Update  

Under the guise of science and education, this exhibit which consists of plasticized real human bodies will be in Framingham, Massachusetts for several months starting in November, 2007. The touted benefits in no way justify the cost to human dignity. We should respect the remains of the deceased to honor the living. A lot of money has been spent by the exhibitor to overcome our natural inhibitions. Ignore the hype, and STOP THIS EXHIBIT. Visit the home pageof this site for more information, links, comments.

I picketed at the Framingham town hall from 11:00 AM to 12:00 noon on Monday October 22, 2007. Here is the story from the Metrowest Daily News, a brief video, and a guest column. When the exhibit opened on November 3rd, 2007 I picketed again. The story was covered by the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe.  I hope you will join me in the fight for human dignity. Contact me 

In Amsterdam Bodies the Exposition was greeted with a memorial to the unknown Chinese, including a condolence book.

If you are a member of the public there are several things you can do to fight this exhibition. Contact your town officials to let them know of your displeasure. Enlist your leaders in the fight against these exhibits. Contact your school board to discourage visits to this exhibit. Demand that our public officials and our leaders apply an ethical standard to their actions, and that they ignore the hype and the marketing. Join me to campaign against this exhibit. You can make a difference.

Here is some information about this exhibit:

  1. the bodies are rented for $25 million. Premier exhibitions says they are on loan, but this is misleading.

  2. The bodies are of unknown Chinese citizens who died of unknown causes.
  3. China is notorious for a transplant organ business that may use the bodies of prisoners executed to supply organs.
  4. Government oversight in China of business is weak, and it is not possible to verify any claims about this exhibit, or about many Chinese exports. Premier Exhibitions statement that there Chinese supplier claims every thing is above board is lame and self serving. It is also meaningless
  5. The exhibitor, Premier Exhibitions, is a profit making publicly held company whose primary obligation is to is shareholders.
  6. It is believed that the bodies have been falsely imported as models. This avoids customs scrutiny, and if they were imported as bodies they would be scrutinized.

Aaron Ginsburg, Sharon, MA