Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Reviews

Mary is luminary. I loved her.

We loved our reception at the MCA - the venue and catering teams worked hard to make it exactly what we were looking for. Our guests were blown away by the uniqueness of the venue, as well as the convenience to the nearby hotels. We were able to have the wedding of our dreams! Highly recommended!

You can not go wrong with the MCA!!
What an amazing venue for our wedding!!
The team at the MCA were given a challenge and they went above and beyond!!
The venue is so different at night - you really
Must See to believe!! Every detail was address and our expectations were well exceeded!!!
And where else can you have a giant cat skeleton as a centerpiece?!

Mary Klein, Director of Catering, was fantastic to work with when planning our wedding reception. She was professional, organized, responsive and her flexibility enabled us to completely personalize all of the details for our party. We really appreciated all of her efforts to ensure that our vision became a reality. The MCA was an amazing venue with beautiful outdoor and indoor cocktail space, open galleries and an outstanding caterer.

I cannot imagine a better place to have a unique modern city wedding in Chicago. My fiance wanted an outdoor garden wedding and I wanted a clean city wedding, this location gave us both! Our guests will always remember that we were married not just at 'another hotel'. The art exhibit provided everyone the opportunity to see something different and enjoy the 'best food' most had ever had at a wedding. (Thank you Wolfgang Puck too!)

What a beautiful venue. And the food was amazing. Our guests could not stop complimenting us on having our wedding here. The staff was a pleasure to work with throughout the process. We loved the flexibility of indoor and outdoor space available to us right up until the afternoon of the wedding. Having the galleries open during the wedding was so cool. We are so happy with our choice!

We thought it'd be fun to get married at an art museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art was even better than we could have hoped! The art made a great backdrop for the photos. The space has great flow, guests could check out the art galleries, play lawn games on the terrace, or chill in the atrium. We worked with Mary and Katie at the MCA and they were the best!! They were so accommodating and knew their stuff, they were prepared with everything we could think of and a lot we didn't even think of. The food was amazing, all our guests were impressed and the staff is so professional and go above and beyond (they even fixed our cake! some of the piped frosting fell off before it was delivered). We couldn't be happier to have our special day at the MCA!

Mary and the team at MCA worked with us to make our vision for our wedding a reality. They were flexible and creative, the food was outstanding, and our guests had an amazing time! Cannot recommend the MCA highly enough.

My husband and I did our wedding reception over the summer at the MCA. We worked mostly with Mary, but also Kristi as well. Our guests said that they loved the venue, and the outdoor/indoor space was absolutely perfect for a summer night in the city. Location couldn’t have been better, and the staff was professional and very informative. Mary is a sweetheart, and my husband and I have nothing but fond memories of the MCA and our special celebration!

Everyone that attended the wedding said it was one of the best venues they had ever been to, and I agree! So unique and cool to have an outdoor greenspace in the middle of the City.

You are in really great hands with Mark and Mary. MCA Catering and events are really the loveliest people out there. From adding my grandmother to our tasting last minute, to being flexible and creative about the bar options (had to have tequila for the Texans), to Mark literally saving our Musicians from a thunderstorm by running back and forth in a freak summer storm with and without an umbrella, I'd trust this crew with my big day any day. The food was extraordinary, the venue one of a kind, and the staff took such great care of our every need leading up to and on our Wedding day.

My one big disappointment was with the museum staff, we were passed around to different folks, routinely kept waiting and on the big day were treated less than kindly by the museum representative. Without the snafus from the museum staff this would be a 12 out of 10 experience.

The MCA was a beautiful place to host our wedding ceremony and reception. The outdoor garden area and Chicago skyline was a forgoes backdrop for our ceremony. The museum appealed to our contemporary style and provided ample room for our guest count. It was lovely being in the center of the city in one of our favorite museums on our wedding day. Guests loved exploring the museum. Museum staff were relatively accommodating. Although, you have to be flexible about what artwork will be installed in the space. Staff were not too forthcoming with this information but it worked out in the end. We were very happy with the MCA and the Wolfgang Puck food was delicious!

I chose to work with MCA because the staff were excellent. Being at the museum also allowed my guests some extra time to visit the gallery; it’s a nice addition especially for ppl who didn’t want to dance.
We were however surprised by some important detail changes the day before our wedding; for example we were hoping to be able to see the lake from the ceremony space, but at the wedding day the view was blocked off. The gallery was doing a new installation so there is a stained spot not painted over right in the middle, behind where our officiant was standing. When requested the museum didn’t want to bother painting over a spot that’s 1’ x 1’ with white paint I am sure is in abundance in the museum :-/
Overall it was a nice experience with everyone being on top of their tasks.
There are some stuff that comes out due to it being a non profit; we get it. I hope the open bar tab goes to buy some white paint so next time someone can bother to just touch up the little spot.
There was a classroom (with lots of cameras) that we could use as a private space between our event schedule; there is not bridal room to speak of; it’s a museum so it’s not part of their business.