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Bodies: The Exhibition is an exhibition showcasing human bodies that have been preserved through a process called plastination and dissected to display bodily systems. [ 1] It opened in Tampa, Florida on August 20, 2005. [ 2] It is similar to, though not affiliated with, the exhibition Body Worlds (which opened in 1995).
The Great Lakes Exposition (also known as the World Fair of 1936) was held in Cleveland, Ohio, in the summers of 1936 and 1937, along the Lake Erie shore north of downtown. [1] The fair commemorated the centennial of Cleveland's incorporation as a city. [2] Conceived as a way to energize a city hit hard by the Great Depression, it highlighted ...
The Great Lakes Science Center is a museum and educational facility in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Many of the exhibits document the features of the natural environment in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The facility includes signature (permanent) and traveling exhibits, meeting space, a cafe, and an IMAX Dome theater.
Body Worlds. Body Worlds ( German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exposition of dissected human bodies, animals, and other anatomical structures of the body that have been preserved through the process of plastination. Gunther von Hagens developed the preservation process which "unite [s] subtle anatomy and modern polymer chemistry", [ 1 ...
October 19, 1988. The Broadway Avenue Historic District is a historic commercial district in the Broadway–Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. The commercial district is the historic center of Cleveland's Czech community, and is an excellent example of a district that grew along a streetcar line.
I-X Center. / 41.39850; -81.85312. The International Exposition Center, better known as the I-X Center, is a convention and exhibition hall located in the Hopkins neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, [ 3] adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The 2,200,000-square-foot (200,000 m 2) building includes over 1,000,000 ...
66000118, 15000185. Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near Ohio 's South Bass Island, in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led a fleet to victory in one of the most decisive naval battles to occur in the War of 1812. [ 1] Located on an isthmus on the island, [ 2] the memorial ...
The Dittrick Medical History Center is dedicated to the study of the history of medicine through a collection of rare books, museum artifacts, archives, and images. The museum was established in 1898 by the Cleveland Medical Library Association [1] and today functions as an interdisciplinary study center. It is housed in the Allen Memorial ...