Tag: Mütter Museum

Mutter Museum exterior in Philadelphia.Literature

N.Y. Times: Bob Eckstein Includes Mütter Museum in His New Book, ‘Footnotes From the Most Fascinating Museums’

Writer and illustrator Bob Eckstein recently published his new book, “Footnotes From the Most Fascinating Museums,” an illustrated field guide to the cultural and historical…

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Washington Post: Historic Human Remains Create Ethics Clash at Mütter Museum

Body parts from the 19th century exhibited at the Mütter Museum on 22nd Street in Center City have become the center of an ethics…

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Mütter Museum Opens Its Latest Exhibition After Long Soul-searching Journey

Following years of soul-searching and months of focus groups and open houses to determine its role and mission, as well as a contentious town…

Dr. Mira Irons had led the College of Physicians for over 2 years.Tourism

Mira Irons Leaves Unique Legacy as She Departs as Leader of the College of Physicians and Mütter Museum 

Mira Irons is returning to work where she previously spent 15 years of her career, writes Rosa Cartagena for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

She is going…

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Mütter Museum Considers Adopting a More Respectful Approach, Against Wishes of Some of Its Fans

The Mütter Museum, a beloved 19th-century collection of medical oddments and human remains at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, is considering taking…

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Wall Street Journal: Questions Arise About Political Correctness of Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum

The Mütter Museum, considered by many to be Philadelphia’s weirdest museum, has housed many medical oddities and arcana for around 160 years, writes…