Atkins-Johnson          Farm and Museum

Lace, Laugh, Love: Wedding History in Missouri

July 8 - October 3, 2026

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While marriage has been a common human practice across the globe for millennia, wedding trends come and go with the decades. Explore the difference in the celebrations of love that have happened in the past 200 years. This exhibit is in celebration of the opening of the AJ Barn Events Center!

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Artifacts and images provided by the Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum, Black Archives of Mid-America, Clay County Archives, Clay County Historical Society and Museum, Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives, and St. Joseph Museums.