Tasmanian museum kept and displayed 177 human remains without families’ knowledge, report finds

University of Tasmania apologises, saying staff have met with families and will consider coroner’s findings

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Human specimens were collected, and in some cases publicly displayed, by a museum for decades without the knowledge or consent of families.

The University of Tasmania’s RA Rodda Museum collected remains from coronial autopsies from 1966 to 1991 for teaching and research purposes.