It's controversial, educational and experimental; it is art of the human body, literally. Body Worlds 3, created by Gunther von Hagens, is an exhibit of real bodies donated to science after death.

Should museums display mummified human remains? One institution in England has decided to ask visitors for their take on this ethical dilemma. The Manchester Museum is encouraging guests to share ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Penn Museum has updated its policies regarding the handling of human remains, and ...

The Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney is home to Australia's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. Nick-D via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 As curators around the ...

Spanning 16,000 square feet, the exhibition features an extraordinary collection of real human specimens—including 20 whole-body plastinates—offering guests an unparalleled journey beneath the skin.

When Anna Dhody was growing up in Philadelphia, in the nineteen-eighties, her mother used the city’s museums as a kind of babysitter. “She would just drop me off at the Penn Museum and be, like, ...

After a two-year ethical review and a leadership shakeup in April, the Mütter Museum has committed to continuing its display of human remains with a new focus on giving visitors deeper context into ...

Mother of a suicide victim, Christopher Todd Erick, claimed that she saw her son's remains displayed in a Las Vegas museum, sparking shock, fear, and widespread attention online. According to Kim ...

The mummified remains of an ancient Egyptian woman named Asru have been on display at the Manchester Museum since 1825. Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Should museums display ...