Catherine Gladstone, wife of Prime Minister William Gladstone, in May 1898, the month of his death - Bridgeman If death was big business to the Victorians, they were only following the lead of their ...
Source: Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian society of the late 1800s was obsessed with death. Queen Victoria set the tone for this after the death of ...
Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from 1833 until ...
Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. During the month of October, visitors to the William Root House, 80 N. Marietta Parkway NW in Marietta, will see the home decorated for a ...
COLONIAL HEIGHTS — One of the gems of Colonial Heights is, no doubt, Violet Bank Museum where you can see exhibits from the periods between 1815 to 1873 including Civil War artifacts, guns, furniture, ...
Victorian Funeral Flashlight Tours will be 5 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 25. During this special after-hours tour, visitors to the William Root House will explore candlelit rooms. Tours are self-guided.
A tribute to Maudie Palmer AO, the pioneering museum director and arts leader whose vision transformed Australia’s modern and ...
Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from 1833 until ...