National Museum of Funeral History is a museum about funerals and funeral customs. There are coffins, hearses and a few collected odds and ends.
These are coffins, the animals are from a coffin shop in Guava. Often they are carved in shapes that represent the deceased career or passions.
It was common mid 1800s - late 1800s to weave decorations, watch chains and jewelry from the deceased one’s hair. The woman’s journal of the day gave instructions on how to crochet various things from the hair giving it acceptance in society.
Following is how an early embalming room would look. It has been practiced here since the Civil War.
A Japanese VIP hearse from the mid 1970s and an American one from the horse and buggy days and one from the 1930s. It was fun, I would have liked to have more descriptions of historical customs, but there was much to see and the museum is worth a trip.
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