The subtitle of this show of artifacts—from a Victorian black satin slumber bed for home viewing of a dead body, to embalming jars, antique coffins, and death photographs—is “Unearthing the Shift in Funerary Practices from Home to Mortuary.” The story they’re telling has three major scenes set up in the galleries. They are: death at home, early embalming (messy! Poisonous!), and then full-on mortuary-ized immediate post-lifeness. The show is sponsored, as museum director Patricia Cosgrove says, “by our friends at Mountain View Cemetery.” (White River Valley Museum, 918 H St SE, Auburn, 253-288-7433, noon–4 pm, $2)