The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia is, for anyone who wanders through its doors, a rather morbid place. Unlike the many museums of art and history that dot the city, the Mütter is obscure, known only by those who seek it. It resides in a small, unassuming building, within which one finds much of the disorder […]
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