AVAM was perfect for us. We had ~240 guests at our wedding and had a Jewish wedding that was a bit more on the traditional side. AVAM was able to accommodate everything. It's a beautiful space for great value. If you're looking for a venue that's a bit less traditional but still beautiful and accommodating to weddings, we'd highly recommend AVAM.

We held our wedding ceremony and reception at AVAM and had a great experience. The staff were incredibly helpful and responsive to all of our questions, and the venue itself is beautiful. If you are able to rent multiple spaces, we’d highly recommend it. We had our ceremony in the barn, cocktail hour on the 1st floor of the JRVC and the reception on the 3rd floor. Guests loved the different spaces, as did we! We’d highly recommend AVAM to anyone looking to hold an event!

AVAM was our top choice for getting married because of the transparency in pricing and scheduling, their communication and the overall uniqueness of the venue! Their event planning staff were easy to work with and made wedding planning easy. They do have a mandatory caterer list but it includes a wide range of budgets for different weddings. We held the ceremony in the sculpture garden, cocktail hour in the third floor cafe and the reception in the sculpture barn. The beauty of the venue meant we needed minimal flowers and the lighting in the venue was already wonderful!

We got so many compliments on this beautiful venue. Rhea and her team did everything to make our day special. Planning leading up to our day was so easy. Rhea was responsive, professional, and answered all my (many) questions! Highly recommend AVAM. It's a true staple of Baltimore. Our guests absolutely loved the art installments, the details, and the creativity surrounding the evening. Cannot recommend AVAM enough.

My wife and I held a welcome reception the night before our wedding at the cafe at the AVAM and it was literally perfect. The space is truly unique and people couldn't stop asking me how I found it. There is access to one of the exhibits during the event which our guests loved and the space includes access to the outdoor balcony/patio which transforms into a magical space when the sun goes down with the lighting and atmosphere out there. It was super easy to work with them and book the space. If you like refined artsy weirdness you have got to check them out.

We live in Brooklyn but ultimately decided to have our wedding in Baltimore in order to better accommodate more of our guests. I loved going to AVAM when I lived in the area, so it was an easy choice for my husband and me to book the Jim Rouse Visionary Center for our May wedding. And our guests loved it too! The JRVC first floor provided a beautiful, fun and unique backdrop for our ceremony, and the loft-like third floor was a perfect setting for the cocktail hour and reception. And the venue and its convenient location by the water and Federal Hill Park made for so many awesome photos.

AVAM’s event manager, Rhea, was fantastic throughout our whole planning process. She was a great communicator and always quick to respond to our questions about outside vendors or museum guidelines, and she was so helpful as we navigated postponing a year.

I’d absolutely recommend this venue to anyone looking to get married in the Baltimore/DC area.

(photos included in this review were taken by the amazing Jessi McDonold/Wild June Photography!)

Rhea was extremely responsive and helpful in our planning at AVAM! We toured the venue virtually and didn't see it for the first time until the day of, but everything was beautiful and we couldn't have been happier! We were able to secure a date close to the wedding due to Covid and got a great deal with both the Sculpture Garden for cocktails and JRVC for reception. Rhea was very pleasant in all the back and forth regarding what is/isn't feasible. She coordinated with my vendors to ensure they all know and adhere to the protocols, definitely a professional! Our guests had a blast and we thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it! Thanks Rhea!!!

Working with AVAM was thankfully one of the easiest parts of our wedding! Less than 2 months before our wedding, our original venue backed out due to the COVID restrictions - the original venue had told us we could possibly have 100-200 guests, but at the last second, told us they could only allow 25 people indoors (turns out all of us were reading the wrong rules for capacity). We were so panicked since we had already been planning to have at least a hundred people for our May 2021 wedding. I had posted on one of the Facebook wedding groups for Maryland brides, and I am SO glad that Rhea (the event coordinator at AVAM) reached out to me regarding their availability. It was somehow one of the only dates available, and since Baltimore city was at 50%, they were able to accommodate 245 people at that time (max capacity 490, which is huge for a venue located inside of any city!). Rhea was extremely responsive and so easy to work with throughout this very hectic and last minute process. She went above and beyond, helped us find a new caterer, figure out parking for our guests, coordinated our walk throughs with other vendors, etc. The venue itself is so cool, and our guests are still talking about how awesome and unique everything was! We used the downstairs and outdoor areas for our cocktail hour, and the big ballroom upstairs for the reception. Everyone loved the exhibits at the museum and it made for awesome photos/conversation/entertainment during cocktail hour for all ages. The location is also right next to the harbor and Federal Hill park, so the background of any of the photos near the venue were also great. The reception hall upstairs was huge - again, it fits 490 at max capacity. We were able to make really nice decorations, have a big stage for our DJ and band, and had plenty of room for our photobooth, 2 bars, cake table, etc, even with 200 guests. After the event, they made sure we had everything with us and did a final walk through the following day to make sure nothing was left behind. If you are looking for a large, unique/fun venue, inside the city, I highly recommend AVAM!!

If you looking for for a unique and special reception- AVAM is for you! We had a great time and the coordinator was very easy to work with!

AVAM was a pleasure to work with. We originally planned for a May 2020 wedding and postponed to September 2020 due to the pandemic. We actually happened to be their first wedding after closing in March! I was in contact with Rhea throughout the summer, and she was the shining beacon of planning this wedding. She was extremely responsive via email and very accommodating. We held a microwedding outdoor ceremony (28 people) on the covered patio in the garden area next to the sculpture barn. We had 3 hours and it was just enough time to feel like a full wedding, with small pockets of dancing spread across the patio.

The main setback we had actually ended up not being a setback at all, thanks to Rhea’s transparency — the wooden sculpture was in the midst of reconstruction in the weeks leading up to the ceremony, so Rhea offered us the option to move the ceremony to other outdoor locations (like in front of the egg). When we opted to stay in the garden to avoid the mess of coordinating with the other vendors, she brought down potted trees and plants to place in front of the wooden poles. It ended up giving us a beautiful backdrop that was earthy but also unfinished in a wonderfully imperfect, way. All in all, 10/10. Many of our guests said it was their favorite wedding they had been to... ever!! I will forever be greatly to Rhea and her team for their support and flexibility. They really just want you to have the best day you can in a safe manner!