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museums of death  

Definition

  • Museums are institutions that collect and display objects or artifacts of scientific, historic, cultural, or artistic value. Museums of death focus almost entirely on issues surrounding death, funerals, and memorialization in Western society, and on the objects produced as part of the mourning and memorialization processes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Museums of Death]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CTTK8SWW-F

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