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A Toast to Southern California at the Page Museum!

May 24, 2011 at 2:33 pm · Filed under Bridal Show, Hancock Park, Ice Age, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Page Museum Terrace, Party, Photographers, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Tar Pits, Thank You, Vendors, Wedding

On Thursday May 12, we were happy to partner with Get Married and Wish Wonder Dream Wedding Coordination at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits! This event brought together wedding professionals from all over Southern California to sip, taste and experience some of the best wedding vendors in Southern California!

The Main Gallery of the museum was strewn with cocktail tables on the west side where guests were served drinks underneath a Columbian Mammoth! The east side of the museum had delicious finger foods from Truly Yours Catering.

DJFX Entertainment set up their music and a dance area in the timeline section of the museum, a popular place for the dance floor!

Please enjoy these photos from inside the main gallery:

We also got this opportunity to show off the upper terrace of the museum. The terrace is open-aired and looks down in the museum’s atrium where cocktails were being served.

While the terrace is exceptionally beautiful in daylight…

…nighttime brought out a whole new attitude!

And who could forget the goodies?

Thank you to the evening’s sponsors:

Whitney Wing Drake and her team at Wish Wonder Dream

Jessica Williams at Get Married Magazine

The Page Museum

Classic Party Rentals Culver City / Designer 8

La Belles Floral Couture and Curios

The French Florist

Honedew Flavors and Floral Designs

The Swing Kings

Todd Elliot Entertainment

Night and Day Productions

DJFX Entertainment/DJFX Photobooths

Want to see more photos?

Check out Whitney’s blog post here: http://www.thebridespot.com/the-blog/2011/5/19/a-toast-to-southern-california-co-hosted-by-get-married-maga.html

Caitlin Wing Photography also has some amazing shots on her blog at :http://caitlinwingphotography.blogspot.com/2011/05/get-married-magazine-wish-wonder-dream.html

For more information on hosting you wedding or any kind of event at the La Brea Tar Pits, Hancock Park, please call the Special Events Information Line at 213-763-3221 or email us at specialevents@nhm.org.

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Congratulations Alix and Shawn!

May 18, 2011 at 4:09 pm · Filed under African Mammal Hall, Children, Dance, Expo Park, Fin Whale Passage, Grand Foyer, Invitations, Natural History Museum, Party, Photographers, Rotunda, Southern California, Vendors, Wedding

We here at the Natural History Museum were fortunate enought to have Alix and Shawn celebrate their wedding here! This is easily one of the most creative couples we have ever encountered. They created everything from the invitations to the dress. Alix even found the time to make stuffed animal place cards/gifts for her guests! Their suggested attire for the evening was “Vintage” and their guests seemed to have a ball, as there were clothes from every time period imaginable!

They chose to have the ceremony in the African Mammal Hall, dinner in the Rotunda and dancing in the Fin Whale Passage. I would love nothing more than to post every single picture up here, but Alix has a great blog where she has these photos posted (http://cuteanddelicious.com/2011/05/the-wedding-part-2/) so I will encourage you to head over that way and check them out!

The photographer for the evening was from Photo Pink and you can take a look at their work at http://www.photopinknyc.com/.

For more information on holding your wedding here at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, please call the Special Events Information Line at 213-763-3221, email us at specialevents@nhm.org or visit http://www.nhm.org/site/about-our-museums/event-rentals-filming/event-types/weddings.

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Congratulations Jill and Erez!

May 18, 2011 at 12:45 pm · Filed under African Mammal Hall, Dinosaurs, Hancock Park, Miracle Mile, Non-Profit, Photographers, Rotunda, Southern California, T-Rex, Vendors, Wedding

The Rotunda served as a dramatic backdrop for the wedding of Jill and Erez here at NHM back in January! This couple was determined to show their guests a good time and they did not disappoint!

After the ceremony, cocktails were served in the Grand Foyer where the guests drank martinis from the trunk of an ice-sculpted mammoth as they waited for dinner in the African Mammal Hall to be served. Our dueling dinos have been the centerpiece of many a cocktail hour here at the museum and seldom fail to impress!

As guests took their seats for an amazing dinner provided by John Kinderman and his team at About Thyme Catering (http://aboutthymela.com/), they were greeted by wooden jungle animals that the couple purchased from our own museum gift shop. They even had special gift tags ordered with the couple’s name and wedding date!

This was such a beautiful wedding- no detail was overlooked. Everything from the flowers to the food was simply stunning, it was almost hard to believe that this was our African mammal hall!

These amazing photos were taken by Joel Eckman Maus at EMP Studio Photographer (http://www.studioemp.com/), rentals were provided by Town and Country Rentals(www.townandcountryeventrentals.com), Ixora Floral Studio (www.ixoraflorist.com) designed the gorgeous floral arrangements and the chuppa that was used in the ceremony was provided by Dina at I Love Chuppas (www.ilovechuppas.com). To check out the favors or other gift from our museum gift shop, please visit www.enssc.com/default.aspx?store=301 or stop by the museum!

Congratulations Jill and Erez! Thank you for choosing to spend your special day with us here amongst the dinos and mammals! We hope to see you both around the museum!

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Fishy Photos and Steampunk Invites

May 6, 2011 at 10:44 am · Filed under Engagement, Expo Park, Natural History Museum, Save The Date, Southern California, Vendors, Wedding

Here at the NHM Special Events Dept. we are really looking forward to Dorian and Lynn’s wedding coming up in June. There are so many cool elements that I won’t spoil for you, you’ll just have to wait for the photos!

If you recall, these are the folks who used the Night at the Museum movie poster as inspiration for their save the dates which I posted previously. Since you couldn’t see their faces, I decided to post one of my favorite photos from their engagement session.