In the spirit of Dracula, the Mütter Museum wants your blood

Philly's renowned medical history collection, which is honoring Bram Stoker's creation all year long, will host a blood drive with the American Red Cross on Jan. 7

As part of its 'Year of Dracula' celebration, the Mütter Museum will host a blood donation drive on Jan. 7. All donors will receive free admission to the museum, including its Dracula exhibit.
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If there's two things we know about Dracula, it's that he hates mornings, and really loves blood.

That's why the Mütter Museum is marrying its ongoing "Year of Dracula" programming with a blood-donation drive on Saturday, Jan. 7. All donors will receive free admission to the museum, at 19 S. 22nd St., for a future date.


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The drive will be run by the American Red Cross, which supplies about 40% of the country's blood. Interested donors can drop by the museum's Mitchell Hall between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to give.

Since October, the Mütter Museum has been offering special Dracula-themed events in celebration of the eponymous Bram Stoker novel, published 125 years ago. The main exhibit in this program is "Dracula and the Incorruptible Body," a collection of autopsy, embalming and transfusion kits from the Victorian era. Accompanying text and images explain how superstition and a misunderstanding of tuberculosis ignited a vampire panic in the late 19th century.

"Dracula and the Incorruptible Body," as well as other upcoming events, will run through May 2023.


Year of Dracula Blood Drive

Saturday, Jan. 7 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Donors get free admission to museum at future date
Mitchell Hall inside the Mütter Museum
19 S. 22nd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103

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