Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Newfields is an absolutely stunning venue for a wedding. The gardens are world class - -which is why my daughter chose this venue - unfortunately, it rained on the day of the wedding but the back up plan in the great hall was lovely and the reception area spectacular, and a short break in the rain still allowed for a few garden photos. I would highly recommend this venue!

While the venue is beautiful & the food was top notch, unfortunately my experience on wedding day was not as expected. The staff at Newfields were extremely rude to me, my husband, my family & photographers. We were yelled at multiple times for taking pictures in popular spots that are in their marketing wedding material!! You could tell museum staff were over weddings/brides and not respectful. They were rude, not helpful, told our photographers to put cameras away at points, and overall just not nice. It was such a shock and very disappointing. Our assigned coordinator from Newfields was never around to help either. We also had to share picture spots with random brides, even though I had paid for the venue for my own wedding. For the price paid for this venue, & several great reviews, you’d expect top notch experience. Kahn’s however, was amazing to work with, so I don’t want to take anything away from them. The wedding was beautiful & the rest of the night was unforgettable, but the day time/pre wedding/photos we felt so disrespected, it was pretty disappointing. I wouldn’t recommend choosing this as your venue, as no bride should be treated like this on their wedding day.

We got married on the Lilly Terrace and the view was incredible! We have loved the IMA/Newfields for so long and to be able to get married there was so wonderful. We were able to walk around the full arts garden for pictures and there were so many gorgeous spots. We had our reception in the Deer Zink Pavilion and it was perfect! The view again was so pretty with the fall leaves through the giant windows and the fountain lit up at night. Our guests kept coming up to us raving about the venue. Erin was our venue coordinator and was so easy to work with - very responsive and attentive to details. I would do it all over again if I could - highly recommend!!

When we first set foot into the Deer Zink Event Pavilion at the IMA we were blown away. It is a huge space that we knew would easily hold our 250 guests, so we booked it the same day we looked at it. The words modern and elegant both accurately describe the space. The event manager, Nicole, was excellent. She answered all of our questions quickly and even handled my last minute requests with ease. The day of the wedding we got dressed in some of the classroom spaces (a very last minute request) and we were then able to take pictures on the grounds/have our first look. The parking situation for guests is incredibly easy. There's a garage with an elevator that goes straight into the cocktail hour, which is great for handicap accessibility. Guests can also leave their cars overnight if needed. Note, the $4,500 is just the room rental. The exclusive caterer (Kahn's) does have a catering minimum so that's not included in what is listed here.