Part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Mütter Museum says it investigated the ethics of displaying donated ...

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia holds a collection of more than 40,000 medically significant objects and specimens. The ...

The new policy comes after two years of controversy involving public backlash, staff departures and high-level leadership changes.

Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum is changing the way it handles human remains. There are now clear guidelines for exhibitions, ...

A contentious ethical review ushered in new leaders who say morbid curiosity warrants deeper context and public trust — not ...

Quinn, who became director in September 2022, sparked controversy earlier this year with her decision to take down online educational videos that featured human remains from the collection, and ...

Mütter Museum seeks public's help over the future of human remains collection The first town hall will be held on Oct. 17, according to the museum ...

Arts & Culture Museums Staff Photo/PhillyVoice The Mütter Museum's free open houses will be held on April 25, June 27, August 29 and a date to be determined in October — all from 3-7 p.m.

Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a package containing two preserved fetuses in a jar was sent to the city’s Mütter Museum. The package arrived late Tuesday morning and staff ...

The timing of the course (minus a pivot to virtual classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic) coincided with the Mütter Museum’s future project showing the history of Philadelphia’s Black doctors and Black ...

At the Mütter Museum, that includes skulls, limbs and gallstones. The medical museum has been shining a light on the inner workings of mankind for 160 years. Glass cases display human skeletons ...

I was so impressed and excited to see the amazing work the students did with the Mütter Museum.” The course was cross-listed in the Department of History, the Minor in Africana Studies program and ...