Opened in 1992 in Houston, Texas, the National Museum of Funeral History explores the history and traditions of funeral service through a 35,000-square-foot collection of artifacts and relics. Its exhibits span cultures and eras, from ancient Egyptian funerary practices to modern ceremonial traditions. The museum is especially known for hearses, unusual coffins, materials related to presidential funerals, Abraham Lincoln’s death mask, and George Washington’s original $99.25 funeral bill. Other galleries examine papal funeral rituals through a Vatican collaboration and interpret African-American funeral history, including New Orleans traditions, presenting death care as a record of belief, ceremony, and public memory.