Local to Fairfield | Dearly Departed: Mourning & Memory

How do we reckon with death? How do we wish to be remembered? In a new local history program series in collaboration with the Fairfield Public Library, join the Fairfield Museum’s Walt Matis to explore the new exhibition Dearly Departed: Mourning & Memory. Whether a loved one or a public figure, people have memorialized and honored others they care about. Art, fashion, and literature—from gravestone designs to ghost stories—help us process grief and find comfort. The exhibition showcases artifacts, costumes, and ephemera that reveal the many ways people maintain connections to ones they have lost and celebrate their legacy.

Co-presented with the Fairfield Public Library

Free

PLEASE NOTE: This program will be take place in the Rotary Room at the Fairfield Public Library.

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Dearly Departed: Mourning and Memory, and its related programs, are made possible by the generous support of Oak Lawn Cemetery & Arboretum and Spear Miller Funeral Home.