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

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, ...

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.

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

Quinn, who became director in September 2022, sparked controversy earlier this year with her decision to take down online educational videos that featured human remains from the collection, and ...

Under Quinn, that has included the Pew-funded project Postmortem: Mütter Museum, which hosted town-hall meetings to get public input. The final audit of that process is due later this year.

The Philadelphia Police Department has launched an investigation after the Mütter Museum received an unusual package Tuesday morning. Police said around 11:36 a.m. Tuesday, museum staff reporting ...

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 ...

An anonymous package sent to the Mütter Museum and opened by staff on Tuesday morning contained a pair of glass jars with two preserved fetuses, Philadelphia police and museum officials said ...