We have passed 21,000 signatures! Thank you to everyone who has read, signed, shared, and posted about our petition. The Mütter Museum is important to so many people, and it should be protected.

We at the Mütter Museum Preservation Society would like to make a clarification, as there appears to be some confusion afoot. No one in this campaign believes the Mütter Museum is perfect. There are incredibly important ethical debates that deserve to be had. The Mütter is a historical medical museum that contains 100+ year old specimens, many of which were collected and donated at a time before consent was taken into account. Many of the remains are of anonymous dead, who may never be identified. Members of indigenous and disabled communities have voiced support and disapproval of the Mütter, all with completely valid points. 

Our contention has never been that the Museum is perfect. We do believe that its mission is important. That teaching and displaying and honoring human remains is paramount to the understanding of the human condition. That these remains deserve dignity and appreciation, not scorn and concealment. If the leadership at the Mütter and CoP wanted to have frank, open discussions and involve members of affected communities, that's what they should do. Unfortunately, that's not their plan. They are making sweeping, judgmental, reactive moves without input from anyone but their own elitist echo chamber. And THAT is what we are protecting against.