Novosibirsk Museum of World Funeral Culture is maintained by contributions of private investors. Nowadays two buildings with total area of 1,600 sq.m. are being reconstructed for placement of its expositions. The museum's collection includes more than 1,500 engravings devoted to the theme of death and mourning, about one thousand paintings, more than 100 mourning dresses of 14th-20th centuries, as well as objects of applied arts. Several thousand exhibits in total.
The museum is involved in research activity aimed at description and analysis of centuries-old traditions relating to the memory culture and art history background of monumental plastic art in Russia, Europe, Asia, North and Latin America, as well as Arabic East. The special attention is paid to the research of mortuary symbols. The museum is developing a new standard of mortuary symbols in cooperation with the Russian Union of Funeral Companies.
Sections of the Museum's Exposition:History of mortuary rites and traditions, history of public and large burial places.
Photo gallery of cemeteries in Russia and the near abroad countries.
Mortuary symbols, Christian symbols
Mythology and superstition, desacralization of death (misunderstanding and misinterpretation of death)
The first funeral services in Russia and abroad. Attributes of funeral services.
Representation of death in painting, literature and cinema art.
Mourning music, “Voices of deceased”
Gallery of honorary citizens.
Numismatics, philately
Garage with ancient funeral horse carriages and hearses
Collection of mourning dresses
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