LOS
ANGELES— BODY WORLDS 2: The Anatomical
Exhibition of Real Human Bodies will be
open around the clock for the final weekend.
Extended hours have been put in place in order
to accommodate crowds of visitors wishing to
see the exhibit before it leaves Los Angeles.
The 62-hour marathon begins Friday, March 25
at 10:00 a.m. and will continue until midnight
on Sunday, March 27, when the exhibit will
close.
The
last, first and only other time the California
Science Center ever remained open around the
clock was for 41 hours at the closing of the
original BODY WORLDS exhibit this
past January. During that weekend alone over
45,000 visitors came to the exhibit. “It
has been extremely gratifying to see that so
many people appreciate the opportunity this
exhibit offers to learn more about the complexity
of our bodies. With these extended hours we
want to make every effort to ensure that everyone
who is planning to see it will have a chance
to get in,” remarked Science Center President
and CEO Jeffrey Rudolph.
To
ease congestion and allow a better viewing
of BODY WORLDS 2, organizers recommend
visitors take advantage of the late to early
morning hours. Another suggestion is to purchase
timed tickets available over the Internet to
avoid likely long ticket lines. To facilitate
easy access, more tickets will be available
over the Internet than on site. Most IMAX shows
are selling out for the weekend and to accommodate
the demand, additional showings of The
Human Body IMAX film have been added to
the schedule. Please visit www.californiasciencecenter.org
for more info.
Creator of BODY WORLDS 2 and inventor
of Plastination, Dr. Gunther von Hagens noted, “I
would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the
California Science Center and the Los Angeles
visitors which have made the American debut of BODY
WORLDS and BODY WORLDS 2 such a
success. It was my great pleasure to bring these
exhibits, which I created for the democratization
of anatomy, to the United States.”
For
the final week of BODY WORLDS 2 the
opening hours are as follows:
Monday – Thursday:
10 a.m. - 9 p.m. (last admission at 8 p.m.)
Friday, March 25: 10 a.m. - OPEN ALL NIGHT
Saturday, March 26: OPEN ALL DAY AND NIGHT
Sunday, March 27: OPEN - 12:01 a.m. (last admission
10:30 pm)
BODY
WORLDS 2 at the California Science Center
will close its doors at midnight on March
27 and move to the Great Lakes Science Center
in Cleveland, OH where it will open April
9 through September 5, 2005.
For
general information, call 323.SCIENCE (323.724-3623)
or visit our website at www.californiasciencecenter.org
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