The Mütter Museum

Thomas Mutter, a well-known physician from Philadelphia, focused on the surgical correction of human abnormalities and invented methods for treating burn victims. His enormous collection of medical supplies and specimens would ultimately serve as the Mutter Museum's foundation.

The museum, which was initially established in 1863 and is now housed inside The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the oldest private medical society in the United States, contains more than 20,000 well-preserved items. Highlights from the collection of medical curiosities include a vertebra from John Wilkes Booth, slides of brain cells from Albert Einstein, Chang and Eng's livers and plaster casts (the original "Siamese Twins"), as well as the infamous "Soap Woman."

Rating: 4.6/5.0
Location: 19 S 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States
Phone: +12155608564
Website: http://muttermuseum.org/