Everyone at the museum, especially my event coordinator, were wonderful to work with. They were patient and helped to guide me through all the decisions that needed to be made and were sure to make sure I was thinking of all the details I might have otherwise overlooked.
The museum, itself, was beautiful and an amazing space for both the ceremony and the reception. I could not recommend the entire experience enough.

We loved working with the PEM staff and having our cocktail hour and reception there. Our guests were amazed at how unique and beautiful the venue was for a wedding. They are first and foremost a museum so there were some restrictions and guidelines and they also had an event in the atrium that day so we were not able to have our ceremony in the same location, which was a bummer, but overall it was a great experience. We will be able to visit for many years to come with incredible memories of our amazing party!

My husband and I had our wedding this past September at the PEM. I was searching for a unique, elegant, and breathtaking venue. The PEM was everything and more! Our ceremony was in the Atrium, cocktail hour in the Bartlett Gallery, and reception in the East India Marine Hall. All of our guests said that our wedding was THE BEST and would never forget the experience of having dinner and dancing in such a beautiful setting. One of the best parts of my experience with the museum was Natalia Laskaris, she is the best vendor that I encountered. You can tell that she truly loves what she does and is so calm that she can have such a soothing effect on nervous brides and grooms. She is extremely knowledgeable about what the museum can offer and goes out of her way to accommodate every request no matter how big or small. She replied promptly to every call or email and had no problem meeting us in person when he stopped by the museum to scope things out during the planning process. We had a family friend as the Officiant who was not well versed on how the ceremony should flow, however Natalia had no issue with stepping right in and running the rehearsal when her help was needed without ever over stepping her boundaries. She really helped make our wedding the most important night of our lives and I would never dream on changing a thing.

I couldn't say enough wonderful things about the Peabody-Essex Museum and Natalia. The museum is such a unique and beautiful location for a wedding. Natalia and her team were fantastic through the planning phase and on the day of. When the location of our ceremony had to be changed several months before the wedding (due to unforseen construction), Natalia bent over backwards to ensure that our new ceremony venue was perfect. My husband and I and our friends and family could not have had a better time! Everyone is still talking about what a wonderful wedding it was! I highly recommend the PEM!

We had a wonderful experience hosting our wedding, cocktail reception, and dinner reception at the Peabody Essex Museum. Natalia was amazingly helpful to work with, and the space was gorgeous. We received many positive comments from our guests about how much they loved all aspects of our venue choice.

We found Peabody Essex Museum based on a suggestion from a friend, and also from various lists of unusual wedding venues in the Boston area. We were quickly fascinated by this venue which promptly became one of our top two venue choices. After meeting with the wedding coordinator Natalia who gave us a grand tour of the museum and the Phillips Library across the street (where we ended up having our ceremony) we realized that this venue would be perfect for us. All throughout the wedding planning process Natalia was very responsive and helpful. On the day of the wedding everything ran extremely smoothly. Natalia and her staff were amazing at making sure everything was happening without our interference and on-time. We were very impressed at how they were able to deal with the unexpected mishaps. For example, at some point during the set-up of the reception (which we had at the East India Marine Hall) it turned out that the tripod for our photo-booth camera never made it to the museum. After the staff found out that we had no clue where the tripod was they told us not to worry --- sure enough when we
got to the reception hall we saw that the camera was set up on the improvised stand made of boxes covered with a tablecloth! We had a great time at our wedding and heard a lot of guests commenting on how great of a venue we had. It was particularly nice to have the reception and wedding venues across the street from each other. The cocktail hour option is also especially convenient as it works equally well indoors or outdoors depending on the weather, taking the weather stress out of the equation. Our guests also enjoyed getting to walk through some of the museum on the way from the ceremony to the cocktail hour. Our photographers loved the space behind the library for photos prior to the ceremony. The only down-side to the venue is a restricted alcohol vendor and the limited number of catering options, but we had a wonderful experience with Capers Catering for food and they coordinated seamlessly with the museum staff.

If you are looking for an unusual and cool wedding venue in a Boston area, check out Peabody Essex Museum and you might have to look no further.

We had our ceremony at the Phillip's Library. The coordinator we met with was very frank about what we would be getting and gave us all the information we needed when we got there--which was really helpful to make our venue decisions. Whenever I had questions, the coordinator was quick to get back to us and always answered everything we wanted to know. When the day got closer, our coordinator emailed me a few times to make sure we were all set and had everything organized. At the rehearsal, she was nothing but professional, but friendly as well and kept everyone at ease. She called our vendors to confirm information and that they knew how to get there and where to set up what we had asked for. The venue was beautiful and when I went to the rehearsal, I looked around and remembered all the reasons why we chose it as our venue for our ceremony. The library was set up beautifully (it is a functioning research library during the day) as an entrance to the hall. The exhibits and the seating was organized and lovely, while not distracting.

We had our ceremony at the Phillip's Library and enjoyed every moment of it!

The best place to have your wedding! Natalia was very attentive, professional and pretty much awesome from beginning to end. Only reason our wedding went perfectly was because of Natalia and many thanks to her and the museum.

We had our reception in the Atrium at PEM. It is so beautiful! All of my guests told me how great it was because it is such a different place. If you're not the guilded ballroom type, this is a must see.

Natalia is the BEST to work with. She is calm and kind and truly so easy to deal with. It was a wonderful experience!

Natalia was the best. She put us extremely at ease, and was always very responsiveness and helpful. The venue was GORGEOUS.

My husband and I chose to get married in the Philips Library on the PEM campus. Nathalia was great about helping us find good spots for photography, along with planning all the other details of our ceremony. There is one picture where I'm starting to walk down the aisle and there's Nathalia, having just fluffed my train, smiling and ducking back behind the doors. She was with me from start to finish, planning all the intricacies that go into a wedding ceremony. It was a truly lovely day and Nathalia, along with the location, played a huge role in that.

Excellent and beautiful venue. We got tons of compliments on how elegant our wedding was.