‘Here Comes The Bride’ At Cape May’s 

 Carriage House Gallery May 25

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‘Here Comes The Bride’ 

 May 25 In Cape May 

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Photographs of weddings of yore will be part of the exhibition.

‘HERE COMES THE BRIDE’ AT CAPE MAY’S CARRIAGE HOUSE GALLERY MAY 25, 1 CUT

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CAPE MAY, N.J. — From something borrowed to something blue, from courtships to engagements and wedding ceremonies to honeymoons, throughout history it seems that everyone loves a bride.

Opening Friday, May 25, at 7 pm, in the Carriage House Gallery of the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington Street, the “Here Comes the Bride: Weddings in America” traveling exhibit from the Rogers Historical Museum, Rogers, Ark., explores marriage in Victorian times as well as the history of weddings in America from Colonial times up to the present day. This exhibit is presented by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC), and is on view through September 3.

The exhibit has 12 exhibit panels that present a variety of topics, including courtship, wedding attire, decorating for the wedding, the wedding ceremony itself, wedding gifts and the honeymoon. One panel is devoted to ethnic wedding customs, while another looks at the influence of royal weddings. It is obvious that courtship and marriage have changed dramatically throughout history, but many elements of the wedding itself have remained unaltered.

Elan Zingman-Leith, MAC curator, said that an article written by former Cape May mayor Bob Elwell on a wedding that was put on by Cape May soldiers in the Civil War will be on display, as well as a wedding gown from Sandy Miller’s Cape May costumes collection, and a host of wedding gifts from Cape May collections.           

For Victorians in the decades after the Civil War, the earlier custom of wearing a colored or patterned “best dress” for the wedding was highly acceptable.

For information, 609-884-5404, 800-275-4278 or www.capemaymac.org.