May 2013
Bodies Revealed at the Putnam Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Exhibition takes visitors through galleries providing an up-close look inside the skeletal, muscular, reproductive, respiratory, circulatory and other systems of the human body. Many of the whole body specimens are dissected in vivid athletic poses, allowing the visitor to relate to everyday activities. In addition, authentic human specimens illustrate the damage caused to organs by over-eating and lack of exercise. A healthy lung is featured next to a black lung ravaged by smoking in a vivid comparison more powerful than any textbook image. 
 
The human body specimens in the exhibition are preserved through a revolutionary technique called polymer preservation. In this process, human tissue is permanently preserved using liquid silicone rubber that is treated and hardened. The end result is a rubberized specimen, preserved to the cellular level, showcasing the complexity of the body's many bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and organs. The full-body specimens can take more than a year to prepare.
 
The Exhibition is currently receiving worldwide acclaim attracting nearly 15 million visitors from cities around the world.  
 
Trinity and the Putnam Museum are collaborating to coordinate a variety of activities in conjunction with the exhibit, including educational seminars, physician presentations, and prevention and awareness events. Trinity healthcare providers also will help serve as guides during the run of the exhibition. 
 

Admission tickets to the Bodies Revealed exhibition includes the Putnam General Museum Exhibit Halls. 
The Bodies Revealed exhibition exits into the Putnam General Museum Exhibit Halls.

General Putnam Museum Exhibit Halls Admission: $7/adults, $6/seniors/students/military, $5/youth.
Bodies Revealed exhibition Admission: $18/adults, $16/seniors/students/military, $13/youth.*
*Putnam Members receive $1 off the Bodies Revealed exhibition admission price.

Exhibit Hall Hours:

Mon - Sat: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sun: Noon - 5 p.m.
 
For more information:
Putnam Museum
Mid Morning in the Cities The Quad Cities Criterium
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

The Criterium Bike Race is happening Memorial Day Weekend in Rock Island. Sean Patrick will be joined Wednesday on Mid Morning in the Cities by organizers of the race to talk about the planning for the event and all the information attendees will need about the racing pros, food, music and events that will surround the annula Criterium Bike Race. 

For more information:
Sean Patrick
America’s Music Quad Cities Film Screening & Discussion: Swing Jazz
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Featuring excerpts from the films Ken Burns’ Jazz: Episode 6: Swing, the Velocity of Celebration and International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the themes of jazz and equality, women musicians, and jazz as an art form will be discussed. 

For more information visit americasmusicqc.com or call 309-524-2470.

"America's Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway" is a project of the Tribeca Film Institute in collaboration with the American Library Association, Tribeca Flashpoint, and the Society for American Music and has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional local funding from Riverboat Development Authority, River Cities’ Reader, Star 93.5, WQAD, and WQPT.

For more information:
Jennifer Christiansen
(309) 524-2470