Philadelphia

USA

America's premier medical museum city featuring the Mütter Museum with 25,000+ pharmaceutical artifacts and Benjamin Rush's medicinal plant garden.

1 museum

Planning Tip

Home to multiple medical institutions. The Mütter Museum requires advance booking and has specific visiting hours.

City Highlights

Mütter Museum

Benjamin Rush Medicinal Plant Garden

Historic medical district

Quick Stats

Museum Artifacts25,000+
Medicinal Plants50-60 species
Established1858

Fun Facts

Houses America's premier medical museum

Features Benjamin Rush's original medicine chest

Home to The College of Physicians of Philadelphia since 1787