PHILADELPHIA ‒ For years, the Mütter Museum leaned into its appeal as a repository of medical curiosities: dozens of human skulls, fetal specimens and skeletons of people with varying pathologies, for ...

The new policy comes after two years of controversy involving public backlash, staff departures and high-level leadership changes.

After a few contentious years, the museum is adopting a more holistic approach instead of focusing only on specimens and the medical condition they represent.