Mütter Museum — Bunk History

Front entrance of the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Mütter and More

Why we need to be critical of medical museums as spaces for disability histories.

by Aparna Nair via Disability Visibility Project on July 29, 2023

Drawings of hands holding calipers.

Bodies of Knowledge

Philadelphia and the dark history of collecting human remains.

by Samuel J. Redman via Perspectives on History on September 15, 2022

Etching of a very tall Charles Byrne, with three companions

The Careless Display of Ill-Gotten Human Remains

Museums that harbor unethically obtained human remains are undergoing a reckoning. It’s about time.

by Ian Halim via UnDark on April 7, 2022

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