hAVE A CLASSIC WEDDING AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM, CHICAGO 

Are you in love with the Windy City? And are you in love with the idea of incorporating your favorite city into your wedding celebrations? Then you’ll love us for this! For history buffs, vintage lovers, and timeless romantics alike there is no better wedding venue in downtown Chicago than the Chicago History Museum. Let’s just say, it can’t get any more Chicago!

Located in the heart of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, this spectacular wedding venue enjoys a prime city location! On top of that, it allows couples to have a classic Chicago wedding with a historic yet timeless feel to it!  

This romantic wedding venue is full of classic architecture and antique décor that creates a perfect setting for your vintage-style wedding. Surrounded by the lush green landscape of Lincoln Park and being only a few steps away from the stunning views of Lake Michigan, Chicago History Museum is a treasure for wedding photography locations. 

How would you feel emerging from a tall-pillared building as you walk down a grand staircase as your partner waits for you across the aisle, overlooking Chicago’s mighty skyline? Like a queen, right? That’s the feel of Uihlein Plaza for you! When you make a spectacular entry walking down the staircase, with all the eyes on you, you’ll realize that ‘large’ feels like such a small word! Nothing can compare to the grandeur of those big moments right leading to even bigger ones as your sweetheart looks on with bated breath downstairs! Trust your Chicago wedding photographer to capture the opulence of it all! Ideal for a wedding ceremony, the Uihlein Plaza offers gorgeous views of the Lincoln Park and the Gold Coast and can accommodate up to 1,000 guests!  

The Georgian-style Chicago Room is a perfect place to hold your wedding reception, accommodating up to 600 guests. The room boasts high coffered ceilings, huge dazzling chandeliers, a checkerboard dance floor and beautiful Tiffany and Frank Llyod Wright stained-glass windows, overlooking the Lincoln Garden and the city skyline. While the unique dance floor sets an extraordinary mood for your first dance, the romantic lighting adds more romance to the whole ambiance. The dance floor, due to its uniqueness, makes for a perfect background for your wedding photography. Your wedding photographer would love to capture candid moments of your guests cutting a rug!

 As the day progresses, we recommend sneaking out with your partner for a while. While you do that, do not forget to take your wedding photographer along! You could explore the gardens for a romantic photoshoot against the lush green landscapes. Next up, walk up to the waterfront to get more pictures clicked. Rope in your bridesmaid and groomsmen to get spectacular portraits clicked against the sparkling backdrop of Lake Michigan.

You will love having your wedding at this beautiful location and we will love capturing photographs that will last you for generations to come. Host a celebration that will go down in wedding history at the Chicago History Museum and our Chicago wedding photographers love taking photos inside and all around this romantic location.