The Grass Valley Museum will host a special exhibit of Vintage Wedding Gowns in the Grass Valley Museum. The exhibit will be on display throughout June and July. The opening reception with refreshments and a wedding cake will be held Sunday, June 13th from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Admission is free, any donations will be welcome.

There will be 14 gowns on display all from the Museums’ collection. The gowns are from the late 1800’s to the 1930’s. The gowns will demonstrate an evolution over several decades. Some of the gowns were worn by Grass Valley residents. Other gowns are from other parts of California. The gowns come in a wide range of colors and fabrics. A few photographs will show the brides wearing the gowns. All gowns were donated to the Grass Valley Museum in the last forty years.

This will be the fourth time the Grass Valley Museum docents have organized and put together a special exhibit with the wedding gowns of the brides of Yesteryear. The first one was in 1983; then again in 1990 and 1997.

The Grass Valley Museum is located on the second floor of St. Joseph’s Cultural Center. It contains art, objects d’art, furniture, and clothing from Victorian times. It has a library, parlor room, music room, doctor’s office, a bedroom and a classroom. Many consider the Museum Grass Valley’s undiscovered jewel. The Museum summer hours are 12:30 – 3:30 PM Wednesdays through Saturdays. For more information or to schedule a group tour call 530-273-5509 or 530-272-4725.

Open year round:

Wednesdays through Saturdays

12:30 – 3:30 PM and by appointment.

The Grass Valley Museum occupies the second floor of St. Joseph’s Cultural Center.

The Museum is available for school and other group tours, and is managed by a group of volunteer docents.

The Grass Valley Museum depicts the rich history of the Gold Rush days to 1930 with displays of furniture, art, objects d’art, clothing, musical instruments and artifacts of the Victorian era.

Today you can almost hear the echoes of children reciting their lessons as you stand behind the teacher’s desk in the restored classroom. On the desk is an attendance book from 1890. Note the exquisite penmanship of bygone days. Sit in the students’ desks and imagine what it was like to be a student in those days.

The Museum also features a Victorian bedroom, a lace making exhibit, Lola Montez’s bathtub, and a hall of photographs from the turn of the century, a table used for the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco in 1945, and much more.

You’re in the Gold Country, so take a few minutes to see how life was lived here in the olden days. It’s waiting for you …at the Grass Valley Museum.