GoKawiilMütter Museum essay examines ethics of its skull and specimen collections
A Longreads essay co-published with AGNI explores the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, focusing on its Hyrtl Skull Collection and the institution's history as a 19th-century medical teaching cabinet. The piece describes how the 139 skulls were originally assembled to refute 19th-century race science, and situates this history within the museum's present-day identity as both a scientific institution and a popular attraction drawing nearly 150,000 visitors annually.