Most people don't realize it, but a black wedding gown wasn't atypical before the turn of the [20th] century, Here Comes the Bride.

We saw this as an opportunity for our museum to supplement a traveling show by bringing out objects from our own collection. We're able to tell people's stories both here and nationally.

We're not big wedding people so we'll see what we do.

People are turning away from the more formal, traditionally posed wedding photos to a more intimate and natural approach,

Brides and grooms don't want a cookie-cutter wedding. As (people) get married a little bit older these days ... I think they want to express themselves in a different way. They've been to so many weddings over the years and nobody wants their wedding blurred with all the others.

A few personal photos are OK, but it's pretty hard for people to walk by a wedding picture without looking at it.