The gallery in the Wellcome Institute building, euston Rd, London did a very
thorough exhib about death a couple of years back, entitled Dr Death. it was
mainly covered from the medical angle as the institute specialises in
medical history.
They should be on the web, but if you can't find a contact, get back to me
and i'll dig one out for you.
Jane


>There was some discussion last month at an Advisory Council meeting about
>the possibility of creating a display on death and dying in our region
>(Appalachia, North Carolina). I brought up the subject since we have the
>Appalachian Cultural Museum as part of App State here in Boone. We have the
>wife of a local funeral director on the Council who thought it was a
>wonderful idea.
>
>Right now, the idea is being considered but nothing more. Hospice does not
>own any material for the display outside of books from the library. We'd
>probably have to rely on local funeral homes and perhaps even the patients
>for a photographic inquiry during their illness. It involve a great deal of
>paperwork and permission and planning, but I think it would be a worthwhile
>exhibit. We have a genealogy society and historical society as well as App
>State's Public History program as resource, not to mention the museum.
>
>Now to my questions! Has anyone put together an exhibit on cultural death
>and dying or approach the subject? What problems did you have? Did you use
>patient's photographs or strictly historical stuff? Although I've put
>together exhibts previously, this is a different animal. I'm the only
>person with museum experience on staff. They've never considered such a
>huge undertaking and I want the Council to be prepared for the negotiations
>and such that are necessary to make this exhibit a reality. Thanks in
>advance! Cheers!!
>Jennifer L. Williams
>
>
>                    Better safe than assimilated.
>                                     -Cmdr. Chakotay
>