Where do the bodies come from?
The specimens in the BODY WORLDS exhibition come from the Institute for Plastination’s body-donor program. The body donation program was established by Dr. Gunther von Hagens in 1983, shortly after he invented Plastination. The program is now managed by Dr. von Hagens’ Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany. All donors are adults who gave their consent, during their lifetimes, to use their bodies for Plastination and specifically for the BODY WORLDS exhibits. Independent ethicists have reviewed the Institute for Plastination’s donor program and protocols and verified that the specimens were properly donated for the purpose of public exhibition. The Institute for Plastination has more than 9,000 donors on its roster, and more than 900 of them are Americans.
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