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Marketing Medicine: The Art of Selling a Cure

Two centuries of medical trade ephemera show how jingles, patient testimonials and celebrity endorsements taught medicine to sell itself.

Now showing11 Oct 2025 – 31 Dec$25

Revolutionary Botany

Marking America's 250th birthday, this show traces the origins of American pharmacy and botanical medicine in the city that called itself the birthplace of American medicine.

Now showing4 Mar – 31 Dec$25

Creative Processing: Art in Therapy

How making art became a formal clinical practice, from 1940s pioneers to today's 8,000 credentialled art therapists, and the work patients made along the way.

Now showing21 Mar – 31 Dec$25

The Philly Killer

Summer 1976: as Philadelphia threw America's Bicentennial party, a deadly unidentified pneumonia struck. The true story of Legionnaires' disease.

Now showing30 May – 31 Dec$25

Creating a City of Medicine

250 years of Philadelphia's impact on how Americans have learned, taught, practised and experienced medicine, told through the College's own archive.

Now showing27 Jun – 31 Dec$25

Permanent Collections

Hyrtl Skull Collection

139 human skulls acquired in 1874 from Viennese anatomist Josef Hyrtl, collected to disprove the phrenologists' racist claim that cranial shape reveals character.

Permanent collection$25

The Soap Lady

A woman exhumed in Philadelphia in 1875 whose body is encased in adipocere, a soap-like fatty substance formed in warm, alkaline, airless ground.

Permanent collection$25

Cast and Livers of Chang and Eng Bunker

The conjoined livers and plaster death cast of the original "Siamese twins", born in Siam in 1811 and autopsied by College Fellows after their deaths in 1874.

Permanent collection$25

Chevalier Jackson Collection

2,374 inhaled and swallowed objects that Philadelphia otolaryngologist Chevalier Jackson extracted from patients' airways across a 75-year career, catalogued in drawers.

Permanent collection$25

Nearby

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The Franklin Institute

Children7 min walk

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Children7 min walk

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Barnes Foundation

Design10 min walk

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Rodin Museum

Architecture12 min walk

Visitor Information

How much does Mütter Museum cost?

Standard adult admission to Mütter Museum is $25. Seniors 65+ and military with ID $23; students with ID and youth 6–17 $20; children 5 and under free. PA/DE ACCESS cardholders $2 for up to five people. Dual admission with the Penn Museum from $23.. Prices for special exhibitions and timed-entry slots may differ.

What are the opening hours of Mütter Museum?

Mütter Museum is open Wednesday–Monday 10:00–17:00; closed Tuesdays, except Mütter Tüesdays 15:00–20:00 every Tuesday from 16 June to 27 October 2026. Closed Thanksgiving Day (26 November 2026), Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.. Holiday hours can vary, so check the museum's website before you go.

Where is Mütter Museum?

Mütter Museum is located at 19 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States, in the Logan Square / Rittenhouse area of Philadelphia. The nearest stations are 22nd Street Station (SEPTA subway–surface trolley, half a block north), Suburban Station (SEPTA Regional Rail) and 30th Street Station (SEPTA, Market–Frankford Line, Amtrak — 10-minute walk).

What can I see at Mütter Museum?

America's most famous museum of medical oddities: 139 skulls, the Soap Lady, and Chang and Eng's conjoined livers. Current highlights include Creative Processing: Art in Therapy, Hyrtl Skull Collection and The Soap Lady.

Do I need to book Mütter Museum in advance?

Booking ahead is recommended, especially for weekends, school holidays, and special exhibitions. Tickets are normally on the museum's website, and a pre-booked timed slot helps you avoid queues at the entrance.

When is the best time to visit Mütter Museum?

Weekday mornings shortly after opening are typically the quietest, especially mid-week. Late afternoons can also be calmer. Weekends, school holidays, and the lunch rush are the busiest periods.