1903 Weddings at Harley-Davidson Museum

of our planning from out of state and working with Alex and Jennifer made it so easy! They were incredibly easy to reach and communicate with and helped us every step of the way. Harley makes it easy by providing a great food and drink package, all the chairs/tables/linens needed and great staff rather than needing to through multiple vendors. And the food was absolutely amazing! We also loved having Jennifer with us on the day of the wedding to help make sure everything went smoothly. We absolutely loved our experience with Harley and had a perfect wedding day!

s of the wedding planning and everybody tells you a different story. It has been a complete nightmare getting the wedding planned and would have went anywhere else of they didn't already accept our money. $400 for a folding table to put candy that we must provide, $400 to sit in a room for an hour during cocktail hour are just a few of the issues. Waiting for people to get in contact with you over something simple, no phone call backs, always getting a run around......on our special day this has became a complete nightmare dealing with these people. They have no problem taking your money but seem to have a big problem with anything else. Amazing venue and surroundings but definitely not worth it save yourself the time and book somewhere else that will appreciate you.

They failed to even mention our venue wasn’t ready until LESS THAN THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE WEDDING. Because it wasn’t ready, they had to move us to a different room that we did not originally book and they still tried to charge us for everything + more. After (awful) communication with multiple representatives we finally were able to get some sort of discount on the room that we didn't even choose but had to use. Don’t even get me started on communication with this company. I think three of our “day of coordinators” quit/left the company within one month. The amount of different people I talked to in regards to our wedding was insane. Emails took days, sometimes weeks to return and phone calls were never answered. The week of the wedding I couldn’t get ahold of anyone to just ask if the seating chart that they told me they would make was finished yet. They didn’t give us the final BEO until ONE DAY before the wedding, AND it wasn’t even the correct amount! Yikes!! These are just the biggest problems we experienced, not even all of them. There were many other problems when working with 1903 at the Harley. Save yourself the hassle and do not book here. The day of the wedding was great, the Harley venue is beautiful, and the wait staff was nice…but the planning process/lack of communication from the team is 100% not worth how pretty the venue is.

lf, so stress-free. There was absolutely no pressure to make decisions and everything was explained so we knew exactly how to move forward. When I saw the completed room set up for the first time, it was absolutely perfect! Our coordinator really listened to how we wanted everything and executed it PERFECTLY! Our point person for the night made sure we had everything we needed food and drink wise, and the banquet staff was so polite responsive to our needs and the needs of our guests. If we had to do it all over again, we would choose Harley-Davidson in a heartbeat!

go to outside vendors for food, linens, chairs, or a day of coordinator was amazing! Our day was smooth and seamless... all thanks to our venue!!!

the river is wonderful for photos. The food is very good. Alex Derenne is outstanding to work with! Alex made this second time bride feel as special as a young princess bride!

for guests and a ticket to visit the museum. Working with Alex and Elena made the planning really easy and everything fell into place perfectly for our event. The space is so spacious where you can fit a lot of people and not have to worry about being too crowded. The food was also great and we received many compliments on it! We would definitely recommend this venue!

party. Highly recommended if your looking for memorable, stress free evening.

to accommodate our guests. Also, on-site free parking was a big win! After meeting with Alex, and seeing all that Harley-Davidson had to offer, we made our decision to book Rumble for the big day. Alex and Jen assisted us in planning all the menu details and rearranging the floor plan multiple times. Everything went smoothly the day of, and we are so grateful to have had a great team behind us. We do wish that the venue had been able to offer a more flexible bar menu, and hope that a POS system is on the horizon for future brides.

unted motorcycles removed, that would have been a mistake. They became a must do photo op. The location on the river is stunning, the admission to the museum for the guests or the patio at Motor was perfect. Great spot and all the employees supporting the event were amazing.

to ensure the big day ran flawlessly. The venue itself is beautiful! Rumble has an incredible view with floor to ceiling windows on one end. The museum and entire grounds offer great opportunities for pictures and fun. One of the main reasons we chose the Harley Museum was the food. It did not disappoint. The dinner was delicious. We even had a late-night mac-n-cheese bar that was a huge hit! All of our guests mentioned how great the venue was, and what an amazing choice we had made. I can’t express how happy we are with that choice. Thank you so much to Alex, Elena and the entire Harley Davidson Museum staff for making our special day perfect!

estions promptly, and was readily available via both email or phone. We had several guests with dietary restrictions and she made sure to work with the chefs to ensure that everyone was able to eat their meal. At the tasting, the food was delicious...and at the actual wedding it was just as good if not even better! We were amazed that they were able to get everyone their meal fresh and hot...many guests came up to us after raving about the food! Our day-of coordinator was Theresa, and we loved her too! She helped us set up the menu cards, centerpieces, etc. and she was on top of anything that needed attention the night of the reception. She even helped us pack everything up at the end of the night! My husband and I absolutely loved working with Alex, Theresa, and the rest of the Harley staff. We definitely recommend choosing them as your wedding venue! Thank you again Alex and Theresa...you both are amazing!

Museum team, especially Alex & Elena. It was a huge help and relief to be able to drop decorations off and trust Museum staff & our vendors to set everything up so we had nothing to worry about for our recepetion on our wedding day. Additionally, all the help we received at the end of the night from everyone to tear down was more than appreciated. We couldn't have picked a better spot to celebrate our wedding!

and Elena who are fantastic! Very helpful, attentive and responsive.

Weekend and celebrated with our wedding guests at The Garage. It was even more perfect than we had imagined. We cannot say enough good things about our experience with the Harley Davidson Museum.

eese, mashed potatoes etc. Very Wisconsin simple hearty food. The guests loved it and the view of the river and statue outside was spectacular. Highly recommend this venue.

anks to these two- it was so easy! Thank you again Harley!

er on the museum grounds. It just made sense to pick this as our venue. I'll start with the positive so this review isn't just a bunch of complaining. Our day of coordinator, Tanya, was great. We dropped everything off the night before with her, and she did a perfect job setting up the decorations and making sure everything was gorgeous. Ok.. now on to the issues we had. One of my bridesmaids steak was cooked super rare while everyone else's was medium or more done, so she just wanted it microwaved or something. I'd normally just tell her to suck it up, but there were extra steaks available from guests that didn't show up. I asked the server if she could have a different steak since my husband's was more done so the extras might be cooked more, too. The server said no. They wouldn't give her a different steak and instead had her eat a kid's meal. After guests were leaving our best man said a guest told him that he saw employees eating steak and salmon in a breakroom when those paid meals could have been passed around or given to guests like my bridesmaid. We had at least 6 guest not come, and at $55/plate they could have been served. Servers would move on to other tables before finishing serving the other table, so I saw guests literally asking for their meal because they were skipped. One HUGE problem was that my cake wasn't cut. I was wondering why everyone's pieces were so small until we were packing up and the entire tiered cake minus the slice from the cake cutting ceremony was in the box. I bought that cake to be eaten by guests not to sit in my house just to get tossed out after we can't finish it. The sheet cake was only bought because the main cake served about 50 without the top and the sheet was for about 70 servings. We had 90 guests. I brought this up to the sales manager, Alex, and she said the pieces were standard and that the chef cut the sheet cake first instead of my tiered cake. Pieces were not standard size. My mother said she heard guests saying "they must have run out of cake". Afterwards, I found out some guests didn't even get cake. We had an error on our invoice for the bar being open for 4.5 hours instead of 5, but my husband caught that a week before the wedding. Alex said she fixed that, but bar didn't know that the bar was open until 9:30 instead of 9, so they started to charge our guests. My guests were looking confused, so I had to go to the bar and walk through the schedule with a man with a clipboard explaining why it was supposed to be free to guests. He said the bar never received the updated schedule. We e-mailed back and forth with the sales manager about the problems we had, and all we got were excuses, a sorry, and a "Thank you again for bringing all of these errors to our attention. The only way we can improve is by learning what we did wrong." And excuses were made for the employees that were seen eating the food and the extra meals not being passed out as not a service. um no. We've been to many weddings including country club weddings where they asked if the extra meals wanted to be used. We paid a 22% service fee and many other fees for garbage service. All that was offered after I asked for a refund on those meals was $55 for my bridesmaids steak.

ley-Davidson Museum were extremely nice and helpful. You are paired with a "day-of" coordinator who helps get everything scheduled with your vendors or family delivering items within the 24 hours before and makes sure things go smoothly. Kristin was so nice and on the ball while still being easy-going and understanding with me as I was working on multiple things per usual wedding endeavors. We were in Rumble, the room above their restaurant. The view was great, the room was clean and set-up the way wanted, basically perfect. The floor-mounted motorcycles were a hit for photo-ops with the guests also.

ve vibe; she was no pressure, friendly, and willing to work with us to stretch our budget as far as possible. The food was phenomenal- unique & delicious! Our guests have raved non-stop about the beauty of the reception, the friendliness of the staff, and the delicious food. Every single employee we interacted with, both on the day of our wedding and the additional times we went to visit the museum, was incredibly friendly & welcoming. Tanya, our event coordinator, was the best! Meeting with her and Veronica the month prior was such a relief as they were able to answer every single question and give us helpful advice on things we weren't sure about. The venue itself was our dream and combined with Tanya & Veronica makes it a venue we recommend 100%!

r, tickets for every guest for the museum, and we even had a day of coordinator from Harley, Tanya, she was so helpful and kept everything flowing throughout the entire night! Even if you are not a rider you will love the Harley Davidson Museum!

ade this venue stand out. The coordinators were organized and we met regularly to sort out all of the details ahead of time so when the day arrived, it ran very smoothly without ANY problems. Because it is still a newer Milwaukee venue for weddings, many of my guest hadn't been there before and commented on how beautiful and unique a space it was. Every member of the staff who worked the day of the wedding was professional and hard working. Food-was delicious with nice portion sizes. Spacious- no feeling cramped like some weddings I've been to. The picture I had in my head was perfectly carried out. I really cannot say one bad thing about my experience with the Harley Museum. It was a truly beautiful day.

e. I sent them many emails over the course of the months asking questions and making requests - always to receive a prompt, happy and helpful response. These ladies put so much care and detail into our wedding, that I literally had no stress throughout the planning. Anne was super helpful arranging the menu and drinks to fit what we were looking for, for our guests, and Jill was brilliant at seeing my vision and helped to execute it perfectly. The actual wedding day (ceremony and then flipping the room into a reception hall in under 2 hours) went without a hitch. Our guests were SO SO happy. They loved touring the museum in-between, and they thought the bridge was a fun place to talk with friends and family while waiting. The grounds were also super fun to take pictures with the photographer - and the space inside photographed perfectly as well. Jill and Anne made sure to contact all of my vendors an arrange drop-off times so that I wouldn't have to worry about that throughout the day. I knew going into the wedding, that our guests would love it, but I never knew that such a large percentage of them would rave about the whole event, saying it was the BEST wedding they'd ever been to. The lighting was beautiful, the food was hot and delicious, the service was timely and friendly, the atmosphere was romantic, yet exciting and Jill was all over the place, helping her staff, answering questions, problem solving where needed and even participating at moments to make my husband and I feel special. I can not rave enough about Anne, Jill and Harley...we will never forget this day and we will definitely recommend the venue to as many people as possible!