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

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

Following more than two years of controversy, the Mütter Museum adopted a new policy regarding the human remains in its ...

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

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

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

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

The Mütter Museum’s stately brick exterior hides medical wonders within. Like a Victorian doctor’s Pinterest board come to life! Photo credit: Adam Mizera Ever wondered what’s inside your body? At the ...

PHILADELPHIA -- On a Friday last November, staff at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia were in the midst of conducting an audit of the medical history museum’s collection of some 6,600 human ...

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 ...

Baby’s Skull In Noose Found At Mütter Museum Tied To Woman’s Shocking Murders Of 5 Infants A baby skull still bearing a noose was discovered at a Philadelphia museum — and it's been linked to a ...

A baby skull still bearing a noose was discovered at a Philadelphia museum — and it's been linked to a 45-year-old murder case in Gallitzin, Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees announced during a Monday, ...