Onondaga Historical Association announces the opening of a new exhibit, “Love and Marriage,” on February 6, at the OHA Museum, located along the Civic Strip of the Connective Corridor.

This exhibition, mounted to coincide with Valentine’s Day, is also in honor of Syracuse Opera’s staging this season of The Marriage of Figaro. The exhibition will feature items that span over one hundred years of wedding history from OHA’s collection, including eight wedding dresses with accessories, a brides maid’s dress, a groom’s tuxedo, photos, invitations, and even a piece of anniversary cake from 1896. Located in OHA’s first floor changing gallery, the exhibit is free and open to the public from February 6 to July 28.

Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) is a private, nonprofit association of museums, a research center, historic sites, and retail stores in Onondaga County, NY. Officially chartered by the New York State Regents in 1863, OHA has been collecting, preserving and interpreting the community’s history for the past 150 years through exhibits, research, educational programming, publications, and media productions.

The OHA Museum and administrative offices are located at 321 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY, 13202. Museum and gift gallery hours are Wednesday to Friday, 10-4, Saturday and Sunday, 11-4. The museum is free, but there is a suggested donation of $3 per adult. Research center hours are Wednesday to Friday, 10-2, Saturday 11-3:30. The research center is free to members, $7 per visit for non-members. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8-5. For information, go to cnyhistory.org, or call (315) 428-1864, ext. 312.

“Love and Marriage” exhibit items from the wedding of Katherine Geary and E.R. Heitzman