A university museum kept autopsy remains for teaching and research without family permission. Photo: PR IMAGE PHOTO

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

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

A coronial probe was launched in 2016 after the museum's curator raised concerns three specimens had been kept without the consent or approval of the coroner or families involved.

The museu

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