There are only five days remaining to view these wonderful gowns! Stories of our community will come to life through wedding gowns on display at Oaklands Mansion which span 150 years. 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…
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…
On September 13, 2015, Oaklands will host Street Tuxedo’s Tux Truck from 12-3pm. Held in the elegant Maney Hall ballroom, Oaklands will feature select vendors as well to cater to your entire event’s needs be sure to stop by and see us. “For over 30 years, Street Tuxedo has served the middle Tennessee area with…
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…
We are very fortunate that Mr. John C. Murphy decided to take advantage of our Adopt an Artifact program which enables Oaklands Museum to make important restoration projects within our collection possible. Mr. Murphy has chosen to adopt one of our Victorian game tables, which are beautiful to behold. The one adopted by Mr. Murphy…
There are only twelve days left to view this exhibit before these lovely gowns are packed back up and placed in storage for years to come. The exhibit “Wedding Dresses Through the Decades” will be open to the public through Sunday, March 8th. Take this opportunity to step back to yesterday and see the common…
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,…
Be a part of history by renewing your vows or saying them for the first time in the elegant front parlor of Oaklands Mansion. Be a part of history by renewing your vows, or saying them for the first time, in the elegant front parlor of Oaklands Mansion. For the first time ever, Oaklands will…
