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The Scene – The museum provides a fascinating--and unusual--place to spend a couple of hours. It makes visitors appreciate the wide breadth of styles and, well, goofiness that makes up this country's funeral traditions. – – The Collection – There are funeral vehicles of every stripe: horse-drawn carriages, a sleigh, a one-of-a-kind Packard bus and a breathtakingly ornate Japanese hearse. Other morbidly delightful exhibits include "Funerals of the Famous," dioramas of mourning apparel, a home funeral (with the undertaker's accessories still neatly packed in their…