"Fine, Fancy, and Fashionable: 125 Years Dressing the Bride" Exhibit & Tea Reception at the Morris County Historical Society

Make this Mother's May memorable by attending a special Tea Reception celebrating the Morris County Historical Society's new exhibit Fine, Fancy and Fashionable: 125 Years Dressing the Bride at Acorn Hall on Sunday, May 8 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Displayed in the Exhibit Galleries and period rooms are 30 wedding gowns from the Society's extensive collections, highlighting the evolution of fashion through the single most important dress worn during a woman's lifetime. To complement the Exhibit Opening, a delicious afternoon light tea buffet will be served on Acorn Hall's historic back porch. The Oak Leaf Gallery gift shop will also be open, and available for shopping. Admission for this special event is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for students, and Free for children under age 12 and MCHS members.

Fine, Fancy, and Fashionable: 125 Years Dressing the Bride offers an opportunity to experience the joy, magic, and elegance of 30 different wedding days and a visual timeline of bridal dresses from Mary Johnson Condit's 1840 silk gauze A-line gown to Alice Woodridge's 1954 lace tea-length dress. Join a bride and groom as they arrive at their reception in the Dining Room, a bride and her mother on the special day, and a busy bride creating her gown on an 1852 Florence sewing machine. Bridal accessories including shoes, gloves, veils, headpieces, photos, invitations, newspaper clippings, diary entries, and even a cake-topper, complete the display. The exhibit is on view from May 1 through October 23, 2016. For more information, please call the MCHS at 973-267-3465.

The Morris County Historical Society, founded in 1945, is a member supported 501 (c)3 organization whose mission is to discover, preserve, promote, and interpret the history of Morris County and New Jersey as it relates to Morris County through events, programs, exhibits, publications, and preservation education.