Memento Mori: Remember you will die! In-Person
Join curator Brandon W. Brooks of the Genesee Country Village and Museum for a bone-rattling talk on memento mori, or the art and architecture honoring human mortality. How do we remember those who have passed away, and how do we wish to be remembered ourselves? Are cemeteries and graveyards the same thing, and how do these public spaces act as open-air museums? This talk will bring listeners on an exciting and respectful journey through the ways in which Americans have dealt with that last great necessity!
Registration is appreciated.
Presenter Bio: Brandon W. Brooks works as curator of the John L. Wehle Gallery at Genesee Country Village & Museum. Serving in this role since 2020, Brandon has the pleasure of curating over 400 years of European and American sporting and wildlife art, as well as over 300 years of fashion and textile history. In addition to curation, Brandon creates and hosts innovative programming and speaking events at the Gallery itself as well as at annual conferences, often related to fashion, textile, or art history. Brandon’s current role also involves managing a small staff of gallery docents, collaboration between sister museums and historical institutions across the State of New York, serving as a peer leader on the DEAI (diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion) committee, and the creation and expansion of a free, publicly-accessible historic pattern database, reverse-engineered from historic extant originals.
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 8, 2025
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Parma - Meeting Room
- Library:
- Parma Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults Seniors
- Categories:
- Arts, Crafts & Hobbies History Lecture/Presentation