Toledo Museum of Art
P.O. Box 1013
Toledo, Ohio 43697
419-255-8000
www.toledomuseum.org



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It was really really great. There were minor glitches, but hey, we were the first wedding in the Glass Pavilion ever – and were on opening weekend, so we cut them some slack. We worked with Eleanor, who was great considering how busy she was that week and the time leading up to it.

Our ceremony was in the Great Gallery of the main building and was amazing. Quite a few of our guests came early to check out the galleries and many people were amazed at the collection. It is really great. We didn’t use microphone and didn’t need to, the light and sound are both great as-is. We also didn’t decorate at all. We didn’t see the need.

The Glass Pavilion is terrific. With both of us being dorky architects, we were thrilled with such a modern space. And because the building is glass, it feels really open. The chairs the museum has are really modern also, I loved them.

We went back and forth quite a while on the table layout, which was hard because we had never seen the space, and it wasn’t finished being built. The layout ended up being fine, although, with 125 guests, a dance floor, 2 food stations, a bar and some high-tops it all just fit.

Minor glitches were: we couldn’t get into setup anything in the Glass Pavilion until 3:30pm that day. Because we were DIY’ing decorations, we were rushed. Eleanor had warned us about this though. We couldn’t dim the lights. That sucked, but oh well. Apparently someone had messed up the light system the day before. The guards are really strict. We had some confusion getting a wheelchair bound guest into the Great Gallery, and at one point, the guard didn’t want to let me into the museum with my bouquet, but hey, that is there job!
The museum is pretty expensive, but is an incredible setting. It really allows you to save on decorations and have a modern-styled wedding.

And because we were the first wedding there, a reporter and photographer from the Toledo Blade came and interviewed us and took some photos. The article is about the whole weekend; our part starts toward the end under the pic of us dancing. Here is a link to the article, it is pretty silly, but funny that we are in the “Society Pages”. My name in bold face just killed me.

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Lorrie is the new special events coordinator and she is so sweet. I really enjoyed working with her. She attended the rehearsal and went though what would happen the next day. She made sure all the vendors knew what time to arrive and where to set up. Lorrie also helped the girls out telling them when to walk down the aisle. For the most part everything went smoothly, there was a bit of confusion once the ceremony started but everything worked out in the end. Most of the confusion can be blamed on my Grandma, Aunt, and Uncle who all decided to show up late, I was going to go ahead without them, but they showed up right before the girls were going to go down the aisle.