This site documents the College’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning with its closure effective end of day Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Timeline
March 10 2020: The College urges the City to cancel the St. Patrick’s Day parade
March 14 2020: The College announces its closure until at least March 31
March 25 2020: The College announces its closure until at least April 17
April 7 2020: The College is closed until further notice
April 14 2020: Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far with Dr. Paul Offit
April 17 2020: Historical Happy Hour: Prohibition (Virtual Event)
April 19 2020: History of Vaccines publishes its COVID-19 pandemic timeline
May 1 2020: Historical Happy Hour: Paging Dr. Mario (Virtual Event)
May 5 2020: The Mütter Museum releases a new virtual walkthrough
May 6 2020: Spit Spreads Death (Virtual Event)
May 21 2020: Dispatches from the Front Lines: A Virtual Panel on COVID-19
May 22 2020: Mütter @ Home is released
May 28 2020: Cabinet of Death: Care of the Collection (Virtual Event)
June 8 2020: The Mütter Museum releases a virtual walkthrough of its past exhibit, Imperfecta
June 25 2020: Body Modifications Mütter Lesson (Virtual Event)
June 29 2020: The Mütter Museum releases a virtual walkthrough of its exhibit, Spit Spreads Death
July 9 2020: Online Office Hours: Combing the Collection (Virtual Event)
July 15 2020: The Mütter Museum reopens for a Fellows Open House
July 17 2020: The Mütter Museum reopens for a Members-Only Preview
July 18 2020: The Mütter Museum reopens to the general public
July 20 2020: I Am a Leech and So Can You! (Virtual Event)
July 24 2020: RERUN! Cabinet of Death: Care of the Collection (Virtual Event)
July 30 2020: Online Office Hours: Number Two
August 6 2020: Bone Detectives Mütter Lesson (Members-Only Virtual Event)
August 11 2020: Radiation Evangelists (Virtual Event)
August 19 2020: Online Office Hours: 2.2
August 27 2020: Neighborhood Stories: A Spit Spreads Death Virtual Tour of Bella Vista
September 4 2020: Mütter X Vrolik Quizzo
September 9 2020: Philadelphia Public Health Grand Rounds: Health and Well-Being of Philadelphia’s Children
September 10 2020: Midnight Service: A Virtual Concert
September 16 2020: Neighborhood Stories: A Spit Spreads Death Virtual Tour of South St. West
September 22 2020: Floriography Book Launch with Jessica Roux
September 23 2020: Mystery in Memphis: A Puzzling Paradox
October 6 2020: Culinary Tales for Your Ails
October 7 2020: October Extended Hours Pop-Ups
October 7 2020: Neighborhood Stories: A Spit Spreads Death Virtual Tour of Brewerytown
October 8 2020: Müvie at the Mütter: Night of the Living Dead
October 12 2020: Silences in the LAMS: Digital Surrogacy in the Time of Pandemic
October 14 2020: Healing Energy (Members Only Virtual Event)
October 15 2020: October Extended Hours Pop-Ups
October 20 2020: Dark Archives Book Launch with Megan Rosenbloom
October 21 2020: How Malaria Shaped Our Cocktail Menus
October 21 2020: October Extended Hours Pop-Ups
October 28 2020: Neighborhood Stories: A Spit Spreads Death Virtual Tour of Kensington
October 29 2020: October Extended Hours Pop-Ups
October 30 2020: Virtual Mischief
November 11 2020: X-Rays at 125 Years
November 12 2020: The Bernard Behrend Lecture: Spirituality and Health
November 17 2020: The College announces its closure through January 1
November 18 2020: Philadelphia Public Health Grand Rounds: Meet Them Where They Are – Public Health in the Emergency Department
December 1 2020: Behind the Scenes of Memento Mütter
December 11 2020: Talking COVID-19 with Caitlin Doughty
December 20, 2020: Holiday Story Time with Anna Dhody
January 5 2021: The College announces The Mütter Museum will reopen on January 15
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