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Brown Bag Lunch – “Beyond the Veil: Victorian Funeral Practices” Presented by Anna Thomas

October 16, 2025 @ 12:00 pm 1:00 pm

Step back in time with our Youth and Community Educator, Anna Thomas, to the Victorian Era (1820-1914). In this presentation, you will learn about the shift in attitudes toward death and mourning with popular topics such as post-mortem death photography, the rural cemetery movement, tombstone symbolism, grave robbers, Victorian mourning clothing, and much more.

The Brown Bag Lunch Series is a free monthly speaker series sponsored by Dennis Andersen

Free

Museum of Danish America

2212 Washington Street
Elk Horn, IA 51531 United States
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