During my travels I don’t usually like to visit too many museums, however there are some that I try to seek out. For this week’s Flashback Friday I will share a post about a certain type of museum that I will go out of my way to visit-museums that display oddities!
I’ve been to a bunch of these type of museums and would like to share a post about one of them today.
Here is the post:
- The Mutter Museum: A Museum of Medical Oddities- Philadelphia, PA
This post was first published on December 1, 2011.
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| Dried Head |
The Mutter Museum is located at the College of Physicians.
Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter donated the collection in 1858. It was originally used for medical research and education. The museum has lots of medical oddities, antique medical equipment and other interesting specimens.
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| Skull Collection |
The museum’s main floor has beautiful wood cabinets full of medical tools, wax molds, skeletons and an extensive skull collection. It was very busy when I visited so it took some time to get close to read the info in the cabinets.
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| Chang & Eng |
The museum has a plaster cast of famous Siamese twins Chang & Eng. Below the plaster cast (very hard to see in my picture) is a jar with their attached liver in it.
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| Soap Lady |
One exhibit that I had to go back to visit a few times was of the Soap Lady. The lady died in the 19th century of yellow fever. She was buried in soil with some chemicals that turned her body into a soapy substance also called grave wax.
Here are a couple of other interesting photos that I took during my visit.
If you want to visit the Mutter Museum, find out more here.
I hope that you liked this week’s Flashback Friday!
I’d highly recommend a visit to the Mutter Museum. It’s an amazing and unique place, quite different from other things that Philadelphia has to offer.
