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 ...

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

Following more than two years of controversy, the Mütter Museum adopted a new policy regarding the human remains in its ...

Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum is changing the way it handles human remains. There are now clear guidelines for exhibitions, ...

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia holds a collection of more than 40,000 medically significant objects and specimens. The ...

After two years of research and community input, the Mütter Museum is updating its approach to managing its human remains ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...