Wakefield Museums and Castles

Wedding invitation, 2016

Wedding invitation, 2016

Collected in 2017

Currently on display at Wakefield Museum

A pastel coloured wedding invitation for Michelle and Lyn's wedding at Westgate Chapel in 2016

Michelle and Lyn sent these invites to their wedding guests in 2016. They got married at the Unitarian Chapel on Westgate. There was an afternoon tea party at the Marmalade on the Square café afterwards.

Same-sex marriages became legal in 2014. Michelle and Lyn’s ceremony was one of the first religious lesbian weddings in Wakefield.

Michelle and Lyn's wedding had a mixture of Christian and Wiccan traditions. Michelle’s patterned wedding bow tie represented her Cape Town heritage. Lyn chose delicate jewellery and floral hair accessories. 

100 Years of Collecting

In 2023 we celebrated 100 years of collecting. To mark the occasion, we created an online exhibition with 100 objects representing our collection. Michelle and Lyn's wedding invitation was one of them! Browse all 100 objects in our online exhibition.

Online exhibition

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