June 14: Doric House Museum to Reopen with Weddings Exhibition
An ‘ALTARING’ EXPERIENCE awaits when HCHS opens its wedding exhibition on June 14. Here exhibition committee members (from left) Peter Goodell, Marcia Karrow, Janice Armstrong and Peggi Carlson start preparing for the opening.
The Hunterdon County Historical Society requests the honor of your presence at its exhibition celebrating weddings, when it reopens the Doric House Museum this June.
The exhibition, titled “Love Unveiled — 250 Years of Saying ‘I Do!,” will showcase items in the society’s collections related to matrimony. Visitors will get to view wedding dresses worn by Julia Fulper Craig in 1901, Amelia Finney Anderson in 1886 and Jane Carver Kitchin in 1947, among others. There will be wedding shoes and accessories, photographs, wedding invitations, a bridal scrapbook, marriage certificates, wedding gifts, and items that would have been found in a trousseau as part of the exhibition.
The exhibition will open Saturday, June 14 at 2 p.m. with a special reception for members and anyone receiving this email. The event will include a string quartet from Hunterdon Symphony, docent-led tours, a talk on a wedding-related topic, and a small wedding dessert from Flemington’s Mr. Pops for guests to enjoy.
A $10 “wedding gift” is requested which will go toward preserving matrimonial items in our textiles collection. Space is limited. Members can RSVP to the opening reception by emailing hunterdonhistoryadm@gmail.com. When registering you can reserve a time to attend the event, as entry times will be staggered in 10-minute shifts between 2 and 2:40 p.m.
On June 21, the museum will be part of Flemington’s annual house tour. The Doric House Museum will be open to all every Saturday starting on June 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. until late August for exhibition tours. A $5 donation is suggested, and docents will be on hand to guide visitors. For group tours, call 908-782-1091.
HCHS is seeking volunteers to work on Saturday afternoons to help with the exhibition. Duties would include greeting museum visitors and helping with the guided tours. If you’d like to volunteer, please email hunterdonhistoryadm@gmail.com or call 908-782-1091.