Calling all little princesses! What a better way to be a princess than to be surrounded by princess dresses. Wear your favorite dress or princess costume to the exhibit and enjoy refreshments in the museum gift shop on February 9, 2018. Tickets are $10 per person or $5 if you dress as your favorite princess and can be…
Stories of our community will come to life through wedding gowns on display at Oaklands Mansion. Step back into time and experience the common threads that weave our lives together as we explore women’s history, fashion history, cultural history and the history of our community. Over fifty gowns will be placed on loan and exhibited,…
Take a tour of the exhibit here! Thank you to our community for supporting this touching exhibit once again. The 5th Annual Wedding Dresses Through the Decades Exhibit ran January 10- March 6, 2016 and closed with a record number of visitors. This exhibit included wedding dresses from every decade: 1847 through 2015. During the…
As we open the 5th Annual Wedding Dresses Through the Decades exhibit this week, we want to introduce you to the oldest dress on display. We were honored to have it again this year as it is very difficult to find wedding dresses from the early decades. This dress was worn by Elvira Collier Goodyear…
We have been so blessed to present the wedding dress exhibit to our community for the past four years. In preparing for our fifth exhibit in 2016, we are overwhelmed with the generosity and thoughtfulness of brides, willing to share their stories and memories with us. It is with this outpouring of excitement that we have…
The “Wedding Dresses Through the Decades” exhibit is now open. Step back to yesterday and see the common threads that weave together the lives of women through the decades in middle Tennessee and across the country. Enjoy traveling through time as you walk among over fifty gowns that are being placed on loan and exhibited,…
“WEDDING DRESSES THROUGH THE DECADES” 4th ANNUAL AWARD WINNING EXHIBIT PRESENTED BY OAKLANDS HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM Step back to yesterday and see the common threads that weave together the lives of women through the decades in middle Tennessee and across the country. Enjoy traveling through time from the brocade and silk of the mid 1800’s…
We have been so blessed to present the wedding dress exhibit to our community for the past three years. In preparing for our fourth exhibit in 2015, we are overwhelmed with the generosity and thoughtfulness of brides, willing to share their stories and memories with us. It is with this outpouring of excitement that we…
Oaklands staff is brimming with excitement over the recognition of the “Wedding Dresses Through the Decades” exhibit by the Tennessee Association of Museums with an Award of Excellence. The Museum Excellence Awards were presented to statewide museums for exceptional projects and events during 2013. The purpose of the Excellence Awards is to recognize, encourage, and promote excellence…
