Maryland Historical Society

The Maryland Historical Society was the greatest place to have a wedding. We got married outside in the courtyard and had the reception in France Hall, which was a great multi-purpose/event room that was easy to use and adapt to our purposes. The cocktail hour was in the exhibit hall outside of the reception space where guests could go around and look at the cool stuff in the maritime section. Staff was extremely friendly, if not super easy to get in contact with (major budget cuts meant people were no longer full time, but would respond within acceptable time period) and had an on-site coordinator/assistant there for the rehearsal and day of, even though that wasn't mentioned in the contract. When it looked like it might rain and we wouldn't be able to use the courtyard, they offered to open up another part of the museum to our guests to compensate. They also had a decent amount of parking available to our guests, rare in the middle of Baltimore. Overall I loved having my wedding in such a special place and if I was going to spend a lot of money on a venue, I'm glad it went to a non-profit that could really use the funds.