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Seeing the dead in a scientific light!
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Recently, we took my mom to see the amazing Bod...
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Recently, we took my mom to see the amazing Body World display at the St. Louis Science Center. I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with this or not so I'll try to briefly explain. Body World is a traveling display of dead people who have (while living lol) agreed to be plastinized. Plastination is a process where a team of doctors inject the body with plastics in order to preserve in a scientific way.
I'll have to admit, I was TOTALLY creeped out at the thought of seeing this. Once I was inside though, I became fascinated and awed! This is TOTALLY worth the money if it travels to your state. There is such a long line of people to get in to see this. I recommend making reservations at least a day in advance.
After seeing the amazing display "Body Worlds" , the family was hungry so we went to eat on "The Hill" - The historic Italian settled district of St. Louis. We chose Mama Campisi's for some DELICIOUS Italian food. I orderd the tortelini which was filled with proschuto and cheese with a cream sauce. MOUTH WATERING! My 9 year old ordered her own pizza (and you can never go wrong with Mama's pizza), my 23 year old ordered chicken parmesan (again - delicious) and Mom got the chicken and broccoli pasta. The Ceaser's Salads are served with real anchovi's so if you're not into that, you might want to avoid the Ceaser's. The house salad is delicious though.
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| category: | major attractions | |
| recommended for: | elementary,tweens | |
| time commitment: | full day | |
| keywords: | body, world, 3, plastination, mama, campisis, food, eat, science, center | |
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