Mütter Museum
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The Mütter Museum is a medical museum located in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It contains a collection of medical oddities, anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment. The museum is located at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia The original purpose of the collection, donated by doctor Thomas Dent Mutter in 1858, was medical research and education.
The museum is best known for its large collection of skulls and anatomical specimens including a wax model of a woman with a human horn growing out of her forehead, the tallest skeleton on display in North America, a 5'-long human colon that contained over 40 pounds of fecal matter, and the petrified body of the mysterious Soap Lady, whose corpse was turned into a soapy substance called adipocere. Many wax models from the early 19th century are on display as are numerous preserved organs and body parts. The museum also hosts a collection of teratological specimens (preserved human fetal specimens), a malignant tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland's hard palate, the conjoined liver from Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker, and a growth removed from President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Boothe.
According to a special that aired on TLC, this place is listed as #7 in the Top Ten Most Creepiest Destinations on Earth.
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