Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Mutter Museum

Mutter Museum

A fun medical museum of human pathology, but so dignified that you almost forget that you're looking at skulls, conjoined twins, and a giant colon. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Mutter Museum: Really Gross Anatomy

Mutter Museum: ... revisit to The Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, to see what's changed since last exploring this mecca of medical oddities and squirm-inducing equipment. [05/13/2010] Complete Story...

Piece of Thorax of Lincoln's Killer
Loopy Lincoln Landmark: What's a thorax? Dunno, but you probably need one to live, so John Wilkes Booth doesn't any more. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Mutter Museum and Wistar Institute

Originally, a number of the items that are now in the Mutter Museum of medical curiosities were in the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. Wistar, now a prestigious biomedical research institution, was originally a medical teaching museum. Visitors can still see mammoth sculptures by American sculptor Charles Rush (see the Philly Waterworks) in Wistar's atrium. There is a giant pelvis, an inner ear, and some eyes. In the 1970s, before the museum items were removed from Wistar to Mutter to make room for research labs, it was billed as the best place in the city for a lovers rendevous. Very quiet. [M. Salcedo, 06/01/2003]