we can all look beneath our skin and see ourselves."
Ostrenko and exhibit spokesman Dr. Roy Glover, a retired University of Michigan anatomy and cell biology professor, unveiled the first specimen to reporters. They referred to the unnamed man as "The Runner," because he has been positioned in a runner's pose. Other specimens will also be in poses. One will be playing soccer, for example. One will be placed in a thinker's pose.
"I've worked with bodies all my life, and yet, I never feel comfortable around them," said Glover. "It's not that I'm afraid, but that I'm in awe."
"Bodies, The Exhibition" opens Aug. 20 and runs through Feb. 26.
See tomorrow's Times or sptimes.com for the full report.
[Last modified July 27, 2005, 14:45:57]
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