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Southern Charm Wedding at the La Brea Tar Pits

March 9, 2013 at 2:40 pm · Filed under Hancock Park, Ice Age, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Page Museum Terrace, Party, Photographers, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Tar Pits, Wedding

A sunset ceremony on the terrace and cocktails overlooking the a lush atrium, who wouldn’t find the La Brea Tar Pits the perfect place for a wedding?

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A beautiful fall day provided set the scene for Becca and Ben’s wedding at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. And, as always, local street musician Charlie Cox was at his usual post serenading the guys with his catalogue of music!

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Inside the museum the open air atrium was a great place for the couple to have a first look and make use of the tropical setting for some amazing photos! 

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Once tended by George C Page himself, the atrium is the center of the Page Museum.  This popular exhibit is a quiet spot to stop, take a breather and enjoy the nature. 

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Becca and Ben chose to have their ceremony on the Page Museum Terrace overlooking the atrium and has sweeping views of the La Brea Tar Pits, Hancock Park and the Hollywood Hills. Their 120 guests easily fit in the space and everyone had a great view!

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The arbor  full of local flowers as well as flowers from Ben’s native Australia provided a stunning backdrop for the couple during the ceremony.

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After cocktails on the terrace, guests moved into the Page Museum for dinner with an ice age theme.

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Each table was labeled with an ice age mammal and actual fossils stood guard over the terrariums and tiny ice age mammal figurines. 

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After dinner everyone passed under the tusks of the Columbian Mammoth on their way to the dance floor!

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A big thank you to April and her team at at April Smith & Co. Photography for letting us post these fantastic photos! If you would like see more of her work please head over to www.aprilsmithphotography.com or check her out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aprilsmithphotography. Of course you can always pick up the phone and give her a call at 909-957-5795.

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Thinking about having your next event at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles? Give us a call at 213-763-3221 or send us an email at specialevents@nhm.org and see how we can help make your next event a memorable one!

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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

Truly Yours Catering

Baked It Myself

Gotta Have S’More

Korbel Champagne

KTB Weddings

Visioneer Media

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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Awesome Invites!

December 8, 2010 at 5:17 pm · Filed under Dance, Hancock Park, Ice Age, Invitations, Page Museum, Page Museum Terrace, Party, Rancho La Brea, Save The Date, Southern California, Tar Pits, Wedding

Check out the invitation and save the date cards from Kevin and Elizabeth’s 10-10-10 wedding at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits! They were designed and created by the couple themselves.

The Invitation:

The Save the Date card:

For those of you that aren’t familiar with the Page museum, the save the date card is based on our wall of dire wolf skulls:

To check out some more of the happy couple’s design work, please visit Kevin’s blog at http://www.kevindart.com/ and Elizabeth’s blog at www.kikutowne.com.

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 Kevin and Elizabeth!

November 9, 2010 at 2:54 pm · Filed under Dance, Hancock Park, Ice Age, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Party, Photographers, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Tar Pits, Vendors, Wedding

On 10.10.10 we had not one, but TWO weddings! Both the Natural History Museum and the George C Page museum at the La Brea Tar Pits were home to two very special weddings!

Kevin and Elizabeth exchanged vows on the upper terrace of the Page Museum. The terrace is an open air level one flight up from the main museum and overlooks the Grand Circle in Hancock Park and the atrium inside the museum. In addition, the terrace offers sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills and Wilshire Boulevard.

The party then moved indoors where guests ate, drank and danced amongst the ice age mammals including mammoths, dire wolf skulls, giant sloths and saber-tooth cats.

Guests were served wine, beer, soft drinks and the couple’s signature vodka drink “Prehistoric Punch.”

 

 

When renting the Page Museum for an after-hours event, the entire floor of the museum becomes your event space. We also keep the center atrium open for viewing.

 

As the museum is fully carpeted, we do recommend renting a dance floor! For this wedding, they decided to hold the dancing over by the timeline in the southeast corner of the museum.

 

 

Kevin and Elizabeth opted to keep the audio animatronics mammoth on for the reception, and guests were treated to his “responses” all during the best man’s speech. If you prefer, we will be happy to silence him or let him roar during your event.

All the above photos are courtesy of Dan Cole. You can see more of his amazing work at www.gritbox.com.

If you would like more information on holding your event at the George C. Page Museum or in the surrounding Hancock Park, please call our special events line at 213-763-3221 or email us at specialevents@nhm.org .

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AAM 2010

May 28, 2010 at 11:44 am · Filed under AAM, Hancock Park, Ice Age, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Party, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Staff, Tar Pits, Vendors

This year Los Angeles was home to the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting & Museum Expo. In conjunction with the California Science Center and the California African-American Museum, the Natural History Museum was part of the Exposition Block Party on May 24.

On May 26 we were at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits for An Evening of Art, Culture and Mammoths, along with the Craft Art and Folk Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Guests were dropped off by bus once again and were invited to stroll through Hancock Park as they enjoyed three of Wilshire Boulevard’s most interesting museums!

  

AAM attendees stopped by the Page Museum to check out our Ice Age fossils while munching on some delectable treats from About Thyme Catering (www.aboutthymela.com/) and enjoying the music provided by DJ Tim Martinez (www.goodsounddj.com).

Our education staff was on hand to answer questions about our collections and programs and the staff of our fishbowl lab worked diligently at excavating “Zed” the Columbian mammoth to the delight of the guests.

  

Our open air atrium stayed open for the evening as well. With the lush foliage, koi pond and dozens of wandering turtles, this makes for a relaxing and serene respite from the hustle and bustle of nearby Wilshire Boulevard! 

 

The Page Museum has a seating capacity of 250 guests and a standing capacity of 500. The impressive collection of fossils found on site in the Tar Pits serve as a backdrop to one of the most unique events that your guests will most likely have the pleasure of attending!

For more information on holding events at the George C Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits or in Hancock Park, please call the Special Events Info Line at 213-763-3221 or email us at specialevents@nhm.org.

 

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