The Miraculous Journey (2005 to 2013) is a series of 14 bronze sculptures by the artist Damien Hirst.
[3] At its 2013 unveiling each sculpture was covered with a balloon that slowly opened to reveal each piece.
The sculptures vary from 5 to 11 meters in height and collectively weigh 216 tonnes.
[2] The Qatari Sheikah Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani visited Hirst's studio in Gloucestershire, England, and was shown drawings from 2005 that Hirst had made of prenatal development.
Hirst had intended them to be monumental sculptures, and Sheikha al Mayassa imagined situating them in front of the Sidra Medical Center.