• Controversy at the Mütter Museum: A Repatriation Conversation

  • Oct 23 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • Podcast

Controversy at the Mütter Museum: A Repatriation Conversation

  • Summary

  • In recent decades, museums and historical sites all over the world have been engaging in the incredibly important and difficult conversation of repatriation, especially when it comes to human remains. The ethical questions are numerous, and each case is complex and, at times, highly nuanced. How do you find provenance for remains that are over 150 years old? What is the appropriate resting place for unclaimed, unidentified remains? Who decides that? Is the answer to ban all human remains from being on display? One institution that is currently undergoing massive scrutiny for how it is handling the question of displaying or repatriating human remains is the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. To aid us in this discussion, Katie interviewed members of "Protect the Mütter ," a campaign devoted to challenging the current decisions being made around removing human remains from public view.

    For more information on "Protect the Mütter" you can check out their linktree: https://linktr.ee/protectthemutter?fbclid=PAAaaJ_jHZvgyUNsxQWTrND8LZENQedtQW1jGneEBc34WS296L5AObLooEOuM_aem_AZTCUoIoWTgHM0gQkV4qTX1cotfWkFzqWjFrXj26YmYVVs4VI4Lye43Stya6bAJ7h-A

    THANKS TO OUR TO PATREON SUBSCRIBERS! We couldn't do this without you. Extra special thanks to the following patrons for their exceptional support:

    Matthew Aronoff

    Dennis Barette

    Rob Emmett

    Haley Lamp

    Lauren Stephenson

    Become an official Morbuddy: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum

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    Email us at themorbidmuseum@gmail.com

    Artwork: Brittany Schall

    Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod

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