SATURDAY, APRIL 26 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Even if the word "marriage" tends to inspire in you little more than a cold sweat, it's impossible to deny the cultural and emotional significance of the ceremony. (Relax, Mom: you're gonna have to wait a few more years for those grandkids.) The Peabody Essex Museum (161 Essex Street, Salem, 978.745.9500) explores those concepts and more with "Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony." The collection of more than 130 objects from around the world, all produced between the 18th century and the present, ranges from a traditional gown by Priscilla of Boston to the diamond nuptial crown of Russian Empress Alexandra to a Tiffany & Co. bracelet commissioned for a Civil War general's wife. Works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Winslow Homer are also on display. General museum admission is $15 for adults; stop by on opening day for special events including cake-designing demonstrations and a screening of Monsoon Wedding. @
