Mourning at Merrehope
“Gone But Not Forgotten“

The full month of October
2nd Floor at Merrehope
Meridian, Mississippi

“A reproduction of Victorian mourning in a neoclassical home.”
Come experience the period of mourning set by Queen Victoria. This period of mourning began in 1861 after the loss of her husband Prince Albert and was embraced throughout Europe and the Americas as the proper way to mourn the loss of a loved one.
The second floor of Merrehope will be staged as a family living in the home would have prepared it during a period of grief.

Very special events and apperances to be announced.

Hours: Tuesday – Saturday l 10AM to 3PM
Admission: $10 l $5 for Students
Includes a full tour of Merrehope
a magnificient 24 room Neoclassical Revival Mansion – circa 1859
905 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. l Meridian, MS
601.483.8439 l http://www.merrehope.com merrehoopemeridian@gmail.com