News

PHILADELPHIA -- A medical museum in Philadelphia has redrawn its policies on the collection and display of human remains, ...
The new policy comes after two years of controversy involving public backlash, staff departures and high-level leadership changes.
A contentious ethical review ushered in new leaders who say morbid curiosity warrants deeper context and public trust — not ...
The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia holds a collection of more than 40,000 medically significant objects and specimens. Here is ...
Part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Mütter Museum says it investigated the ethics of displaying donated ...
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 exhibit has two parts, den Bok's incredible black and white imagery, to words that are just as gripping. "I wonder if they would sell me their signs," said artist and professor Willie Baronet.
Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum is changing the way it handles human remains. There are now clear guidelines for exhibitions, ...
As we celebrate Women's History Month, the Mutter Museum has an exhibition on motherhood and the history and future of maternity care. The exhibition is called Designing Motherhood: Things That ...