America’s finest museum of medical history, the Mütter Museum displays its beautifully preserved collections of anatomical specimens, models, and medical instruments in a 19th-century “cabinet museum” setting. The museum helps the public understand the mysteries and beauty of the human body and to appreciate the history of diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Today, the Museum enjoys a steadily rising reputation with annual attendance exceeding 130,000 visitors. Enjoying international popularity, the Museum has been featured on countless TV programs and specials and is the subject of two best-selling books.
The Museum Education program is geared toward middle school and high school students of diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and partners with area schools to expose students to the wide variety of careers in health care and biosciences, as well as to introduce them to the history and culture of medicine.
Features of the collection:
- Soap Lady
- Dr. Joseph Hyrtl’s human skull collection
- Plaster cast and conjoined liver of “Siamese twins” Chang & Eng
- Specimen from John Wilkes Booth’s vertebra
- Jaw tumor of President Grover Cleveland
- Rotating exhibits of photographic art and illustrations
- Tallest skeleton on display in North America
- Einstein’s brain
