Quirky & intimate weddings at the Victoria Art Gallery

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Introducing the Victoria Art Gallery

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Introducing the Victoria Art Gallery

Situated in the heart of beautiful Bath, alongside the historic Pulteney Bridge and the River Avon.

The Grade II listed gallery is an inspiring venue for an intimate wedding ceremony and drinks reception. It is competitively priced and a quirky alternative to a Register Office wedding.

Following a wedding and drinks reception in the gallery, many couples choose to have additional photographs in the nearby manicured riverside gardens before heading to a stylish restaurant or one of our other venues to continue their celebrations.

The Victoria Art Gallery is proud to be an inclusive wedding venue hosting a number of same-sex weddings throughout the year.

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Small, intimate & elopement wedding ceremonies

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Mid-sized wedding ceremonies

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Drinks receptions

KEY FEATURES

capacity

Up to 150 people for a ceremony

capacity

Up to 150 people for a drinks reception

Upper Gallery, Heart Full of Tea

Victoria Art Gallery, Anna Barclay Photography

Victoria Art Gallery

Victoria Art Gallery, Anna Barclay Photography

Upper Gallery, Heart Full of Tea

Victoria Art Gallery, Anna Barclay Photography

Capacity & pricing

£900 Inc. VAT (£1200 for both Upper and Lower Galleries)

Available up to 10pm on Mondays and from 6pm to 10pm Tuesday to Sunday.

capacity

Up to 150 people for a ceremony and drinks reception (dependant on exhibition layout)

Lower Gallery

Lower Gallery, Heart Full of Tea

Lower Gallery

Capacities & pricing

£900 Inc. VAT (£1200 for both Upper and Lower Galleries)

Available up to 10pm on Mondays and from 6pm to 10pm Tuesday to Sunday.

capacity

Up to 148 people for a ceremony and drinks reception (dependant on exhibition layout)

Planning your wedding

Allow our friendly and experienced wedding team to organise a relaxed and magical wedding.

Venue information

Whilst you concentrate on finding outfits and inviting your perfect guest list, we will complete a full venue and catering schedule to ensure that everything runs smoothly on the day. This will include:

Bespoke room layouts
Timings to guarantee your guests love every minute
Supplier liaison to answer their queries without you losing sleep
Accurate guest numbers noting any guest requirements

We can also:

Help make suggestions for décor and how to make your wedding unique
Recommend trusted suppliers, from florists to photographers, string quartets to magicians
Help in any other way we can with our in-depth knowledge of Bath and the surrounding area

Included in the venue hire

Included as part of your venue hire fee: AV for speeches and ceremony music; all furniture; security staff. On the day, a dedicated Function Manager will make all the announcements and ensure that your wedding runs smoothly.

Last Minute Events

We often have late availability and are experienced at managing weddings with short lead times. Don’t hesitate to contact us with your requirements and we will do our best to help. A short lead time still equals a perfect wedding!

Location

Our city centre location means we are easily accessible via public transport (both train and park and ride bus) and within a short walking distance of various long and short stay car parks. Bath also boasts an enviable selection of hotels, B&Bs and self-catering accommodation, suited to a variety of tastes and budgets, all just a stone's throw away.

Catering information

Booking your registrar or celebrant

Bath & North East Somerset Council Register Office

For legal marriages and partnerships it is your responsibility to give notice of marriage to your local authority and to book your ceremony with Bath & North East Somerset Council's Register Office. Please be aware you must also organise for two witnesses to be present at your ceremony.

Tel: 01225 477234
Email: [email protected]
beta.bathnes.gov.uk/get-married-or-form-civil-partnership

You can also book your registrar online

Wedding Celebrants

For a personal approach you could hold your legal ceremony at the register office and have a separate celebrant led ceremony. Celebrants who regularly work in our venues are listed below:

Josie Lamb, Humanists UK
Maxine Ward Celebrant
Tara the Celebrant

Venue history

Find out more about this hidden gem.

A short history of the Victoria Art Gallery

In the 1890s many local people supported the project to build Bath’s public art gallery. Led by the Mayor, Councillor George Woodiwiss, funds were raised and works of art given to form a public collection. This groundswell of local support and sense of shared ownership has remained a hallmark of the Victoria Art Gallery ever since, emphatically making it the ‘people’s gallery’.

The Gallery was named after Queen Victoria; a civic tribute to a much-loved monarch. 1897, the year of her Golden Jubilee, saw the laying of the foundation stone. The building opened three years later, adorned by a crown atop the building’s distinctive dome. A statue of Queen Victoria was soon added to the Bridge Street façade, paid for by the women of Bath. The Gallery’s collection grew quickly, with over 500 works of art being donated in its first decade.

The building was designed by John McKean Brydon, a lover of classical design. He was thus well able to create a building that could merge with the Guildhall and complement the surrounding Georgian cityscape. Brydon was clearly proud of the building, donating a copy of the Parthenon Frieze to adorn the top-lit gallery. Downstairs was Bath’s new library. It moved to larger premises in 1989 and the Gallery expanded to fill the space with a new more contemporary gallery which hosts a year-round programme of high-quality temporary exhibitions.

The Gallery continues to enjoy widespread public support. It is visited by thousands of tourists every year and by more local residents than any other museum in Bath; and it has a thriving and supportive Friends organisation. Thanks to the generosity of individual donors and organisations including the Art Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Fund the Gallery’s collection continues to grow. Throughout the country, local authorities are trustworthy guardians of public museum collections that reflect thousands of generous individuals who have entrusted their treasured possessions into public ownership for others to enjoy forever.

The majority of the Victoria Art Gallery’s collection has come in this way, mostly from local people. It is an important resource for leisure, inspiration and education, and is available to everyone, whether on display or in store.

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Quirky & intimate weddings at the Victoria Art Gallery

Situated in the heart of beautiful Bath, alongside the historic Pulteney Bridge and the River Avon.

At the Victoria Art Gallery couples can choose either the contemporary Lower Gallery, or the more traditional Upper Gallery.

The Upper Gallery, with its beautiful decoration and natural light, makes a lovely backdrop for a ceremony and drinks reception.

Take a walk through the inspiring Victoria Art Gallery using the virtual tour below.

Looking for inspiration? Check out other recent weddings at the Victoria Art Gallery for venue and styling ideas.

#VictoriaArtGalleryWedding

Planning your wedding

Allow our friendly and experienced wedding team to organise a relaxed and magical wedding.

Included in the venue hire

Last Minute Events

Location

Venue history

Find out more about this hidden gem.

Explore Bath's world heritage

Explore Bath's world heritage

Other things to do in Bath

Quirky & intimate weddings at the Victoria Art Gallery

#VictoriaArtGalleryWedding

Planning your wedding

Allow our friendly and experienced wedding team to organise a relaxed and magical wedding.

Venue history

Find out more about this hidden gem.

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