About seven years ago I visited the Museum of Sepulchral Culture in Kassel,
Germany. It is a museum concerned with the culture of death. The special
exhibition I saw was about how contemporary cartoonists dealth with death -
ranging from comic book cartoonists to childrens' book illustrators to
political cartoonists. The premanent exhiibtion was much more poignant - a
600 year history of actual funerary sculpture, gravestones and markers.
This very modern museum was built into the ruins of a very old church. It
is my understanding that they have an ongoing program of special
exhibitions.
Suzanne Quigley
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