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

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

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

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 Mutter Museum, a 19th-century repository of medical oddments and arcana at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, attracts as many as 160,000 visitors a year. Among the anatomical and patho… ...

Dhody said the two specimens were consistent with a real fetus. The M ü tter Museum is a museum of medical history. It houses over 20,000 unusual specimens, including fetuses.

The Mutter Museum is located at 19 S. 22nd Street in Center City. It is a medical museum that contains a collection of anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment.

The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, established in 1849, has become a magnet for over 100,000 tourists each year. Initially, it was a modest assembly of specimens for medical education, featuring ...

It is one of the last medical museums from the 19th century. It originated with the collection of Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter, who gathered unique specimens for teaching purposes.