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Heinz History Center
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About this venue
A wedding ceremony and reception at the Senator John Heinz History Center can be truly historic! The nontraditional atmosphere, central location, exciting exhibitions, and professional staff all help to bring your vision to life and offer a unique experience for you, your family, and your friends. Our exclusive vendors, Common Plea Catering and Mosaic Linens enhance and elevate the site and taste of your event, making it a night you and your guests will never forget!
Facility & Capacity
The Heinz History Center offers stunning venues for Weddings and Receptions for couples and up to 325 of their guests! A variety of memorable venue spaces are available, including our 1st-floor Great Hall, 4th-floor Campbell Gallery, 5th-floor Mueller Center, and 6th-floor Library & Archives.
The 1st Floor Great Hall is the premiere Heinz History Center location. It is framed by vintage vehicles and features a two-story staircase, perfect for making your grand entrance, high, vaulted brick ceilings, and original steel beams.
The 4th Floor Campbell Gallery is a warm, intimate location for a cocktail hour with up to 220 guests. As the elevator doors open on the 4th floor, a Campbell Gallery guest will see the famous Klein's Restaurant neon sign hanging in the atrium to their right and a photo exhibit hung on brick walls around the room.
The 5th-floor Mueller Center is a beautifully appointed, contemporary ballroom featuring a wall of windows and a 15' x 135' outdoor deck with a gorgeous view of the river and a view of the downtown skyline.
The 6th-floor Library and Archives Reading Room is a perfect setting for a wedding ceremony, with seating for 10 to 250 guests. Original architectural elements that enhance the space include wooden beams, brick columns, and a glass wall with views of downtown.
Services Offered
Included in your Event Rental at the History Center:
- We coordinate weddings and Events from start to finish with our professional events team. This includes creating your timeline, custom floor plans, staging first looks, vendor coordination, placement of personal décor, cookie table organization, and multiple planning appointments.
- One-hour ceremony Rehearsal the day before the wedding, facilitated by your coordinator.
- You will have access to our Banquet equipment, including banquet chairs, easels, and a variety of tables: cocktail tables (high and low), rounds, square, rectangular, and metal café tables.
- Complimentary Bridal Rooms, 3 hours prior to event start
- Exclusive access for your guests to tour the museum during operating hours on your wedding day.
- Access to all museum exhibits for engagement photo sessions & wedding day photos.
- On-site, 24-hour Security Officer.
What You'll Love About Senator John Heinz History Center
Guests found the team to be professional and attentive to details. They are also organized, and the event planners will provide great assistance. Check out the review section for more information.
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Reviews of Heinz History Center
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Reviewers praised Heinz History Center's communication and event team as professional, responsive, and stress-saving throughout planning and the wedding day. The museum’s unique multi-floor spaces created beautiful, fun ceremony, cocktail, and reception areas that guests loved. The main downside was the required in-house caterer and limited menu/cost, but the venue is highly recommended.
Heinz History Wedding
We did cycle through two wedding planners before ending with our third, as the other two were apparently offered great opportunities in other spaces that they could not pass up. I believe this, as all three people we worked with were incredibly professional, communicative and responsive. Each time we were passed off to another planner, there was a meeting scheduled to make sure all the notes were accurate and every detail was covered and communicated.
The only negative I would mention about this location is their use of an exclusive caterer. I understand and appreciate the reason for doing so, but the lack of choice of food and then the cost of said food was something that became the only sore spot for the day.
Highly recommend this venue!!
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HHC is a 10/10!
Sandi & the HHC team are the best!
On the day of our wedding both Sandi and Kaylin were in communication with us every step of the away to make sure things went smoothly. I truly couldn’t have imagined everything on the day of going as well as it did. Knowing how much there was to coordinate, it was amazing how little of it needed our intervention.
We definitely feel that the HHC was good value for our money. Even without Sandi, having the full venue for our wedding was such a cool experience for us and our guests. Adding Sandi and all that she did on top of it made it a no brainer.
May HHC Wedding
The History Center is a wonderful venue with a unique layout that lends to a great party. The team executes it perfectly too! If you are looking for a unique and fun Pittsburgh venue - I highly recommend!
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An iconic building filled with Pittsburgh memorabilia is the perfect place to make your own memories. The space offers many different options from historic to contemporary. The staff are top-notch and make for a fantastic experience on your wedding day.
Unique and Interesteng establishment;highly recommend.
I love working with the Heinz History Center! They are always on point with their timing, organization, and poise. I especially want to give a shout-out to Maura, who made my first wedding at Heinz a superb success!
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