"The History of Cremation," the new permanent exhibit at the National Museum of Funeral History, includes a room modeled after LeMoyne Crematory's cremation chamber, where the first cremation in ...

"The History of Cremation Exhibit" is a joint project of the National Museum of Funeral History and the Cremation Association of North America. The exhibit is a first-of-its kind undertaking, telling ...

It’s nice to be alive to appreciate a crematorium, especially one that has been re-created with such love and care as the new exhibit at the National Museum of Funeral History. “The History of ...

Archaeologists have made an important discovery in understanding the prehistoric roots of one of the world's most common funeral practices - cremation. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports on how the ...

On December 6, 1876, in the tiny village of Washington, Pennsylvania, an Austrian-born immigrant named Baron Joseph Henry Louis Charles De Palm became the recipient of what is described as the first ...