The Giant Heart is one of the friendliest places to learn about heart health and wellness and how to keep your personal motor purring. This multi-million dollar permanent exhibition features a walk-through heart, crawl through arteries complete with plaque, exercising skeleton and authentic operating suite where open-heart surgery is in progress. Students can see how much blood is in their bodies, hear blood flowing through arteries, take their own blood pressure and EKGs, and see live demonstrations of ultrasound and a heart dissection.

In the Tuttleman IMAX Theater

The Human Body October 7, 2005-April 23, 2006
The Human Body helps new audiences discover the complexity of the human body. Combining innovative filmmaking techniques with advanced medical and scientific imaging, the film lets us look in microscopic detail at daily biological processes. Details, here.

Live Shows and Workshops

The Giant Heart Workshop Grades 3-5*
This program explores the form and function of the heart, and the importance of caring for this incredible organ. Be part of a "Heart Relay Race" learning how the heart pumps blood through the body via the circulatory system, and what happens as blood makes the roundtrip circuit through the body. Minimum 30 students; maximum 60. 30 min. Reservation required.

Within the Skin Show Grades 3-5 and 6-8
Come with us on a wild journey through the human body. Discover how what we eat is digested and turned into energy, how the muscular and nervous systems work and what blood accomplishes on its journey through the body. Minimum 30 students; maximum 250. 30 min. Reservation required.

Eyeball Dissection Workshop Grades 6-8*
The eye, while small in size, is a very complex organ and has a huge impact on our lives. Students will dissect a real cow eye to explore the function and structure of a mammalian eye, and learn about vision. Minimum 30 students; maximum 60.

Heart Dissection Grades 9-12*
Working under the direction of a trained museum instructor, students will dissect a sheep's heart to learn about its internal and external structure. Minimum 30 students; maximum 60.

Body Breakdown Show Grades 9-12*
What happens when you die and your body breaks down? Explore each body system as it shuts down, and learn how it affects the corpse-like after death twitching and pooling blood. Learn how methods like life support, cryonics, plastinization and embalming slow down the process. Students will explore the body on both a systemic and cellular level during this live, interactive show. Minimum 30 students; maximum 140. 30 min. Reservation required.

*Available with BODY WORLDS and Giant Heart Experiences only.