Old South Meeting House

up with solutions that worked for both parties. The venue itself it absolutely beautiful - the history, the beautiful interior, everything. We only added two floral arrangements at the front of the venue because we thought the interior was beautiful in itself. We cannot wait to see pictures! We would highly recommend the OSMH.

into historic Boston. Even the local guests were telling us for days afterwards how impressed they were by the beauty and history of the venue! This place was a great deal for many reasons, including the inherent beauty of the space, which helped us save on decorations and made for beautiful photos. One of the best parts, though, was the inclusion of a day-of wedding coordinator. Lauren was absolutely wonderful to work from start to finish, answering all of our questions quickly and with the knowledge of someone who knows what she's doing. Being able to trust that the OSMH had everything under control was so valuable to us and a huge stress reliever, .since we were planning the wedding from out of town. It's hard to believe we got such an historic, beautiful, well-managed venue for this price!

otel/reception. These are all good things...however, the staff at Old South Meeting House was terrible to work with. Emails were never responded to. Our "event planners" would suddenly disappear and then a new person would be assigned to our wedding. A month before we tied the knot I finally called them and requested a conference call to discuss our ceremony plans because I was so nervous. The call went well and I felt like they had listened to our "wish list" and would get it done. Fast forward to our rehearsal...the "event planner" proceeds to confuse everyone in the wedding party by saying the EXACT OPPOSITE of everything we had discussed on our call. It was so blatantly wrong it was almost funny. Almost. Then on our wedding day, she hustled everyone outside the church doors for our big entrance, and she was yelling to be heard the whole time. Several of our guests mentioned how they could hear her yelling inside the meeting house and that it was very distracting and unprofessional, and I was mortified. I wish I could recommend this place, but for over $2,500 to rent the space, I just can't. Luckily our wedding was fun and gorgeous once we moved on from the OSMH, but the ceremony was definitely the worst part of our special day.

ooking to get married outside of a church but in a place with some community or social significance (rather than a banquet hall). The OSMH fit the bill perfectly. They charge a flat fee to rent the space -- no hidden costs. They do have some time restrictions on when your ceremony can be, because they are a museum during the day. We had no problems working with them and were very happy with the space and how our ceremony ran. They have an on-site events coordinator who can help you work out all the logistics -- she interfaced with our day-of coordinator, and they took care of everything together. They're very willing to work with you to produce the event you want, although it's important to know that because it is a historic building, there are restrictions on decor and people flow through the building. None of these restrictions interfered with what we wanted. We brought in two small floral arrangements and our ceremony programs, and that was it. We are so glad we chose the OSMH for our ceremony.