The history of mankind is based on the testimony of our forebears, who are often depicted on funeral monuments, in the worship of the dead and the ceremonies we devote to them. A visit to Barcelona's Museu de Carosses Fúnebres the museum provides a fascinating insight into the customs surrounding funeral ceremonies in Barcelona from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries.
The museum displays the hearses and carriages used in the city during this period and also features different types of horse-drawn carriages which were the forerunners of present-day motorised hearses.

The Museum de Carrosses Fúnebres is also rich in iconography and, in addition to the Christian cross, all the carriages feature different depictions of the transition between life and death, symbolised in some cases by the inscribed Greek letters alpha and omega, meaning beginning and end.