Mütter Museum
Medical

Mütter Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

About

The Mütter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia is America's most unique medical museum, containing an extraordinary collection of medical specimens, anatomical models, and antique medical equipment. Founded in 1858, its collections include the Hyrtl Skull Collection of 139 human skulls, the plaster cast of the conjoined twins Chang and Eng, a 9-foot-long human colon, and the preserved brain of Einstein's doctor Harvey Cushing's patients.

Highlights & Things Not to Miss

Hyrtl Skull Collection

139 human skulls from 19th-century Europe telling individual stories

Chang and Eng

The plaster cast of the world's most famous conjoined twins

Medical History Galleries

The story of medicine from bloodletting to modern surgery