PHILADELPHIA — A medical museum in Philadelphia has redrawn its policies on the collection and display of human remains, ...

The Mutter Museum's Hyrtl Skull Collection is up for adoption until Dec. 31, 2013. Looking for the perfect holiday gift for a slightly morbid loved one? Adopt a skull for them. The Mütter Museum ...

Now's your chance! Each human skull on the walls of the Mutter Museum in Center City has its own story. Like Hasar, who died at 21 of typhus. Or a shoemaker, who died at 15 of smallpox.

The skull’s existence and and the nationality of its owner were not widely known until an article appeared Sept. 25 in the Guardian, prompting some Australian politicians to call for its return.

Participants listen to presenter Meredith Sellers during a workshop presented by the Mutter Museum Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at the Whitehall Township Library. Participants worked off of four images ...

The Mutter Museum has announced a full schedule of October events, leading up to Halloween. There are events with skulls, events with speakeasy-style music, events with open bars and events with ...

A Philadelphia collection of skulls may give clues to human variation and evolution. Under cover of darkness, a rare collection of thirty skulls were taken from their shelves at Philadelphia’s Mutter ...

With 139 skulls, complete with names, locations from where they came, and, for many, how they died, looking at the Hyrtle Skull Collection is like staring at 139 different faces.

KYW's John Ostapkovich reports the Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is world renowned for its collection of skulls and body parts preserved in jars, both normal an ...

Pennsylvania Real-Time News Australia seeks soldier's skull held at Philadelphia museum Updated: Sep. 29, 2017, 10:28 p.m. | Published: Sep. 29, 2017, 9:28 p.m.

Australian politician Lynda Voltz is pushing for the Mutter Museum to return the skull of an unknown Australian soldier shot and killed in World War I, and the museum said Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 ...

Many fans of Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum believe exhibits of misshapen skulls and unspeakable body parts preserved in glass jars pretty much sell themselves. But the Mutter is looking for new ...