Many of the specimens have long outlived their original donors.
But before any pieces are given away, the museum must try to find the original donors.
"The original donor to a charity probably doesn't know that somewhere down the line, someone is making money."
"Not yet, but we did take care of the man that wanted to return her kidney to the original donor."
The society said it was compelled to allow the drilling because the original donor of the land had retained mineral rights.
After evaluating the results, the program's original donors recently agreed to contribute an additional $720,000.
The earliest documents surviving date from after this original donor died.
These windows preserve the names of their original donors.
The order was suppressed in 1308 and the lands involved reverted to the original donors.
In the 1970s the emerging seaside town was named after the original donor.