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Nicole Small, CEO of the Museum of Nature & Science, with Bryson Burt, the lucky 100,000th visitor to BODY WORLDS

“Hitting the 100,000-visitor mark is a great accomplishment,” said Nicole Small, CEO of the Museum of Nature & Science. “We are seeing the Museum become the educational family destination we always knew it could be, and it reinforces our conviction that there is a great demand in North Texas for engaging, world-class science exhibitions like BODY WORLDS.”

Since BODY WORLDS’ opened on Dec. 9, 2006, visitors of all ages and backgrounds have flocked to the Museum of Nature & Science in Fair Park to experience the renowned exhibition, which has been seen by more than 20 million people worldwide. The exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to experience the human body in all its elegance and complexity by viewing real human bodies that have been preserved through a remarkable process called Plastination. Created by anatomist and licensed physician Dr. Gunther von Hagens, the BODY WORLDS exhibition is the world’s first public anatomical presentation using Plastination, his groundbreaking method of specimen preservation. The display of approximately 200 authentic organs, organ configurations, and a broad collection of whole-body plastinates offers an unprecedented view of the human body.

General admission to BODY WORLDSis $21.50 for adults, $19.50 for seniors and students and $13 for youth ages 3-18. For more information, contact 214-428-5555 or visit www.natureandscience.org/bodyworlds.

“100” AMAZING BODY FACTS

• In one day, your heart beats 100,000 times.
• An average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.
• There are 100,000 sensory cells in 5 square inches of skin.
• 100,000 neurons make up only 1,000,000th of the brain’s total.
• Each day we lose anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 brain cells.
• In early pregnancy, a human baby creates 100,000 neurons every 24 seconds.
• 10 humans have 100,000 taste buds between them.
• There are 100,000 synapses in 10 neurons.
• Humans shed 100,000 particles of skin every 10 minutes.
• Every 10 days, the average person will have taken 100,000 steps.
• Each human foot has about 100,000 sweat glands.
• It takes 83 hours, or 3.5 days, to breathe 100,000 times.

About BODY WORLDS
Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies has opened to critical and public acclaim in 35 cities around the world, and been seen by more than 20 million people. It features about 200 authentic human specimens, including whole bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices that have been preserved through the process of Plastination, a technique that replaces bodily fluids and fat with reactive plastics. BODY WORLDS offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see and understand our own physiology and health and to gain new appreciation and respect for what it means to be human. For more information, please visit www.bodyworlds.com.

About the Museum of Nature & Science
The Museum of Nature & Science, formerly the Dallas Museum of Natural History and The Science Place, is a non-profit educational organization located in Dallas' Fair Park that delivers exciting, engaging scientific and natural history content through its education, exhibition and general public programming. The facility also includes the Children's Museum, the TI Founders IMAX Theater and a cutting-edge digital planetarium. Inspiring minds through nature and science, the Museum is a major North Texas destination for students, teachers, families and life-long learners of all ages. The Museum is supported in part by funds from the City of Dallas, Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts. To learn more about the Museum, please visit www.natureandscience.org .