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 building was demolished in recent years after a lengthy preservation battle. Eight homes are expected to be built where it once sat.

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 ...

Yes, sure, you can eat a cheesesteak and see the Liberty Bell, but a visit to the City of Brotherly Love has so much more to ...

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

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 ...