Catherine Gladstone, wife of Prime Minister William Gladstone, in May 1898, the month of his death - Bridgeman If death was big business to the Victorians, they were only following the lead of their ...

From the archives of London’s V&A Museum, a selection of items that were used by Victorian-era mourners to remember and pa ...

COLONIAL HEIGHTS — One of the gems of Colonial Heights is, no doubt, Violet Bank Museum where you can see exhibits from the periods between 1815 to 1873 including Civil War artifacts, guns, furniture, ...

In time for Halloween, Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles will present its 13th annual Mourning Tours, an interactive opportunity that explores how people during the Victorian era dealt with death ...

Hal Hirshorn’s “The 1865 Death and Funeral of Seabury Tredwell” (all images courtesy the artist) There were no photographs taken of the 1865 funeral of New Yorker Seabury Tredwell, but there could ...

LECLAIRE, Iowa (KWQC) -Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire has presented several “Women in History Afternoon Tea” fundraisers throughout the season. The next event focusing on Victorian funeral practices ...

The Victorian era formed many funeral customs and traditions. Phrases like "saved by the bell," "graveyard shift" and "dead ringer," as well as words such as "living room" and "undertaker," emerged ...

One by one, they gave remarks at the event, including interpretations of a jealous Mary Todd Lincoln, a pompous George ...

WASHINGTON, DC — A funeral service is being held this weekend in Washington, DC for the penny. Mourners are asked to head out ...

MARIETTA, GA — If a visit to a haunted house for Halloween just isn’t enough this year, how about a Victorian funeral experience? Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society is providing one at one of the ...