From and including Monday, 13th May 2013, BODY WORLDS exhibition opening hours will be 09:00 – 17:30, Monday through to Sunday. Doors close 1.5 hours after last admission.
Tickets can be purchased at the venue or online at www.webtickets.co.za. We advise you to book your tickets online for weekends and public holidays.
With over 100,000 thousand people having visited the BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life since opening in Cape Town in November last year, and 36 million visitors worldwide, one of the most visited exhibitions in South Africa should contribute significantly to Johannesburg’s inner city revitalisation programmes when it opens at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in the heart of the city’s Newtown District on 20 March 2013. Ticket sales will commence on 12 March 2013 on www.webtickets.co.za. The first anatomical exhibition of its kind to display real human bodies will join the likes of the Market Theatre, Museum Africa, Afronova Gallery, the World of Beer and the Reserve Bank in the shadow of the iconic Nelson Mandela Bridge until the end of June 2013. Following the phenomenal success in Cape Town, the Johannesburg leg promises to offer visitors an unforgettable peek under the skin to experience just how amazing our bodies truly are.
BODY WORLDS brings a new dimension to the term edutainment, the act of learning through a medium that both educates and entertains. Coupled with the aim of bringing textbooks to life, this spectacular anatomical exhibition makes life sciences more accessible and therefore also has a natural affinity to Sci-Bono, South Africa’s largest science centre.
The specimens on display are real and preserved through Plastination, a revolutionary preservation technique invented by Dr. Gunther von Hagens in 1977 while he was working as an anatomist at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Referred to as plastinates, the bodies have been flayed, a process whereby the skin is removed for a realistic and authentic look at the inner workings of the human body.
Themed The Cycle of Life, visitors will learn about the cycle of life from the spark of conception, the aging process through maturity to old age. The exhibition shows the complexity, resilience, and vulnerability of the human body through anatomical studies of the body in distress, disease, and optimal health. Visitors will marvel at the life processes that are captured in the exhibition and will leave with a new appreciation of the power each of us has to keep our bodies healthy throughout the life span.
The specimens on display stem from an established body donation programme that has been administrated by the German Institute for Plastination since 1983. The Programme has a roster of over 13,000 donors.
Date:
20 March 2013 – 30 June 2013
Venue:
Sci-Bono Discovery Centre (Newtown)
cnr Miriam Makeba & President Street, Johannesburg
Ticket Prices:
Adults – R140.00 per person
Concessions:
Seniors (60+)/Students (18+) – R110.00 per person
Children (aged 6-17) – R90.00 per person
Family Tickets – 2 Adults and 2 Children – R400.00
Group Bookings (15+ people) kindly call 071 547 5558
Tickets available:
From WebTickets from 12 March 2013
Opening Times:
Mon – Sun: 09:00 to 18:30 (last admission)
– Doors close 1.5 hours after last admission
With more than 1 000 people per day pouring through its doors this holiday season, one of the most visited exhibitions in South Africa has bowed to public demand and will be extending its stay in Cape Town. BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life which made its African debut at the V&A Waterfront in October 2012 caused a stir as the first anatomical exhibition of its kind to display real human bodies. The exhibition, initially scheduled to end in January 2013 has been extended until March 10, 2013.
BODY WORLDS brings a new dimension to the term edutainment, the act of learning through a medium that both educates and entertains. With this at its core, coupled with the aim of bringing textbooks to life, BODY WORLDS makes life sciences more accessible. The specimens on display are preserved through Plastination, the preservation process invented by Dr. Gunther von Hagens in 1977 while he was working as an anatomist at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
Due to popular demand, approximately 200 specimens currently on display at the V&A Waterfront will prolong their stay in the Mother City after proving to be a life changing experience for so many visitors. An independent survey of visitors to the exhibitions confirmed that 66% of the respondents resolved to pay more attention to their physical health in the future.
BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life includes a special feature on the human life cycle. The extension of the exhibition enables all Capetonians, especially the youth, to have the chance to learn about how they developed from conception, and how their bodies will change through maturity to old age.
Visitors have been impressed and some deeply moved. “Every once in a while I experience something spectacular, something that makes me realize the complexities of the human mind and what we are capable of. Today was one of those moments. Extraordinary!” commented Lele, a visitor to the exhibition.
Another visitor, Grace, added, “Of course, it’s amazing! The healthy, the normal, the abnormal and diseased, a real insight into our body and our minds. Hopefully a few smokers will quit! Some may lose weight. We should all respect our marvellous bodies.”
With more than 50 000 people having visited the BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life exhibition in Cape Town, it is now considered to be one of the most visited edutainment exhibitions in South Africa. It shows the complexity, resilience, and vulnerability of the human body through anatomical studies of the body in distress, disease, and optimal health.
“The Cycle of Life reminds people of what is at stake as they age and helps them learn about living a long, healthy life,” said Dr. von Hagens.
Blue Ocean Exhibitions and anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens announce that BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life makes its African première at the V&A Waterfront from 31 October 2012. The exhibition has been shown in more than 70 cities throughout the world and seen by over 35 million people and is bound to have widespread appeal among South African and international audiences.
BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life is an anatomical exhibition that has an established body donation programme and the informed legal consent of all those on display. It includes more than 200 plastinates — specimens preserved through ‘plastination’, which is a process of preserving human tissue invented in 1977 by Dr von Hagens. BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life is the original ground-breaking anatomical exhibition by the trailblazing scientist, Dr Gunther von Hagens and shows the complexity, resilience and vulnerability of the human body through anatomical studies of the body in distress, disease and optimal health.
Visitors to BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life will witness the arc of ageing — the body living through time from the spark of conception to old age — refracted through the latest findings in longevity and ageing science. “The older I get, the more I realize that death is normal and that it is life that is exceptional” said Dr von Hagens, “I hope this exhibition will encourage people to strive to live with inspiration every day throughout their lives.”
Blue Ocean Exhibitions says: “The BODY WORLDS series has always intrigued and proved irresistible to the public. This exhibition will no doubt become one of Cape Town’s must see attractions this summer and will appeal to everyone who is interested in knowing how their body works. We believe this is probably the biggest exhibition of this scale ever to hit African shores so we’re enormously proud to be able to work with Dr von Hagens and BODY WORLDS in bringing it to Cape Town.”
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