Back in 2005, the Franklin Institute broke records — and possibly some taboos — with its first iteration of the “Body Worlds” exhibit. The exhibit, featuring real human specimens —including whole-body ...

RICHMOND, Va. — "BODY WORLDS: The Anatomy of Happiness," which is now open at the Science Museum of Virginia, explores how contentment impacts the human body. "Happiness is not just mental health.

Spanning 16,000 square feet, the exhibition features an extraordinary collection of real human specimens—including 20 whole-body plastinates—offering guests an unparalleled journey beneath the skin.

A nude man posed for photographs, his weight shifted to one leg while his opposite hand is raised to his shoulder. He mimics Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture almost perfectly. The man is missing a leg ...

Boogers, vomit, burps — all the grossest functions of the body — are being celebrated at the Liberty Science Center this summer, featured in its popular "Grossology" exhibition for the first time in ...

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- British artist Jenny Saville has spent her career using paint to depict flesh. Her large, unflinching, empathetic paintings of bodies -- mostly women's -- have made her one of the ...

Artwork by Priscilla Steele is seen in the Honoring the Human Form art exhibit in the Schwartzkopf Gallery at the Cherry Building in Cedar Rapids Wednesday, Sept. 27. The exhibit, by the The Cedar ...

The NY Times has a good summary of issues surrounding the human cadaver exhibit that is opening up at the South Street Seaport this weekend. (See? They take the fish away and bring in dead bodies.) ...

The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia is temporarily shutting down its iconic Giant Heart walk-through exhibit on Monday, May 6, giving you little time to enjoy the exhibit in its present form. Some ...