A close view of the most terrifying museum in the world; many lack the courage to see it all

August 18, 2024

This is the Mutter (MM) Museum of Medical Mutations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), which stores “medical mutations” or strange human diseases, according to a recent update by the news site Allthatsinteresting.com (ATIC).

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

MM Museum seen from outside

According to ATIC, the MM Museum is also known as the Clinical Museum and houses artifacts about medical mutations. Very diverse, such as a hand soaked in solution, two babies joined together, a medical team, even a foreign body tumor removed from the mouth of US President Grover Cleveland. The MM Museum was created by Dr. Thoms Dent Mutter and then donated to the state government in 1858.

As a museum specializing in the medical industry, it attracts many visitors from all over, especially those who are curious, and it is also a place to provide useful information about medical treatment. Originally, MM had 1,700 antiques, valued at $30,000, and now it has increased to more than 25,000 artifacts related to anatomy and pathology, including monstrous “mutations” that few people know about, which look like scars and. It is not suitable for people with a weak heart to visit this place.

According to museum administrators, due to the strangeness, many visitors after leaving the museum vomited, their faces turned pale, some even did not have the courage to see the entire museum.

Below are some typical artifacts on display at MM:

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

Conjoined twins from the 19th century were donated to the museum for medical research.

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

A cholera sample taken from a patient’s intestine in 1849 was officially preserved and identified by the Philadelphia College of Medicine in 2013.

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

The history of gouty hands dates back to the 19th century.

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

19th century doctors used chains of genital warts as a necklace for research.

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

Part of Einstein’s brain was kept in a cider box by pathologist Thoms Harvey in 1955 for research.

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

Skull of a child with abnormal dental development, donated by an anonymous person in 1941

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

19th century artifacts tell of the ravages of late syphilis on the human face.

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

The large intestine weighing more than 22 kg of a patient with severe constipation in the late 19th century died at the age of 29.

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all

Single horn on the forehead of a French woman in the 19th century.

A close-up view of the world's scariest museum; many lack the courage to see it all