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.

Mount Moriah Cemetery thefts leave well-known Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area medical museum grappling with ethical ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Glow like a ball of radium at a party celebrating the woman who discovered it. The Mütter Museum is gearing up to host its first Radiant Ball inspired by Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist ...

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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Mount Moriah Cemetery thefts leave well-known Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area medical museum grappling with ethical responsibility questions after Jonathan Gerlach case.