Mütter Museum
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The Mütter Museum is a museum of medical oddities, antique medical equipment and biological specimens located in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The original purpose of the collection was medical research and education, but today it is used as a museum for the general public.
The museum is best known for its large collection of skulls and unique specimens, including a 5'-long human colon and a woman whose corpse was turned into soap by natural conditions in the ground in which she was buried. Many wax models are on display behind cases as are preserved organs and skeletons. Some visitors are quite surprised to see preserved human fetuses on display. Also on display is the malignant tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland's hard palate; the conjoined liver from Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese twins; and part of the brain of Charles Guiteau, who killed President Garfield.
The Mütter Museum is run by the College and open to the public; entry is by fee.
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