Philadelphia Medical Museums Open to the Public

Medical Museums are a gruesome attraction of medical tools and human oddities. While dissected cadavers, preserved parasites, and diseased organs fulfill our need to explore the human oddity in all of us, the strange fact that it is a “museum” makes visiting them a strange act of self-education in it self. Listed Below are some Medical Museums in to visit in Philadelphia. See Complete list of: "Philly's Best Known Weird and Wacky Places to Visit".

University of Penn Anthropolgy Museum:The Golden Age of King Mida

The Penn's Anthropolgy  Museum - Philadelphia, PA (February 13 – November 27, 2016) - As a man who wished that everything he touched would transform into gold, King Midas is now turning his powers to the Penn Museum. A premiere, nine-month exhibition kicks off in February featuring the legendary “Golden Touch” King Midas, well known for his adverse adventures in Greek mythology.

Philadelphia: Explore Philly's Latino Side

PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 2016 – Art lovers are saying viva el arte to the eagerly anticipated exhibition Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism: 1910-1950 coming to the Philadelphia Museum of Art from October 25, 2016 through January 8, 2017. A first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Mexico City’s Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, this 200-piece show features paintings, prints, books, broadsheets and many, many murals—perfect for Philadelphia, boasting more than 3,800 murals on walls all over the city. The show includes works from groundbreaking legends Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to important contemporaries such as Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo) and María Izquierdo. Philadelphia is the only city in the U.S. to host this extraordinary exhibition.