Museum of Funeral Customs

The Museum of Funeral Customs was located at 1440 Monument Ave. in

tomb. Collections at the museum included a re-created 1920s embalming room, coffins and funeral paraphernalia from various cultures and times, examples of post-mortem photography, and a scale model of Lincoln's funeral train. The museum hosted tours and special events and provided resources to scholars who are researching funeral customs. A gift shop provided books and funeral-related gifts, including coffin-shaped keychains and chocolates. The museum was closed in March 2009 due to poor attendance and handling of the museum's trust fund.^[1]^[2] The contents of the collection were transferred to the Kibbe Hancock Heritage Museum in Carthage, Illinois, in February 2011.^[3]

The home of the former museum reopened in March 2016 as the Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum, a museum of the black heritage of central Illinois.

References

^ Johnson, Dirk (9 March 2009). "A Funeral Museum at Death's Door". The New York Times.
^ The Last Romance - "Museum of Funeral Customs - Closed, Springfield, Illinois". Roadsideamerica.com. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
^ Swearingen, Joy (1 Feb 2011). "Priceless museum pieces come to Kibbe; Artifacts include Lincoln funeral history, replicas". Hancock County Journal-Pilot. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 12 Apr 2011.

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[1] Johnson, Dirk (9 March 2009). "A Funeral Museum at Death's Door". The New York Times.

[2] The Last Romance - "Museum of Funeral Customs - Closed, Springfield, Illinois". Roadsideamerica.com. Retrieved 2013-02-09.

[3] Swearingen, Joy (1 Feb 2011). "Priceless museum pieces come to Kibbe; Artifacts include Lincoln funeral history, replicas". Hancock County Journal-Pilot. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 12 Apr 2011.

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