Manchester Art Gallery
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About
Manchester Art Gallery is a unique wedding venue situated in the heart of Manchester, England. This refined destination is the perfect place for upscale urban events and private parties. Your guests will be treated to a cultural experience, immersed in world-renowned artworks as they celebrate your romantic journey. The building is lofty and bright and this combined with beautiful paintings makes the ideal backdrop for wedding photographs. Couples who are passionate about the arts and who are seeking an unusual way to mark their special day will love this convenient and creative city-centre venue.
Facilities and Capacity
Art lovers will relish the chance to say ‘I do’ at this unique venue. Whether you are planning a party for 120 guests or a micro wedding for a select few, this versatile space has everything you need. Civil ceremonies are held in Gallery 16, where you can exchange vows surrounded by Lowry and Valette paintings. Drinks parties take place in the Pre-Raphaelite Galleries, giving your guests a chance to soak up stunning surroundings as they mingle. Evening receptions can be curated to your liking in the Atrium, the galleries, or the Gallery Café, depending on your preferences. Manchester Art Gallery provides dance floors and live-entertainment equipment to ensure you and your guests can dance the night away in style. Wedding parties are welcome to use preparation rooms on-site for their convenience and wheelchair-accessible facilities are also available here.
Services Offered
An in-house event coordinator oversees wedding planning to ensure couples’ preferences are brought to life. They connect with to-be-weds to plan everything from floor-plan curation to custom menus and wine lists. Catering is provided on-site, but you are welcome to choose private caterers also. Your personal event manager will first meet with you via a virtual consultation, allowing you to proceed with exciting plans in spite of Covid-19 restrictions. There are pre-designed packages to choose from, made specially to take into account varying budgets and thematic preferences. You can opt for a custom package wherein the team will tailor their services accordingly. Experienced servers tend to guests throughout the day, endeavouring to make everyone’s experience at Manchester Art Gallery special and unforgettable.
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Liz V. Married on 02/04/2022Perfect Venue, Great Gallery Team
Manchester art gallery was the perfect venue in every way for our recent family wedding. The backdrop is stunning and the 94 guests comfortably accommodated for the wedding meal with a further 50 or so in the evening. Everything flowed with great ease from the ceremony in the Lowry Room, drinks in the Pre-Raphaelite gallery, photos in the main hall and outside, wedding meal in the Atrium and evening party in the cafe. The evening space meant that people could dance in one room and others relax in a separate seated area where the buffet was served. The cafe is the perfect size for the dance floor, large enough for a few seats and the bar, and not "cavernous".
The gallery team worked with our other suppliers, the table decorator, photobooth, DJ and hiring of extra items such as white chairs for the wedding - it all just worked so well.
The gallery staff were highly professional and flexible throughout the planning process and this continued on the day,. Everyone was discreet, kind and helpful, patient and polite.
The food was fabulous, both the daytime and evening menus - there were repeated compliments on the food from our guests.
The whole day was everything our bride and groom dreamed of.
I cannot compliment the Gallery Team more highly.
Manchester Art Gallery's reply:
Hi Liz
Thanks so much for such a glowing review. It was a delight to host your daughter Jackie's wedding here at the gallery over the weekend. We have thoroughly enjoyed helping her along the way with all of the plans and taking them to fruition!
We did receive lots of lovely compliments on the day - so it's so great to have this supported by your kind words.
Your suppliers were a dream to work with too, shout out to Kate at Florence & Vera who helped to make the set up effortless and organised some beautiful table decorations, the
Northern String Quartet for playing the beautiful ceremony music, and to DJ's Karl & Kate for ensuring a big party vibe in to the early hours.
I hope to see you and Jackie (& Andy of course) here at the gallery again some time soon.
Very best wishes
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Polina K. Married on 13/08/2020Art gallery and Victoria helped us create our dream wedding
During the pandemic the art gallery provided exceptional support to us for our special day. We cannot thank Victoria enough, it was the best day of our lives.-
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Manchester Art Gallery's reply:
Polina and Mikele
Thank you for such a kind review. It was certainly a rollercoaster ride thanks to the pandemic but we got there in the end. It was a pleasure to help you along the way and also to be there on the big day.
I know you will have a wonderful future together with lots of adventures along the way.
Take care and stay safe
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Emma Married on 24/10/2021
October Wedding - Manchester Art Gallery
We couldn't recommend Manchester Art Gallery more highly. From start to finish - and with a 12 month delay due to the pandemic thrown in! - Victoria and her staff were so helpful, supportive and enabled us to have the most wonderful day that was 100% 'us'. The staff worked so hard on the day, and everything went perfectly. We've lost count of the number of people who have contacted us to tell us how gorgeous and unique our wedding venue was!Manchester Art Gallery's reply:
Hi Emma and Ste
So amazing for us to receive these reviews that are so complimentary. We are blown away by the fantastic feedback we are receiving. It fills me and the team with so much pride about where we work and we are just so delighted to hear that you and your guests really did have such a special day. All our couples are different so for us to be able to give something that is 100% you is just brilliant!
We really hope you are enjoying married life.
The gallery doors are open and you are very welcome to visit and come say hello, any time! Victoria -
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Julia M. Married on 15/04/2016
A special wedding despite Covid times.
We had to make many changes to our wedding due to Covid so it made it a small family wedding.
Victoria keep in touch with us and liaised with her colleagues to make our day happen .
We had a very special day even though it was a very pared down affair and not how we had in mind originally it was such a lovely ceremony in the Lowery gallery so I would definitely recommend anyone to have their wedding at Manchester Art Gallery.Manchester Art Gallery's reply:
Thank you for your kind review Julia. Its great to see the photos from your wedding day - I appreciate you taking the time to post the comment and the pics. It was a real pleasure helping you and Andrew with the arrangements for your ceremony, just such a shame it couldn't all take place as planned. Nonetheless it was all lovely and the smaller more intimate ceremonies are indeed very special!
Hope you are both well, stay safe
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