What you'll find at the museum

• Re-created 1920s "Operating" or Embalming Room
• Re-created Middle-class American Home Funeral Setting, circa. 1870
• Horse-drawn and Motorized Hearses that show City and Rural Funeral Service
• Embalming Equipment and Instruments
• Caskets and Coffins that Represent Changing Tastes and Designs
• Portable Funeral Equipment
• Chapel Equipment and Furnishings
• Examples of Post-mortem Photography
• Full-sized Reproduction of Abraham Lincoln's Coffin
• Scale Model of Lincoln's Railroad Coach and Chicago Funeral Arch
• Scale Model of the Lincoln Tomb
• Articles of Mourning Clothing, Jewelry, and Adornment
• Fraternal Mourning Badges
• Rare Books on Embalming Dating as Early as the 16th Century
• Trade Catalogues and Publications
• Temporary Exhibits
• Object Donations Gratefully Accepted