The college was founded in 1787 by the area's leading physicians and serves as a health information resource center. The C Everett Koop Community Health Information Center provides health information through such media as on-line computers, videotapes, journals, pamphlets, and a library. The Mutter Museum contains medical instruments, exhibits detailing the history of medicine within the last 100 years and a re-creation of an early 20th-century doctor's office. Other features include a medicinal plant garden and a changing exhibit gallery. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm; closed major holidays.
