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The Victorian Death Culture of Early Orange County
The Victorian Age and culture dates from about the 1840s to 1900 – just as early Orange County started its impressive growth. Fortunately, we can still see some majestic and unique Victorian-style homes in communities like Orange, Tustin, and Santa Ana.
On Thursday, September 25, join the discussion at the Tustin Area Museum’s monthly Night-at-the-Museum event as historian, death scholar, and paranormal investigator Darcy Staniforth takes us on a journey to the other side of the veil through the lens of Victorian Death Culture.
While modern Americans might shy away from talking about death, grief, and loss, the Victorians were immersed in it. From the clothes and jewelry they wore, the way they decorated their houses, to picnicking among the dead, this talk touches on all of that and more.
Darcy Staniforth is an academic, historian, writer, performer, ghost host, and paranormal investigator. She has been interested in death and dying since she was very young and that interest has carried into both her personal and professional life. Darcy holds a B.A. and a M.A. in American Studies and in addition to death, dying, and grief, her research areas include race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, ideals and institutions, and the paranormal.
In addition to supporting students in her work in higher education, she also serves as the Paranormal Coordinator for the Heritage Museum of Orange County and the Director of Tour Operations for Haunted Orange County. Darcy currently resides in a haunted house in Southern CA.
This Night at the Museum meeting will be held on Thursday, September 25 from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Tustin Area Museum, 345 El Camino Real in Downtown Tustin. Tickets are sold out.
Call the Museum at 714 731-5701 with any questions.
