Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

This was the perfect venue for my husband and I! We had our ceremony in the planetarium and the reception in the downstairs atrium. Both Denise (our event coordinator) and Sarah (planetarium director) were so helpful with our planning and were so flexible in meeting with us as often as we needed to. They make it very easy by taking care of the bar, security, and catering for you and it was one of the more affordable venues that we looked at. All our guests had a blast and loved the museum! Our wedding here was absolutely perfect.

We recently had our reception at the museum and couldn't have asked for a better experience! First off, the space is absolutely amazing and is so unique. It has a very colorful and modern-look, which totally fit our personality as a couple. The venue also has a really neat courtyard, which is a nice addition. The size of the space is excellent for medium to large weddings and seems to be pretty flexible, based on whatever you need. The catering manager, Camille, was so wonderful to us and really was the main reason our reception ran smoothly. She was always quick to respond to emails throughout our wedding-planning process and was very attentive to all of our questions and concerns. What we loved about Camille from the moment we met her at our initial meeting was that she was easygoing and flexible - she made us feel very comfortable and was willing to work with us and our specific requests for our reception. She went above and beyond to fulfill our requests (from being flexible with seating arrangements to requesting a specific beer from another city, per the groom's special request to working with our vendors to make their set-up as easy as possible). What is so unique about this venue is that the catering manager essentially serves as a "coordinator" for the reception. Since our ceremony was off-site and had a built-in coordinator there, we had no need to hire a day-of wedding coordinator and everything ran super smoothly. Our guests raved about the food and the bar selection and we feel like we really got a lot of food/alcohol for our money. No complaints there! Although I didn't eat much the night of our wedding (pretty typical, I guess) the food at the tasting was very good. We went with the heavy h'ors doeuvres package and were very pleased with all of the food offerings. It was plenty for our guests! The waitstaff was wonderful as well and very helpful. Everyone we encountered was very friendly and made our night special. We really couldn't have asked for a better experience! I highly recommend this location for a wedding reception.

My husband and I are really big science nerds, so there is no better place for us to get married. The very early planning all went smoothly and we were very confident that our wedding would go off without a hitch. Through this venue we are given an event coordinator and catering manager. Both were very polite and enthusiastic. However, the closer we got to the wedding, the less I was able to get in contact with either one of them (either phone or email as I live out-of-state). Since I was planning my wedding from another state, communication in the last two weeks was very important. However, my husband and I both had emails that took over a week to get a response to. Also, they never did return my phone calls. I had to have my dad hunt them down for me. The rehearsal was a complete nightmare. They never told me that that Saturday had been picked as the "free museum day", because if they had then we would have had the rehearsal on Friday. The day of the wedding was, for the most part, fine. However, it just seemed like they had put the minimal amount of thought into planning everything. They did what was required of them, but not efficiently or expediently and certainly not much more than the absolute minimum. The food was just okay, but certainly nowhere near the level we sampled during the tasting. The part where the museum did excel was the bar. They kept the drinks flowing all night and had a great presentation of our signature drinks in beakers. As a result, I believe our guests had a great time in the end. Although, I believe a large reason for the success of our wedding was actually our DJ, and not the libations. In the end I would recommend the museum for a small wedding, or perhaps just for the reception. Other than that, it might be best to look elsewhere...the quality just doesn't match the cost.

The staff was really helpful, but ended up being out of our price range and was better for larger weddings.