A medical museum in Philadelphia has redrawn its policies on the collection and display of human remains, limiting its acceptance of additional specimens and working to follow "evolving modern medical ...

“As someone who has been considering a career in public history and the museum field, I was only aware of ethical discourses in the museum world on a surface level,” said Karen Li, BA history ’22.

A reckoning over the future of the Mütter Museum has put Philadelphia's unique showcase of medical oddities at a crossroads. And in a fierce battle over the ethics of displaying human remains, the ...

After a controversial decision to rethink its collection of medical pathologies, the Mütter will launch a 2-year public discussion about human remains. Carol Orzel had FOP, a rare disorder in which ...

PHILADELPHIA — A medical museum in Philadelphia has redrawn its policies on the collection and display of human remains, limiting its acceptance of additional specimens and working to follow “evolving ...

Human remains are at the center of attention at one Philadelphia museum. The Mütter Museum, part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, announced the launch of a new initiative called ...

The Mütter Museum is hosting a series of open houses as part of its effort to gather public input about the direction it should take in the face of a heated ethical debate about the thousands of human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia is part of the College of Physicians, a nonprofit organization dating to 1787. (Constance Mensh ...

Police in Philadelphia are investigating after an unexpected package was delivered to the Mutter Museum Tuesday morning. According to law enforcement officials, at approximately 11:26 a.m., museum ...

Police in Philadelphia are investigating after an unexpected package was delivered to the Mutter Museum Tuesday morning. According to law enforcement officials, at approximately 11:26 a.m., museum ...

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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 and ...