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 ...

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 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, ...

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

The exhibit was temporarily closed to the public in May, to allow staff to identify human remains and funerary objects ...

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 ...

Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mütter Museum opens an exhibit to reflect on the pandemic.