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On this page you find press contacts and images as well as general press releases. High-resolution images are exclusively available for members of the media and journalists for the media coverage. After agreeing the User Agreement for Images they can be downloaded for free.

Media

& Public Relations

North, Middle- & South America

Press Contact:
Georgina Gomez
E-Mail

Europe &  Rest of the World

Press Contact:

Christiane Casott
Contact Form

Exhibitions worldwide

Contacts, images & releases

Australia

Melbourne
press contact:
Imagedata:
registration & download
Perth, Australia | Anatomy of Happiness
press contact:
Iris Yuan | iris@poemgroup.com.au | +61 (0)452 001 715
Vanessa Chamoun | vanessa@poemgroup.com.au | +61 (0)432 400 617
Imagedata:
The Chess Player (back, cut out)
The Swordsman (cut out)
The Hurdler (cut out)
Impression (DT) – Girl and chess player
The Chess Player (frontal, cut out)
The Hockey Player
Impression – The Ringman
registration & download

America & Canada

Allentown, USA | BODY WORLDS 101
press contact:
Caroline Scutt
Director of Communications & Community Engagement
caroline.scutt@davincisciencecenter.org
Imagedata:
registration & download
San José, CA, USA | Decoded
press contact:
The Tech Museum
Public Relations Manager
Marika Krause
mkrause@thetech.org
Imagedata:
The Jumping Dancer (cropped)
Male Flamenco Dancer (cropped)
Female Flamenco Dancer (cropped)
The Baseball Player (cropped)
registration & download

Europe

Amsterdam, Netherlands | The Happiness Project
press contact:
marketing@tourismgroup.com

Free download of press pictures here
Imagedata:
Amsterdam | Body WORLDS The Happiness Project
registration & download
Prague, Czech Republic | VITAL
press contact:
Imagedata:
“Elegance on Ice” in the exhibition
Elegance on Ice (cut out)
The High Jumper in the exhibition
The Ponderer (back, cut out)
The High Jumper (cut out)
The Ponderer (frontal, cropped)
The Tightrope Dancer (cut out)
The Torchbearer (cropped)
registration & download
Vienna, Austria | Rhythm of Life
press contact:
Nora Wunderwald 
+43 676 37 72 193
nora.wunderwald@sisteract.at
Imagedata:
Balance Beam Gymnast (cut out)
The Relay Runner & visitors
The Relay Runner (cut off)
The Atlas
The Autopsy Body (cut out)
The Badminton Player (cropped)
The Rearing Horse with Rider (cut off)
registration & download
Wroclaw, Poland | Cycle of Life
press contact:
Ewa Król
E: pr@bodyworlds.pl 
Imagedata:
The Yoga Lady (front, cut off)
The Chess Player in the exhibition
Mirror of Time
“The Mirror of Time” & Visitors in the Exhibition
The Yoga Lady (side, cut off)
Titanic Couple (cut out)
“Titanic Couple” with visitors in the exhibition (side view)
Titanic Couple with visitors in the exhibition (frontal)
Exhibition impression with the plastinate “The Chessplayer”
registration & download

Germany

Berlin, Germany | BODY WORLDS Museum
press contact:
Jeanette Luley
Phone: +49 6221 33 11 22
j.luley@plastination.com
Imagedata:
Facing Death (close-up)
The Runner (cut out)
Suspended Arterial Man (cut out)
Lion »Icke« hunting (close-up, cut out)
Lion hunting an Oryx
Man’s Best Friend, Domestic Dog (cut out)
registration & download
Chemnitz, Germany | Cycle of Life
press contact:
Oliver Diaz
+49 160 58 26 222
o.diaz@plastination.com
Imagedata:
Surgery in Still Life in the exhibition
Surgery in Still Life in the exhibition (close-up)
The Ring Gymnast
The Runner in the exhibition
The Runner (side, cut out)
The On Point Dancer
The Ballet Dancer (cut out)
Impression (DT) – Mother and child with ballet dancer
registration & download
Guben, Germany | PLASTINARIUM
press contact:
Anne Bennewitz
Phone: +493561 - 5474318
E-Mail: a.bennewitz@guben.plastination.com

For press images please contact a.bennewitz@guben.plastination.com.
Imagedata:
registration & download
Heidelberg, Germany | Anatomy of Happiness
press contact:
Jeanette Luley
Phone: +49 6221 33 11 22
j.luley@plastination.com
Imagedata:
Kneeling Lady (cropped)
The Skin Man (cropped)
The Acrobates
American Football Gladiators (cropped)
Tai Chi Man (cropped, side)
Tai Chi Man (frontal, cropped)
registration & download
Münster, Germany | VITAL
press contact:
Oliver Diaz
+49 160 58 26 222
o.diaz@plastination.com
Imagedata:
“Elegance on Ice” in the exhibition
Elegance on Ice (cut out)
The High Jumper in the exhibition
The Ponderer (back, cut out)
The High Jumper (cut out)
The Ponderer (frontal, cropped)
The Tightrope Dancer (cut out)
The Torchbearer (cropped)
registration & download

More Images

Impressions
Impression (DT) – Refection with boy and skeleton
Impression (DT) – Refection ligament body with two women
Impression (DT) – Girl looking at body slices
Impression (DT) – Family with artery man and chess player
Impression (DT) – Refection with man and ligament body
Impression (DT) – Refection young lady and ligament body
Impression (DT) – Mother and child with ballet dancer
Impression (DT) – Woman and boy with skeleton
Impression (DT) – Girl and chess player
Impression (DT) – Girl and boy in front of plastinate
Impression – Family at show case with plastinated leg
Impression – Woman looking at the plastinates “Mirror of Time”
Impression – Young people looking at the plastinate “Relay Runner”
Impression – Visitor looking at the sitting ligament body
Impression – Visitor in front of showcase with skull
Impression – Women looking at the Arterial Man
Impression – Visitor looking at the Jumping Dancer
registration & download
Configurations of Blood Vessels
Blood vessel configuration of the coronary arteries
Blood Vessel Configuration of the Head and Brain
Blood Vessel Configuration of the Liver
Blood Vessel Configuration of the Inner Organs
Blood Vessel Configuration of a Rooster
The Thinker – blood vessel configuration
registration & download
Transparent Slices
Frontal Body Slice
Longitudinal sice of the head
Series of longitudinal body slices
Body Slices
Slices of the hands
Slices of the feet
registration & download
Plastinated Organs
The heart, opend longitudinally
Smoker’s lungs
Digestive Tract
Thoracic and Abdominal Organs in their Usual Configuration
Heart
Heart and lung specimen of a non-smoker
registration & download
Plastination Technique
Curing (Hardening)
Positioning
Curing (Hardening)
Positioning
Gunther von Hagens at work
Positioning of the mega plastinate
registration & download
Plastinator Dr. Gunther von Hagens & Curator Dr. Angelina Whalley
Dr. Gunther von Hagens
Dr. Angelina Whalley
Dr. Angelina Whalley
Dr. Angelina Whalley
Gunther von Hagens
Dr. Gunther von Hagens & Dr. Angelina Whalley
The Creative Duo
registration & download

Press Releases

General Information
30 Years of BODY WORLDS15.09.2025Download
Record Milestone: 50 Million Visitors13.11.2019Download
Celebrity CommentsDownload

Ethics Report

Before the North American premiere of BODY WORLDS, in 2004, and updated in 2017, an independent ethics review was conducted by a distinguished committee of theologians, ethicists, academics and medical luminaries. The Ethics Review of the origins of bodies in BODY WORLDS and ethical nature of the exhibition — conducted by the California Science Center, Los Angeles is available for download here:

Ethical Review Update by the California Science Center 2016/2017
Ethic Report by the California Science Center 2004/2005

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