BODY WORLDS Heidelberg

ANATOMY OF HAPPINESS

The Body as the Place of Happiness
True love, a carefree life, good friends…we all strive for a life filled with happiness. But have you ever wondered where happiness actually comes from, or why it’s so important to us? Why can’t we get enough of it, and why does it never seem to last?
Like every action, perception or sensation, happiness is a result of certain processes in our body. At the BODY WORLDS Museum in Heidelberg, real human specimens called “Plastinates”, invite you to discover the secrets that hide beneath your skin. You will learn amazing facts about human health and function, which parts of your anatomy are involved in feeling happiness and how positive or negative emotions can affect the entire body. Everything we experience, feel, do and don’t do with our body has an effect on it sooner or later.
See within, explore happiness and change the way you view yourself!

All anatomical specimens on display in the exhibition are real. They belonged to people who declared during their lifetime that their bodies should be made available after their deaths for the training of physicians and the instruction of laypersons.