The Mariners' Museum and Park

This venue is a spectacular venue! Not only does it have indoor and outdoor options for the bride and groom to choose from, we were able to tailor them based on where we wanted the ceremony, the reception, and the cocktail hour. We chose to have our ceremony inside in the sunken room off the ballroom, our cocktail hour outside in the Virginia Courtyard, and our reception in the grand atrium/ballroom. We could’ve also chosen the front courtyard for something or the front lobby for something, so there are just a lot of mix-and-match options with this venue. We loved the high ceilings and the lighthouse features! They made our wedding dramatic and romantic! For an evening wedding we wanted a candlelit atmosphere and the event staff were unable to turn the lights lower. I was disappointed in this because I was assured on my venue walk-through that we be able to dim the lights very low. It was unfortunate but we got through it. No one probably noticed but me and the photographers. The staff from the venue event crew were limited in the support they could offer so set up and breakdown and other elements during the evening were more difficult than I thought they needed to be. We were limited in that we couldn’t have open flame or any type of send in the museum. This was understandable but also disappointing! We ended up doing LED sparklers in the parking lot as an alternative. The event staff have some things to work on for coordination. For example, our photographers went to the other wedding at the museum and no one from the museum directed them on how to get to our wedding. We lost 20 minutes of precious daylight with our photographers. In addition, the musicians from the other wedding came to ours, also so, so it was clear that the event staff could have been more helpful. All in all the event went off beautifully and the Mariners Museum is a unique and special place to get married! I would recommend this to anyone especially if you have an interest in maritime history or want a nautical theme to your wedding. Our wedding theme was dramatic romance, sophistication, and contemporary elegance. The venue really helped us bring that, our vision, to life!

Really enjoyed having my wedding at The Mariners' Museum! Jennifer was always very on top of things and very attentive! She worked really well with all of my vendors to make sure my day was perfect! She went above and beyond working with my coordinator when problems arose so well that I didn't know they happened until after the wedding!

Overall The Mariners' Museum was a beautiful setting for a wedding. Lovely courtyard filled with greenery and flowers for the ethereal, romantic garden vibe I was going for.

We loved the Mariner's Museum! We could not have imagined a more perfect spot for our wedding. The only complication we had was that they experienced a lot of turnover in their staff while we were planning our wedding, so in our year and a half planning process we worked with 3 different coordinators planning our event. They were all fantastic, but it was challenging to have to move between so many people and know who to contact with questions. Other than that, it was a fantastic venue and we cannot recommend it enough!

We enjoyed working with them. A gem of a venue.

GREAT GREAT people!!!! They were so sweet and really accommodating :)