Davis Jewelers Sponsors Love & Marriage Exhibit at Frazier Kentucky History Museum
June 9, 2025
Davis Jewelers is proud to sponsor Love & Marriage, a yearlong exhibition at the Frazier History Museum that explores 150 years of courtship, commitment and wedding traditions in Kentucky.
Open through March 2026, the exhibit offers a compelling look at how love and marriage have evolved across generations—from 19th-century customs to modern-day celebrations. Through hundreds of artifacts, gowns, cultural displays and interactive stations, Love & Marriage brings to life the stories that have shaped Kentucky’s rich relationship history.
As a family-owned business rooted in celebrating life’s most meaningful milestones, Davis Jewelers sees the exhibit as a natural extension of its values. For decades, the company has played a part in thousands of love stories—offering engagement rings, wedding bands and anniversary gifts that become treasured symbols of lasting commitment.
Visitors to the exhibit can expect an immersive experience that blends history, fashion and tradition. Highlights include a rainbow wall of wedding gowns spanning every color and decade, wartime dresses made from parachutes, cultural wedding garments, and rings designed by Kentucky-born celebrity jeweler Shahla Karimi. Interactive displays allow guests to model dresses, explore customs from around the world and even customize their own Vlora designer engagement ring.
Love & Marriage is about every love story — A dedicated section of the exhibit traces the legal and social progress of LGBTQIA+ couples in Kentucky, from covert dating in the early 20th century to landmark court decisions that secured marriage equality. Stories of same-sex weddings, queer courtship traditions, Kentucky’s role in the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges and the AIDS Epidemic are shared alongside other powerful narratives of inclusion and equity.
The exhibit's four-part structure — "Something Old," "Something New," "Something Borrowed" and "Something Bluegrass" — guides visitors through themes such as interracial marriage, immigrant customs, wartime ceremonies, and regional traditions like burying bourbon for good luck. Gowns and artifacts from cities across the Commonwealth, including Louisville, Lexington, Hopkinsville and beyond, highlight Kentucky’s diversity in love and celebration.
Davis Jewelers is honored to support a cultural experience that uplifts personal stories and brings generations of Kentuckians together through a shared history of love. From heirloom rings to modern milestones, the exhibit reinforces the enduring impact of tradition — and the many ways people choose to say “I do.”
