The Mütter Museum Of The College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia was founded in 1787 by a group of physicians including Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of our nation’s Declaration of Independence. It is not an academic organization, as the name suggests, but a not-for-profit educational and cultural institution, with the mission of advancing the cause of health while upholding the ideals and heritage of medicine. The College is home to the Mütter Museum. The Mütter Museum is America’s finest museum of medical history, which displays collections of anatomical specimens, models and medical instruments in a nineteenth-century setting.