Dying, Disparity, and Eloquence: The Struggle to Live and Die in the Victorian Era

Program Type:

Waukesha Reads

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

The Victorian Era brought the "beautification of death movement" resulting in garden cemeteries, ostentatious monuments, elaborate funerary rituals and beliefs, and other changes that deeply impacted Victorian mortuary practices. Join Samantha Zahn, Education Coordinator at the Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum, to learn more about the macabre, spiritual, and actuality of Victorian death rituals. Registration is not required.

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