Museum and Gallery Wedding Venues in Bristol, CT

Welcome guests in our 1901 post and beam factory with working Carousel and Ballroom. Customize with the caterer and vendors of your choice to put your personal touch on every detail! Centrally located in Bristol Connecticut, you will find the New England Carousel Museum. Among our antique treasures you and your partner can host the wedding of your dreams. Say "I do" in our main gallery among our extraordinary collection of American Carousel treasures. Have your first dance under a Venetian crystal chandelier in our ballroom. The Main Gallery The centerpiece to this incredible venue for your special event or wedding. Surround yourself and your guests with antique pieces, while immersing yourself in the time period. ​The Ballroom An expansive dance floor and space for 150 guests, the Ballroom at the NECM is an elegant place to host your reception. Your guests will be enamored with the original refinished wood floors, sprawling chandeliers, and the overall ambiance.

Located in the heart of Westville Village, Kehler Liddell Gallery (KLG) is a cooperative art gallery collectively operated by member artists. Founded in 2003, KLG is New Haven’s longest running retail gallery to date, with a history of presenting outstanding contemporary artworks in an arguably unparalleled local show space. The gallery also boasts amazing acoustics that facilitate artist talks and other discussions, even without amplification.

The Wadsworth Mansion, a nineteenth-century Beaux Art style mansion, is the quintessential country estate. Graced by expansive lawns and surrounded by 103 acres of wooded parklands the Mansion reflects an era of grandeur and elegance. There are multiple locations for outdoor ceremonies and guests can enjoy cocktails and dance on the terrace under the stars. The Mansion can accommodate two hundred guests for a seated dinner reception and larger numbers for cocktail parties. Only one event is scheduled each day and couples can select from a list of approved caterers to create the wedding of their dreams.

In 1926, Helen Osborne Storrow was decorating a temporary structure to depict an early American kitchen. An active trustee of the Eastern States Exposition and chairwoman of the Home Department, she dreamed of moving the handicraft exhibit to an actual home on-site – a building with its own kitchen!

Founded in 1929, Mystic Seaport Museum is the nation’s leading maritime museum—and one of Mystic’s most visited attractions—created to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America’s seafaring past. This19-acre destination is comprised of numerous on-site eateries and food outlets, as well as a robust offering of private dining and event spaces. It also includes a recreated New England coastal village, a working shipyard, formal exhibit halls, and state-of-the-art artifact storage facilities.

We make our beautiful facilities, equipment, and catering staff available for weddings, reunions, meetings, and other events. We have four beautiful indoor/outdoor event spaces to choose from, all different and unique in their own way!