Mütter MuseumCollege of Physicians and Mütter Museum will undergo a $27 million expansion and renovation The first phase of renovations will include larger galleries, building upgrades, better signage, and expanded exhibition space. Construction will begin in early 2026.Rosa Cartagena A Tale of Two Philadelphians in the MütterRosa Cartagena and Charmaine Runes Mütter Museum is changing the way it collects and displays human remainsRosa Cartagena Two babies’ skulls found at Mütter Museum linked to Gallitzin, Pa., murder mystery from 1980Rosa Cartagena Nearly 500 souls were removed from Philly’s old First Baptist Church burial ground in 2017. When will they be reburied?Valerie Russ AdvertisementFirst Baptist Church has a very long history in Philadelphia. The rediscovery of its 300-year-old cemetery raises plenty of questionsFounded in 1698, First Baptist Church of Philadelphia is one of the oldest churches in the country. A construction project at 2nd & Arch uncovered its colonial-era cemetery, begun in 1707.Valerie Russ Philadelphia museums hold strands of hair from Indigenous people. That may soon change. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) updates are making Mutter, Penn, and Academy of Natural Science reassess their collectionsRosa Cartagena Two fetuses were mailed to the Mütter Museum, without a return address. Police are investigating.The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office has retrieved the fetuses from the Mütter.Rosa Cartagena Donors who planned to leave their remains to the Mütter are left in limbo amid museum changesPast agreements with those who wanted to donate their skeletons and other anatomical parts to the museum are on hold as new management develops a human remains policy.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano The Mütter Museum held a town hall to discuss its use of human remains. Things got tense. Among those who spoke were community members, past and present Mütter staff, museum professionals, and people with medical conditions who described the museum as a special placeRosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano ‘Mischief at the Mütter’ is canceledThe popular Halloween event invited Philadelphians to dress up and party with stilt walkers and contortionists. The museum won’t be continuing the annual tradition.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano Mütter Museum unveils $3 million dollar renovations to collections and research facilitiesThe Mütter Museum's $3.2 million renovation will modernize and fireproof its collection, storage and research facilities.Henry Savage A shake-up at the Mütter Museum means it could get way less weird The Mütter has long been known as "disturbingly informative" and uniquely Philadelphian. Now its new leaders want it to be about health, not death — and supporters are fighting for its life.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano Penn, Temple, Mütter among U.S. institutions still holding the remains of Native AmericansMuseum leaders pledged to repatriate the remains, as required under a 1990 federal law. Critics say some institutions have been too slow to act.William Bender and Jeff Gammage The medical science of vampire panic, explained by the Mütter MuseumOn the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula, the Mütter Museum mounts an exhibit on vampires, disease, medicine, and the popular imagination.Stephan Salisbury New leaders at the Mütter Museum ponder ‘diving into the fantastic’ in a post-pandemic futureFor the first time since its 1863 founding, the Mütter Museum has hired an executive director to focus solely on the museum, its historical medical library, its research arm, and its future.Stephan Salisbury Philly’s Mutter Museum has a man’s heart on display. He visited it and so can you.Robert Pendarvis had a rare condition called acromegaly, which went undiagnosed for decades. It almost killed him.Tom Avril The Mütter Museum and a Penn’s Landing attraction will be reopening soon with new rulesThe Mütter Museum will require visitors to purchase tickets in advance online. Its eerily well-timed "Spit Spreads Death" exhibit is about the 1918 flu pandemic.Stephan Salisbury Mutter Museum launching $25 million expansion drive to double its spaceThe expanded museum, which is still years off, will double the gallery size, free up space to exhibit items now in storage, and endow staff positions and programs.Stephan Salisbury See more storiesAdvertisement
College of Physicians and Mütter Museum will undergo a $27 million expansion and renovation The first phase of renovations will include larger galleries, building upgrades, better signage, and expanded exhibition space. Construction will begin in early 2026.Rosa Cartagena
College of Physicians and Mütter Museum will undergo a $27 million expansion and renovation The first phase of renovations will include larger galleries, building upgrades, better signage, and expanded exhibition space. Construction will begin in early 2026.Rosa Cartagena
Two babies’ skulls found at Mütter Museum linked to Gallitzin, Pa., murder mystery from 1980Rosa Cartagena
Two babies’ skulls found at Mütter Museum linked to Gallitzin, Pa., murder mystery from 1980Rosa Cartagena
Nearly 500 souls were removed from Philly’s old First Baptist Church burial ground in 2017. When will they be reburied?Valerie Russ
Nearly 500 souls were removed from Philly’s old First Baptist Church burial ground in 2017. When will they be reburied?Valerie Russ
First Baptist Church has a very long history in Philadelphia. The rediscovery of its 300-year-old cemetery raises plenty of questionsFounded in 1698, First Baptist Church of Philadelphia is one of the oldest churches in the country. A construction project at 2nd & Arch uncovered its colonial-era cemetery, begun in 1707.Valerie Russ
First Baptist Church has a very long history in Philadelphia. The rediscovery of its 300-year-old cemetery raises plenty of questionsFounded in 1698, First Baptist Church of Philadelphia is one of the oldest churches in the country. A construction project at 2nd & Arch uncovered its colonial-era cemetery, begun in 1707.Valerie Russ
Philadelphia museums hold strands of hair from Indigenous people. That may soon change. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) updates are making Mutter, Penn, and Academy of Natural Science reassess their collectionsRosa Cartagena
Philadelphia museums hold strands of hair from Indigenous people. That may soon change. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) updates are making Mutter, Penn, and Academy of Natural Science reassess their collectionsRosa Cartagena
Two fetuses were mailed to the Mütter Museum, without a return address. Police are investigating.The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office has retrieved the fetuses from the Mütter.Rosa Cartagena
Two fetuses were mailed to the Mütter Museum, without a return address. Police are investigating.The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office has retrieved the fetuses from the Mütter.Rosa Cartagena
Donors who planned to leave their remains to the Mütter are left in limbo amid museum changesPast agreements with those who wanted to donate their skeletons and other anatomical parts to the museum are on hold as new management develops a human remains policy.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano
Donors who planned to leave their remains to the Mütter are left in limbo amid museum changesPast agreements with those who wanted to donate their skeletons and other anatomical parts to the museum are on hold as new management develops a human remains policy.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano
The Mütter Museum held a town hall to discuss its use of human remains. Things got tense. Among those who spoke were community members, past and present Mütter staff, museum professionals, and people with medical conditions who described the museum as a special placeRosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano
The Mütter Museum held a town hall to discuss its use of human remains. Things got tense. Among those who spoke were community members, past and present Mütter staff, museum professionals, and people with medical conditions who described the museum as a special placeRosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano
‘Mischief at the Mütter’ is canceledThe popular Halloween event invited Philadelphians to dress up and party with stilt walkers and contortionists. The museum won’t be continuing the annual tradition.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano
‘Mischief at the Mütter’ is canceledThe popular Halloween event invited Philadelphians to dress up and party with stilt walkers and contortionists. The museum won’t be continuing the annual tradition.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano
Mütter Museum unveils $3 million dollar renovations to collections and research facilitiesThe Mütter Museum's $3.2 million renovation will modernize and fireproof its collection, storage and research facilities.Henry Savage
Mütter Museum unveils $3 million dollar renovations to collections and research facilitiesThe Mütter Museum's $3.2 million renovation will modernize and fireproof its collection, storage and research facilities.Henry Savage
A shake-up at the Mütter Museum means it could get way less weird The Mütter has long been known as "disturbingly informative" and uniquely Philadelphian. Now its new leaders want it to be about health, not death — and supporters are fighting for its life.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano
A shake-up at the Mütter Museum means it could get way less weird The Mütter has long been known as "disturbingly informative" and uniquely Philadelphian. Now its new leaders want it to be about health, not death — and supporters are fighting for its life.Rosa Cartagena and Rita Giordano
Penn, Temple, Mütter among U.S. institutions still holding the remains of Native AmericansMuseum leaders pledged to repatriate the remains, as required under a 1990 federal law. Critics say some institutions have been too slow to act.William Bender and Jeff Gammage
Penn, Temple, Mütter among U.S. institutions still holding the remains of Native AmericansMuseum leaders pledged to repatriate the remains, as required under a 1990 federal law. Critics say some institutions have been too slow to act.William Bender and Jeff Gammage
The medical science of vampire panic, explained by the Mütter MuseumOn the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula, the Mütter Museum mounts an exhibit on vampires, disease, medicine, and the popular imagination.Stephan Salisbury
The medical science of vampire panic, explained by the Mütter MuseumOn the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula, the Mütter Museum mounts an exhibit on vampires, disease, medicine, and the popular imagination.Stephan Salisbury
New leaders at the Mütter Museum ponder ‘diving into the fantastic’ in a post-pandemic futureFor the first time since its 1863 founding, the Mütter Museum has hired an executive director to focus solely on the museum, its historical medical library, its research arm, and its future.Stephan Salisbury
New leaders at the Mütter Museum ponder ‘diving into the fantastic’ in a post-pandemic futureFor the first time since its 1863 founding, the Mütter Museum has hired an executive director to focus solely on the museum, its historical medical library, its research arm, and its future.Stephan Salisbury
Philly’s Mutter Museum has a man’s heart on display. He visited it and so can you.Robert Pendarvis had a rare condition called acromegaly, which went undiagnosed for decades. It almost killed him.Tom Avril
Philly’s Mutter Museum has a man’s heart on display. He visited it and so can you.Robert Pendarvis had a rare condition called acromegaly, which went undiagnosed for decades. It almost killed him.Tom Avril
The Mütter Museum and a Penn’s Landing attraction will be reopening soon with new rulesThe Mütter Museum will require visitors to purchase tickets in advance online. Its eerily well-timed "Spit Spreads Death" exhibit is about the 1918 flu pandemic.Stephan Salisbury
The Mütter Museum and a Penn’s Landing attraction will be reopening soon with new rulesThe Mütter Museum will require visitors to purchase tickets in advance online. Its eerily well-timed "Spit Spreads Death" exhibit is about the 1918 flu pandemic.Stephan Salisbury
Mutter Museum launching $25 million expansion drive to double its spaceThe expanded museum, which is still years off, will double the gallery size, free up space to exhibit items now in storage, and endow staff positions and programs.Stephan Salisbury
Mutter Museum launching $25 million expansion drive to double its spaceThe expanded museum, which is still years off, will double the gallery size, free up space to exhibit items now in storage, and endow staff positions and programs.Stephan Salisbury
