Twilight Tours with the Mourning Society of St. Louis

Name: Twilight Tours with the Mourning Society of St. Louis
Start: 2024-10-25T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 1508 Locust St, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63103

Schedule

Fri Oct 25 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1508 Locust St, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63103 | St. Louis, MO

Experience the magnificent period rooms of the Campbell House dimmed to gaslight brightness and draped for mourning. Guests get the unique opportunity see the Campbell House at night and learn about Victorian mourning customs. Mourning Society members will even be in appropriate mourning dress. Witness Robert Campbell’s 1879 wake and funeral in the parlor; hear about the process of preparing the deceased for burial; see Victorian mourning dress and etiquette and learn about the 19th Century cemeteries of St. Louis.