The Billings Estate Museum in Ottawa had a similar event. I think they recreated the wedding (or was that at the Log Farm?). The address is Billings Estate Museum 2100 Cabot St Ottawa, Ontario K1H 6K1 phone 613 564-1363 Peter Jay Klarnet ([log in to unmask]) writes: > I'm posting this for my friend Allison Buckley at the Rockwood Museum in > Wilmington Delaware. Any responses would be quite helpful. > > > Rockwood Museum in Wilmington, Delaware is an extraordinary example of > mid-19th century rural gothic architecture, unique in Delaware. The > estate built by merchant banker Joseph Shipley was bought by his nephew > Edward Bringhurst and remained in the Bringhust family until the 1960's. > The museums holds a collection of English Continental, and American > decorative arts relfective of the tatstes of a succession of family > members who lived a Rockwood. Our period of interpretation is 1875-1920. > > In 1887 Edith Bringhurst, Edward's daughter, was married at Rockwood in > grand style. We are planning to commerate and celebrate this wedding in > 1997 with special exhibits and educational programs. We would be very > interested ingetting in touch with other museums that interpret late > Victorian weddings to find out what educational programs work well at > your institution. Does anyone do living history late Victorian weddings? > > * * * > Alison Buckley > [log in to unmask] > History Department > University of Delaware