The Mütter Museum, a 19th-century repository of medical oddments and arcana at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, attracts as many as 160,000 visitors a year.
“Who could look at a two-headed calf without wanting to know how that happened?
Biology is a marvel and better understood if you recognize that its complexities must inevitably lead to some ‘errors.’”The celebrity magician Teller, a Philadelphia native, called the Mütter a place of electrifying frankness.
But, like museums everywhere, the Mütter is reassessing what it has and why it has it.
Recently, the institution enlisted a public-relations consultant with expertise in crisis management to contain criticism from within and without.
Persons:
Jack Russell, Grover, ” Cheng, Eng, ”, Dean Richardson, Veterinary Medicine’s, Teller
Organizations:
College of Physicians of, Soap, “, University of Pennsylvania School, Veterinary, Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center
Locations:
College of Physicians of Philadelphia, China, Philadelphia