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This page includes information that may not reflect the current views and values of the Penn Museum. Updates on the Museum’s work towards the repatriation and burial of the Morton Collection can be found here.
The following resources relate to the Morton Cranial Collection.
The Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection
The Curious Cabinet of Dr.Morton
A Historical Osteobiography of the African Crania in the Morton Collection
The Morton Collection and NAGPRA
The Public Classroom @ Penn Museum: Science and Race: History, Use and Abuse
“When Museums Tackle Tough Subjects”
The Making and Unmaking of Race
Making and Unmaking Race: Morton Collection of Human Crania in the Spotlight at Penn Museum
“The Morton Collection of Human Skulls at the Penn Museum”
Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials
American Philosophical Society, Samuel George Morton Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Samuel George Morton Papers
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Samuel George Morton Papers
Princeton University Libraries
Peter Camper Online, Miriam Claude Meijer
Blumenbach Online, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Germany