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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 15 attractions in Springfield
Traveler Description: The Museum of Funeral Customs is a small, niche museum located near Springfield's historic Oak Ridge Cemetery and near Abraham Lincoln's Tomb.  The... more »
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Attraction type: Museum
Address: 1440 Monument Avenue Springfield, IL 62702
Tel: 217-544-3480

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4 of 5 stars
BEGWIB
New Hampshire, Ohio
Jan 11, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

I read about this place on Tripadvisor and thought it would be a cool thing to check out. It really was! So much information that I had never considered before, like the fact that women and minorities were not excluded from mortuary schools, that there was even a magazine called The Colored Embalmist in the early 1900's. I don't want... more

“Lots of reading”
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3 of 5 stars
DAR1234
WISCONSIN
Sep 12, 2006
1/1 found this review helpful

You really have to be interested in funeral home memorabilia to appreciate this museum. It is in one large room and is a self-guided tour with a "lot" of reading. more

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1440 Monument Avenue, Springfield, IL 62702
Tel: 217-544-3480