Albert Einstein's preserved brain how in display in Münster, Germany
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The LWL Museum of Natural History in Münster welcomes a special exhibit – the preserved brain of Albert Einstein, more precisely, two slices of it. (Photos: VCG)
When Einstein died in the US in 1955, he actually wanted to be cremated. But after the death of the ingenious physicist, his brain was not only studied, but also sliced and preserved for research purposes.
The Museum of Medical History in Philadelphia, USA now lends two of these brain slices to the Natural History Museum in Germany. Lowell Flanders, the collection manager of the American Museum, handed it over on Tuesday.
They come from the right brain, from the part in which the memory sits. The Philadelphia Museum is one of only two in the world to see parts of Einstein's brain. In Münster, the two panes is on display in a particularly secure showcase.