Bodies at Union Station

iloveabe

I think this sounds interesting and maybe a little creepy.  I read an article in the paper saying the exhibit is tastefully done and not at all scary or a "blood and guts" kind of thing.  I am going to try to go see them.  Just curious what you ladies thought.

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I think it would be cool to see. Do you know how long it's going to be there?

mm&mm

I believe it is here through the summer.

I think it looks very cool and interesting... and I am not a blood & guts type of person. I want to go.

Jen748

Brett has been dying (haha!) to go...his paramedic's class is trying to get together to all go with the families and get a group rate...I really want to go too!

mm&mm

I have heard the tickets are a little pricey. Anyone heard anything about how/where to get discounted tickets?

Bride2Cruise

I was just mentioning it to my DH about how I would like to go.  I think it will be so interesting!!  The tickets are $24, but if anyone knows different please let me know!!  Thanks!!

ndaewg

I'm going. I was excited when I heard about it in the fall. I wish it was cheaper, but oh well.

dansbride06

My dh can't wait to go.   Since I heard the stories about the bodies potentially being prisoners, I'm not sure if I can support it.  Does anyone know if there is truth to that story.....or if they have confirmed that these people donated themselves?  Creepy, to me, to think about really.

alliebon0903

All of the bodies for this exhibit were voluntarily donated to science and they have all the paperwork

There is another exhibit that uses unclaimed bodies but it's not this one.

I think my girlfriends and I are going to go see it! I'm so excited!

shakespearenluv

Let me just preface this by saying I have a very queasy stomach normally and even more queasy stomach now during pregnancy.  However, I just saw "Bodies Revealed" in Oklahoma City when we visited my sister a couple weeks ago.  I was past the morning sickness and since DH is a Nurse is was really excited to see it so I bit the bullet.

At first it was hard to get used to the fact that they are actual human bodies.  There were, of course, a million questions swimming in my head about what I was looking at.  For the most part, I enjoyed seeing the detail of the inside of our bodies but I did get upset when I saw the sign for the "prenatal" area.  I think I probably could have gone into that area if I were not pregnant.  I asked DH and my sister to go in before I did (there was a warning about anyone who might be sensitive to seeing fetuses) so I thought I would let them check it out.  DH came out and said, "You'll be fine."  My sister, however, told me not to go in.  So I didn't.  Even though I didn't go in I got really upset and started crying.  What can I say, I'm hormonal and irrational but I just wasn't into the exhibit after that and wanted to leave.

I can understand that many people would think it's interesting and believe me, I know that what is going on with my body right now is an amazing miracle of life but I'm still early in my pregnancy enough to be scared that something could be wrong with the baby.  I won't be going to see this exhibit but I'm sure DH will go see it again.  He thought it was about the coolest thing ever!

bg-kc

i'm dying to go, but i'm an anatomy nut, so i will find it completely enthralling.  a friend of mine has seen several of the exhibits and she says it is incredible.

funshine04

I saw this exhibit in Chicago with 3 friends, and we all LOVED it.  It is weird if you think about the actual perosn while you're standing there looking at it, but fascinating at the same time.  I'm also in the healthcare field, so that probably influences my opinion, but either way I think it's an opportunity to see things that you would never see otherwise.  I would definitely reccomend it.