After a few contentious years, the museum is adopting a more holistic approach instead of focusing only on specimens and the medical condition they represent.

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

Philadelphia's Mutter Museum announced a new approach to one of its most popular and controversial exhibits on Tuesday.

An iron lung display at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, Aug. 10, 2023. The Mutter, a beloved 19th-century collection of medical curiosities and human remains, wants to adopt a more ...

Most of the items on display are part of The Mutter Museum's collection. "I think the earliest one we have in here is a replica of an instrument from Pompeii. It's a speculum," says Hill.

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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 ...

About 1,000 of the Mutter Museum’s roughly 20,000 items — sometimes gut-wrenching and always engrossing — are on display.

The Mutter Museum is located at 19 South 22nd Street in Philadelphia. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Sunday. For more information, call 215-560-8564 or visit muttermuseum.org.

It does not show any of the changes we associate with age.” Want to see for yourself? The slides are currently on display at the Mütter Museum. 19 South 22nd Street, Open daily from 10 a.m. to ...