Merchant's House Museum's Presentation of 'Memento Mori' Exhibition Closes 11/29

The Merchant's House Museum's (29 East Fourth Street, between Lafayette and Bowery) presentation of "Memento Mori: The Birth & Resurrection of Postmortem Photography" exhibition will end on Monday, November 29th. The exhibition is included with regular admission, which is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.

With the "Memento Mori" exhibition, visitors can trace the evolution of postmortem photography in America through 19th-century daguerreotypes and prints from the Burns Archive collection as well as modern art inspired by the iconography of these historic images. They can also stage their own "postmortem" photograph in the museum's reproduction coffin.

The exhibition is made in collaboration with the Burns Archive & featuring artists Joel-Peter Witkin, Sally Mann, Hal Hirshorn, Marian St. Laurent, and Sarah Lohman. The museum gives thanks to Frank E. Campbell, the Funeral Chapel, for their generous support.

The Merchant's House Museum is New York City's only family home preserved intact - inside and out - from the mid-19th century. Home to a prosperous merchant-class family for almost 100 years, it is complete with the family's original furnishings and personal possessions, offering a rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life from 1835-1865. More information may be found at www.merchantshouse.org.

Photo Credit: Diana Hubert