Museum Open Around the Clock - BODY WORLDS 2 and The Tech Host 40 Hour...( SAN JOSE Calif. Jan. 23 /- ...),Health

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT: Following a record number of visitors to Gunther von Hagens'

BODY WORLDS 2 & The Three Pound Gem over the Martin Luther King

Day holiday weekend -- over 21,000 visitors in three days -- The

Tech Museum of Innovation will extend exhibit and museum hours

and host a round-the-clock 40 hour opening for the exhibit's

final weekend. Starting at 8:00 a.m. January 25th, The Tech will

be open continuously until 11:59 p.m. on January 26th. The

extended hours apply to both the BODY WORLDS exhibition and the

entire Tech Museum.

Long lines are anticipated, so online ticketing is strongly

encouraged. Visit http://www.thetech.org or call 408-294-TECH to

purchase tickets.

WHEN: For the final week of BODY WORLDS 2 in San Jose, the hours

are as follows:

Tuesday, January 22 & Wednesday, January 23

Regular hours, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. (last admission at 7:30 p.m.)

Thursday, January 24

Open 8 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. (last admission at 10:30 p.m.)

Friday, January 25 - Saturday, January 26*

Open 8 a.m. - closes following day

Closes 11:59 p.m. (last admission at 10:30 p.m.)

WHERE: The Tech Museum of Innovation, Downtown San Jose

201 S. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113

WHY: See for yourself why 25 million visitors world-wide and close to

280,000 visitors in San Jose have seen this exhibit. BODY

WORLDS in San Jose is the only Bay Area appearance. This is the

last week to see the original exhibition created by Dr. Gunther

von Hagens, inventor of Plastinat
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