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Museum of Funeral Customs


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #14 of 17 attractions in Springfield
Traveller Description: The Museum of Funeral Customs is a small, niche museum located near Springfield's historic Oak Ridge Cemetery and near Abraham Lincoln's Tomb.  The... more »
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Attraction type: Museum
Address: 1440 Monument Avenue Springfield, IL 62702
Tel: 217-544-3480

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4 of 5 stars
Chicago, IL
29 Nov 2008

I'm not sure what on earth the person below was expecting when they went to a funeral customs museum at a cemetery. As a museum professional I can say that, while this museum is underfunded, the staff there works their butts off to present a very unusual topic in an historical manner. There are certainly things they can do to... more

23 Oct 2008

Just when you are filled with a very real sense of history and reverence after visiting the tomb of President Lincoln, you happen upon this ghoulish place. Sure, it's got location, location, location. Makes one wonder since it's situated just as you leave the cemetery. It claims to be about customs, but it's just a big room full of old... more

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4 of 5 stars
New Hampshire, Ohio
11 Jan 2007
2
people found this review helpful

I read about this place on Tripadvisor and thought it would be a cool thing to check out. It really was! So much information that I had never considered before, like the fact that women and minorities were not excluded from mortuary schools, that there was even a magazine called The Colored Embalmist in the early 1900's. I don't want... more

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3 of 5 stars
WISCONSIN
12 Sep 2006
1
person found this review helpful

You really have to be interested in funeral home memorabilia to appreciate this museum. It is in one large room and is a self-guided tour with a "lot" of reading. more

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Museum of Funeral Customs Address

1440 Monument Avenue, Springfield, IL 62702
Tel: 217-544-3480