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Exhibits and Museums
Death: Life's Greatest Mystery (Field Museum)
Challenge what you think you know about death. In Death: Life's Greatest Mystery, explore cultural and biological perspectives that hold possible answers to some of life's biggest questions.
Death: the Human Experience (Bristol Museum)
As a society we are reluctant to talk about death and dying. death: the human experience is about helping to start that conversation.
Death: The Last Taboo (Australian Museum)
Throughout the world, death and the rituals that surround it are steeped in taboos. Death is celebrated, embraced and feared. Around death and the dead, cultures put in place diverse restrictions and practices associated with clothing, food and ritual. These webpages explore what happens to us when we die and the different ways we deal with death.
Organizations
Society of Professional Obituary Writers (SPOW)
Welcome to The Society of Professional Obituary Writers (SPOW), an international organization created for folks who write about the dead for a living. Since 2007, the society has provided professional training and resources to help writers develop reporting, interviewing, writing and new media skills for creating outstanding obituaries.
Association for Death Education and Counseling
The Association for Death Education and Counseling® is an international, professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence and recognizing diversity in death education, care of the dying, grief counseling and research in thanatology. Based on quality research, theory and practice, the association provides information, support and resources to its international, multicultural, multidisciplinary membership and to the public.
National Alliance for Children's Grief (NACG)
The National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness about the needs of children and teens who are grieving a death and provides education and resources for anyone who supports them. Through the collective voice of our members and partners, we educate, advocate and raise awareness about childhood bereavement.
