# Funeral Museum to Close! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903 "2009-03-10T01:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/1 "2009-03-10T01:18:03Z")
In Springfiled, Il:[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/us/09funeral.html?\_r=1](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/us/09funeral.html?_r=1) Just the place to take the kids! A fun time for all! (Don’t for get to buy a T-shirt) Seriously, who in his right mind would visit such a place? Talk about morbid-the place gives me the creeps!😕 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/2 "2009-03-10T02:28:18Z")
Don’t worry, Houston’s [National Museum of Funeral History](http://www.nmfh.org/) is still going strong. The motto: “Any day above ground is a good day.” Although I like most museums, I haven’t made it to this one… ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/3 "2009-03-10T02:35:42Z")
I would go. I guess I am a bit of a morbid person, but I wouldn’t consider everyone who visits this place as being “morbid”. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/4 "2009-03-10T05:14:32Z")
I’ve been here over 17 years, and somehow I haven’t made it to that particular museum. Must be why it’s closing… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/5 "2009-03-10T15:27:11Z")
Bummer. I’ve been sorta kinda meaning to check the place out ever since reading about it in Andrew Ferguson’s book [Land of Lincoln](http://www.amazon.com/Land-Lincoln-Adventures-Abes-America/dp/B001O9CFAO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236698559&sr=1-1), and maybe buy one or two of the chocolate coffins they sell in the gift shop. ( **David B**! Haven’t seen you around here in a while.) ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/6 "2009-03-10T16:31:07Z")
I would have liked to see the marketing study that resulted in this place being opened…lessee…demographic: teenage children, parents, retired folks…gift shop revenues: coffin candy $500,000…“event” sales (have your wedding or bar mitzvah at the Funeral Museum! It is all too weird for me! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/7 "2009-03-10T17:11:27Z")
I would \*love \*to go there! ( but what’s up with the rotten ear in the photo?) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/8 "2009-03-10T18:55:17Z")
I have to admit that I love those types of niche-topic, hole-in-the-wall sorts of museums. Never was in that neighborhood, but I always try to find a museum or two like that whenever I’m visiting somewhere new… ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/9 "2009-03-11T01:15:42Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > **David B**! Haven’t seen you around here in a while. I’ve been waiting in line to get to the Funeral Museum! 😃 It’s been about, oh, four and a half years (it sure didn’t seem like that!). I’ve been around a bit for the past couple weeks, though, slipping in here and there. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/10 "2009-03-11T02:06:13Z")
It’s dead, Jim. ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/11 "2009-03-11T03:55:29Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Don’t worry, Houston’s [National Museum of Funeral History](http://www.nmfh.org/) is still going strong. The motto: “Any day above ground is a good day.” > > Although I like most museums, I haven’t made it to this one… I wrote a feature article about the Houston museum a long time ago. It’s a cool place, affiliated with a school for morticians/embalmers. I don’t remember many of the exhibits, but one that has stuck with me is the three-person coffin. I forgot that was their motto; thanks for reminding me. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-museum-to-close/488903/12 "2009-03-11T04:00:20Z")
So, it’s the death knell for the Funeral Museum. ☹