Protect the Mütter

2 people who donated body parts to Philly’s Mütter Museum now want them back This comes as the relatively new leadership grapples with how to approach their collection, which includes a lot of human remains.

Two prominent, living donors are now asking for their remains back as a direct result of the current leadership's actions and policies. The leadership of the Mütter Museum is actively harming the institution and needs to be stopped. whyy.org/articles/mut...

A year ago we launched our petition, which has since garnered tens of thousands of signatures from all over the world. Huge progress has been made. We are bubbling over with pride at what has been accomplished by a scrappy group of neurodivergent queers. Fun fact, the man loved hot pink silk.

If you aren't able to attend in person please sign up for the virtual session here: 13284a.blackbaudhosting.com/13284a/Postm...

🚨TWO feedback groups this month!!🚨

In-Person:
o Thursday, April 25 at 12PM, 3PM and 6PM

- Online via Zoom:
o Sunday, April 28 at 1PM and 4PM

These are crucial opportunities to provide feedback to the administration. If you aren't able to attend in person please sign up for the virtual session.

We do not know what her future holds but we hope it is bright. This is yet another crushing blow to the institution. We wish Anna all the best in whatever she does next. #muttermuseum

Anna Dhody is no longer the curator at the Mütter. The news is buried in the latest member email and nowhere on social media but we think people should know. Anna devoted nearly 20 years to the Mütter and those who love it. Her exit is a huge loss for us all.

Sign the Petition To be submitted to the Board of Trustees of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia: We, the undersigned; the friends, fans, and followers of the Mütter Museum, are deeply worried by the recent deci...

Love the Mütter? Help us Protect it: change.org/protectthemutter

Our team woke up to the news out of Baltimore and wanted to express concern. If you have people in the Baltimore area, reach out to them. This is going to affect a lot of people, for a while, not to mention the missing. 🫀

BIG NEWS!! The Mütter has started holding focus groups; we NEED supporters to show up! The first ones are THIS THURSDAY 2/29 at the Museum.

• Focus Group slots are 12/3/5pm & last 90 minutes. There will be snacks
• Email monica.o.montgomery@gmail.com to RSVP Indicate you are with PtM
#muttermuseum

Funny how they don't mind the "icky stuff" when they can sell it.

Roses are red
Violets are Blue
Without weirdos like us
The Mütter Museum would have no revenue 🫀

THE MÜTTER MUSEUM IS A UNIQUE AND INVALUABLE MEDICAL HISTORY MUSEUM, BIO-REPOSITORY AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION NOT A CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Now here we are 30ish years later, they're at it again. Unfortunately, Gretchen is no longer with us. So it's up to us. Call, email, post, tag, share. The people who want to ruin the Museum have been defeated before, we can do it again. Read the quoted article here:
web.archive.org/web/20230522...

Did you know? The Board has tried to ruin the Mütter Museum before. In the 90s, the Board and leadership tried to steer the Mütter away from medical anomaly, from "death", and from "attracting too much attention". Lucky for us, they failed thanks to the incredible Gretchen Worden.

Sign the Petition To be submitted to the Board of Trustees of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia: We, the undersigned; the friends, fans, and followers of the Mütter Museum, are deeply worried by the recent dec...

Love the Mütter? Help us Protect it: change.org/protectthemutter

Had the misfortune to curate a show @ the Michener Museum while Kate Quinn was the director. In 30+ yrs of curating, it was the worst experience b/c of her. She is now destroying the Mutter Museum. @whyyyyy.bsky.social did a story about her employment history, but now it has been taken down.

Sign the Petition To be submitted to the Board of Trustees of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia: We, the undersigned; the friends, fans, and followers of the Mütter Museum, are deeply worried by the recent dec...

Love the Mütter? Help us Protect it: change.org/protectthemutter

Sign the Petition To be submitted to the Board of Trustees of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia: We, the undersigned; the friends, fans, and followers of the Mütter Museum, are deeply worried by the recent dec...

Love the Mütter? Help us Protect it: change.org/protectthemutter

Sign the Petition To be submitted to the Board of Trustees of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia: We, the undersigned; the friends, fans, and followers of the Mütter Museum, are deeply worried by the recent dec...

Love the Mütter? Help us Protect it: change.org/protectthemutter

Soft White Underbelly Soft White Underbelly interviews and portraits of the human condition by photographer, Mark Laita. Contact: info@softwhiteunderbelly.com For those interested in being considered for an interview ple...

If you want to see real interviews with people experiencing homelessness and learn their stories, check out Soft White Underbelly
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like Project Home or Broad Street Ministry or the Health Department even. Instead, the leadership chose to display an art project with minimal real scientific information. It's a huge missed opportunity and a real disservice to an incredibly vulnerable population

historical issues facing the homeless globally and in our very own city. They could have explored the history of "charity hospitals", persistent infectious diseases, period poverty, and on and on. Not to mention, there could have been real input from the MANY local homelessness organizations

People experiencing homelessness are faced with insurmountable barriers to care, stigma, violence, localized epidemics, higher rates of mental illness and substance abuse issues not to mention disenfranchisement. The Mütter could have produced an exhibit that highlighted the very real current and

We've been trying to think of the best way to describe our feelings about the Unhoused exhibit currently at the Mütter. Homelessness is a very real public health issue that has persisted throughout history.

Stuck inside on a snow day? Looking for a way to pass the time? Take a few minutes to contact local media & tell them how important it is to keep up coverage on the Mütter! Sunshine is the best disinfectant. Make today the day you write an op-ed to letters@inquirer.com & help us Protect the Mütter!!

Wondering where yesterday's WHYY article went? So are we! Email and ask: newsroom@whyy.org talkback@whyy.org

Wondering where yesterday's WHYY article went? So are we!
Email and ask:
newsroom@whyy.org
talkback@whyy.org

WHYY posted an article about the disastrous leadership at the #muttermuseum yesterday...and then almost immediately took it down. Good think we got screenshots

We got screenshots!

Submit an op-ed to your local newspaper about why the Mütter is important to you and how you feel about the current leadership

Regularly share the PtM petition and posts

Keep up the pressure on the administration on social media

Keep being awesome! We so appreciate you. 🫀

Call and Email Kate Quinn (as she specifically requested):

kquinn@collegeofphysicians.org
215-399-2336

Tell her how you feel. Be Civil.