Karen, Erik and Jack

Verdict: Ummmm… really nice, but no

This was a very interesting location. First off, it’s in the ghetto (well about as ghetto as Charlotte gets), it’s not really located near anything (even though it only took us about 15 minutes to get there, there were no hotels within 10 miles), and it felt pretty stuffy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful place, but it’s a museum…and it felt like one. The entire time I was there, I felt like if I acted out the currator would send me back to my school bus without my lunch.

I did remember to finally bring (all the components of) our new digital camera, so we were able to get our own pictures of the place. I forgot to take a picture of the front of the museum, but I did get the main area where the reception would be (above and left). It’s a fairly long walk from the Museum (where Karen would be getting ready) to the two areas typically used for the ceremony. At one point, the coordinator had to stop talking and take a couple of deep breaths from the effort.

Hopefully, as you can see from the picture above, the back of the Museum overlooks a nice creek bed (not a horribly bad smell, but still, it was a creek) that was well maintained. There were some nice museum pieces out there and a few meandering trails with a bridge going over the creek. The most surprising thing was the the grass was still green. Every other place around here the grass turns brown after the first frost (which we had a long time ago). So it speaks to the level of care the Museum goes about keeping the place.

The main area for the reception is a large 2 story vaulted room, with a large glass chandalier hanging ominously above (it was about 12 feet tall and 20 feet in circumference). There are three semi-circular floor to ceiling windows forming the corners of the room. The entrance to the room was the corner where the fourth window could have been, had the room not been attached to the Museum. In its place was a circular room that would be ideal to use as a buffet location. The entire room was very nice, just didn’t quite have that wedding feel.

This was likely one of the more beautiful locations we’ve seen thus far, but again, it just didn’t feel like a spot to get married in.

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