107 - Mütter Museum

2023-09-29

We’re covering updates on the Mütter Museum’s exhibits, digital collections, and human remains policies. Media mentioned Segment: https://www.wired.com/story/prisoners-training-ai-finland/ Article that named Mütter Museum as one of Philly museums still holding indigenous remains: https://www.inquirer.com/news/native-american-remains-penn-temple-mutter-20230113.html (January 13, 2023) Original article that gained traction, there was an earlier one on the digital collec...

We’re covering updates on the Mütter Museum’s exhibits, digital collections, and human remains policies.

Media mentioned

Segment: https://www.wired.com/story/prisoners-training-ai-finland/

Article that named Mütter Museum as one of Philly museums still holding indigenous remains: https://www.inquirer.com/news/native-american-remains-penn-temple-mutter-20230113.html (January 13, 2023)

Original article that gained traction, there was an earlier one on the digital collections going down that might have prompted it: https://www.inquirer.com/news/mutter-museum-oddities-review-new-plan-20230603.html (Updated June 3, 2023)

Petition in response to article: https://www.change.org/p/protect-the-integrity-of-the-m%C3%BCtter-museum

Pro Quinn article that came out with Guardian piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/science/mutter-medical-museum.html (Aug 13, 2023)

Most recent:

https://whyy.org/articles/mutter-museum-public-engagement-program-collection-future/ (Sept 17, 2023)

https://www.inquirer.com/arts/mutter-museum-human-remains-debate-town-halls-20230918.html ( Sept 18, 2023)

Three Identical Strangers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7664504/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immortal_Life_of_Henrietta_Lacks

Twin Rabbit - Plains Sign & the Myth of Indigenous Illiteracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pogA7PQCtu0

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