National Museum of Funeral History: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Funerals

Interested in the trappings of death?  Curious about the way people have been buried over the last two centuries?

Then visit the National Museum of Funeral History!

The museum was founded to preserve historical artifacts from the 19th and 20th centuries and to educate the public about the United States’ history of funeral service.  Here you’ll find the country’s largest display of funeral service memorabilia, as well as rare artifacts and interesting historical information about one of our most important cultural rituals.

In addition to objects, such as historic coffins and death wagons, you’ll find information about everything from great funerals in history to little-known details of the funeral arts.  You’ll also learn about ancient Egyptian funeral practices and how they preserved their mummies!

Things you’ll see:

• a glass coffin (Snow White’s?)
• old ice box and cast iron coffins (for use in pre-embalming days)
• a coffin built for three

The National Museum of Funeral History is open seven days a week in Houston, Texas.  For hours and information, go here:

http://www.nmfh.org/

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