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The Amazing Body Pavilion


The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum, is a unique health and science education facility with a fantastic main attraction: the Jim Hickox Amazing Body Pavilion, a larger-than-life walking tour through the human body. The Museum is dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of the human body and inspiring a life-long commitment to health. Features in the Pavilion include:
  • Three Fantastic Illusion Presentations that dramatically communicate health and wellness information about the lungs, heart and brain.
  • Sixty-one interactive video and audio kiosks invite guests to pose interesting questions about human anatomy and health information.
  • A 22-foot-long backbone with ribs descending from the ceiling to the floor, creating the feeling of being inside a giant rib cage.

The hands on experience includes:

  • 27½-foot intestine
  • Texas-sized, 10-foot-tall walk-through brain with memory games
  • Skeleton riding a bicycle  
  • Look down the throat at vocal chords in action
  • Clogged artery stations
  • Colossal walk-in eyeball that demonstrates how your eye receives and perceives images
  • Visual demonstrations of depth perception
Other attractions include a theater and special exhibit space for traveling exhibits.

 












DID YOU KNOW?

From the day you're born, your bones are built and strengthened with calcium.
 

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