Though it may resemble a cabinet of curiosities, the museum honors Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter, a pioneering 19th-century surgeon ...

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His Pulitzer-nominated book “Graven Images” inspired a reassessment of Puritan art, challenging the belief that imagery carved on headstones was meaningless.

W.C. Fields and Gwyneth Paltrow have, I would guess, rarely shared the same imaginative space before the mounting of an exhibition at the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, ...

Image Credit: aetb at Deposit Photos. Museums are often thought of as hallowed halls filled with priceless art and historical artifacts. However, some institutions venture into the peculiar, ...

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PHILADELPHIA — 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 ...

For years, a man's giant intestine was anonymously on display at a US medical museum in Philadelphia, identified only by his initials JW. Today, the donor display for Joseph Williams depicts not only ...

Plus, the Mütter Museum changes course on exhibiting remains, and the Laguna College of Art and Design gets a $40 million donation. – The Laguna College of Art and Design in Laguna Beach, Calif., ...

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 ...

The Mutter Museum said it is also working to “de-anonymize” its collection by looking into the personal histories of its human remains to figure out who they are, if possible, and to “do justice” in ...