Here are five interesting things I got to see in the Mutter Museum:
1. Slides of Albert Einstein's brain, along with information about how his brain differed from the average human's.
2. The tallest skeleton in North America, of an individual afflicted with gigantism. If I remember correctly, it is 7 feet 6 inches tall.
3. A wax replica of a woman who had a horn growing from her forehead (there were other similar models of individuals with horns growing from other body parts.
4. A malignant tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland's hard palate.
5. A large collection of conjoined twins, including the conjoined liver of the famous Chang and Eng Bunker.
I've wanted to go for so long, I'd say this counts for checking off a bucket list item.
Linked today with Willy Nilly Friday.
Readers, would you also be fascinated by a museum like this?
29 comments:
Wow I am so happy you went to see it. Unusual things are things I like to see too. Hug B
My creep-out threshold is fairly low....so I'd have to choose door #2 with the pinball museum :-)
So glad you got the opportunity to go at last! I'd enjoy visiting the Mutter Museum... more so since I just finished reading The Museum of Extraordinary Things.
Hm, a little scary it is too - must I had seen all these things?
Never were in such a kind of museum (maybe my opinion would otherwise another) -
Pretty bizzare, I hope I don't end up there.
Sounds like quite a collection.....
As a retired RN, I would definitely be interested that museum. So glad you finally got to go. Happy Friday!
This is the first time I've ever heard of the MUTTER Museum . . . I'm glad you went and told me about it - I don't think it's a place I'd like to visit . . . YOU are brave. love & love, -g-
That sounds like it's so cool! We went to the Ripley's Believe it, or Not museum once. We loved it! I know we'd like this one to!
That's interesting and different but I'm not sure I would enjoy seeing those things.
i'm never one for medical stuff - i'd be icked out by it all. :)
Fascinating! If I ever go to Philadelphia I will visit here.
Fascinating! If I ever go to Philadelphia I will visit here.
Sounds SOOO fascinating! I would love to visit there someday. I had heard Einstein's brain was different from normal. That's really amazing. Glad you got to go. (And you ran a marathon in 2005...fabulous!!!)
I am not sure I would go... but then again, I might. Those sort of things kinda freak me out.
I'm so glad you finally got to visit, and such interesting things to see. Thanks, Lisa, for sharing with us. :)
xoxo
I think my guys and I would love it.
what a facinating collection!
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Thanks for the tip!
I would enjoy some of it. Was Einstein's brain preserved --or slides of samples--to try to figure out his genius?
Well I think it might be kind of interesting in a "weird" way to visit this museum so yeah, I'd go.
I love museums, but not those that won't let you take photos. Dumb! Tom The Backroads Traveller
I'm really glad you got to go see it - what an experience for you! Check that one off your bucket list for sure! :)
That's awesome that you got to check something off of your bucket list. :)
I was in Philly a couple of years ago and never made it to the Mutter Musuem either.
That is very interesting
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tweedles
Weird stuff!
Hum. Don't believe I'd care to go there! At least, not just before lunch.
how interesting and yes, i'd go! we were in philly a few years back and i loved it but i hadn't heard of this museum! thanks for linking and have a super week!
Not for me, Lisa. But did walk through an antique mall and spotted a case where some vendor was selling "Quack Medical Devices". I passed on it...;)
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