There were body parts everywhere.
I spent a couple of hours last Saturday touring the “Bodies: The Exhibition” display at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. It was the next-to-last day of the exhibit, and I’d been saying for months I wanted to see it. Typically, I waited until the last minute!
On one level, it was fascinating to see the how complex and intricate the human body is. Displays about the central nervous system and the circulatory system were amazing. And it was interesting to see examples of tar-encrusted lungs compared with the lungs from a non-smoker. That seemed to make a big impression on many of the visitors.
I got to see a healthy thyroid, which reminded me that mine is missing, and given the recent discovery of hemangiomas on my liver, I spent a few extra minutes examing healthy and diseased livers.
Despite clear warnings, I ventured into the display on fetal development, which showed fetuses in various stages of development that had died. It was a little disturbing, and I zipped through.
All in all, it was a couple of hours well-spent. The crowd made it a little difficult for leisurely browsing, but I imagine the exhibit was crowded most days it was here. The science center says 267,000 people attended while it was here.