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Article: Scientific surge; Body Worlds 2 drew droves of science center visitors. But what's in the works to keep interest up?(Great Lakes Science Center exhibited preserved human bodies specimens)
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- Crain's Cleveland Business
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- September 19, 2005
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Byline: JOHN BOOTH
Five months in Cleveland, and these visitors didn't take a single step. But the 20 preserved human bodies - along with the 180 other related specimens that made up the Body Worlds 2 exhibit - still left footprints all over the Great Lakes Science Center.
"From April 10 to September 13, (attendance was) 100% above where we were for the same period last year,'' said Trish Rooney, the science center's director of marketing. She called the increase "unbelievable.''
Gunther von Hagens' traveling exhibit wrapped up its stay in Cleveland on Sunday. The showcase of donated bodies and organs preserved through a process that replaces ...