By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Jan 30, 2008 at 3:18 PM

My 5-year-old son says he wants to see the “Body Worlds” exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Someone told him about it at school, I tried to explain it to him a little bit more, and he generally seems interested. I think I will take him to the show at some point, but when we went to the museum earlier this week, I told him we weren’t going to see “Body Worlds” on this particular visit. He said OK, and I thought that was the end of it.

However, whenever he saw a mannequin in one of the exhibits, he said, “Oh my gosh! Mom, is that a DEAD BODY?” Basically, he didn’t understand the concept of the “Body Worlds” show at all, and instead thought the entire museum was adorned with corpses -- including the little old lady, rocking on the porch in the Streets of Old Milwaukee. “Look at that dead grandma,” he said.

Sheesh.


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.