Mourning Matters: Honoring the Dead in Victorian America
October 5 – November 12, 2021
170 Washington Street
Just in time for Halloween, visit the Marblehead Museum for a new exhibition on the history of Victorian funerary practices.
In the 1800s, death visited often, thanks to disease, war, and four pandemics in 60 years. See how the Victorians honored their dead and managed their grief through elaborate artifacts, art, poetry, photographs, clothing, jewelry, and more. This exhibition includes artifacts never before exhibited at the museum, including treasures made and used in Marblehead.
The museum at 170 Washington Street is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10am to 4pm.
