Please join the Museum Studies Program at our upcoming lecture as part of our "It's Alive! Re-Discovering Institutions of Living Collections" Fall event series.
Presenter: Robert Jütte, Director, Institute for the History of Medicine of the Robert Bosch Foundation and Adjunct Professor of History, University of Stuttgart
Title: Policy and Practice in the Treatment of Human Remains in German Museum and University Collections
Date: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: East Conference Room (4th floor), Horace H. Rackham Building, 915 E. Washington St.
Summary: The presenter will discuss legal and ethical issues associated with regulating the treatment and display of human remains in German collections, museums, and public places and established guidelines that attempt to properly regulate anatomical and pathological collections.
