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MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART

MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART

Long Beach, CA
4.6 out of 5 rating, 16 Reviews
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    Caleb Sent on 09/09/2013
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    MOLAA and Christina were the best! We were so happy to have our wedding here. The venue offered a unique setting for us that encompassed our unique style and lives. We had an evening ceremony and cocktail hour in the sculpture garden as the sun set. And then we moved inside the main hall for dinner and dancing. We had the museum open for our guests too. I wouldn't have changed anything about it. Christina was so on top of everything and very fexible and easy to work with.

    To this day, we still get comments from our friends that our wedding was the funnest and most genuine that they've ever been too. MOLAA and Christina played a big part of that. Thanks you guys!
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    Anabell Sent on 09/11/2013
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    Christina was amazingly helpful and great to work with.
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    Rozanne Sent on 04/03/2012
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    MOLAA was awesome in every way. Christina was just amazing, she was helpful, responsive, and went above and beyond to help us out. I couldn't have asked for more MOLAA rocks!!!!

    MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART's reply:

    Rozanne!!! Thank you:) I wish you and Chris many many years of happiness and love and memories to tell your children!!! Send us pictures!!! Hope you had a fantastic honeymoon!

    Best, Christina
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    Julienne Sent on 08/29/2013
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    First off, let me just say that I fell in LOVE with the venue, even before I got engaged! I saw pictures of the museum through friends (and friends of friends) and it definitely left an impression! When it came time to look for venues, we new that MoLAA was a definite stop during our venue tour. MoLAA was the last venue we visited and after having met with Christina, our wonderful on-site coordinator, and taking a tour of the place, we were certain we found THE place! To be perfectly honest: picking the venue was probably the easiest of our wedding planning decisions!

    Once the paperwork was signed and everything was official, everything was fairly smooth sailing going forward. Christina, the wedding coordinator for MoLAA, was extremely helpful and responsive to my numerous emails and phone calls! She made sure that all my questions were answered, all during the weeks leading up to the big day. She definitely worked within our restricted budget and was able to adjust some things so that we can have a memorable reception within a comfortable price range. It was very important to my husband and I to have a reception at a place that represented us, and the unique museum space captured our love for arts and culture. The spacious ballroom allowed us to host our numerous friends and family. The catering was also amazing!

    All in all, I was very much pleased with my experience with Christina, MoLAA and the entire planning experience as a whole. I would strongly recommend this venue to any couple who is looking for a not-your-average reception site that will definitely blow your guests' minds away! Another great plus is the friendly and helpful staff such as Christina who make wedding planning feel like such a breeze!
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    Annie Sent on 10/08/2011
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    MOLAA really blew me away. Our wedding there was amazing, better then I could have expected. We had our ceremony in the sculpture garden, cocktail hour in the Balboa room, then our reception back outside in the garden. Our guests still talk about how beautiful and different the museum was. It was exactly what we were looking for in a wedding venue; modern, different, colorful, natural. Also we had over 200 people and they helped us figure out exactly how it would all work, giving us many options and working with us on ideas. Christina Cruz was our coordinator and she was FANTASTIC! We were planning the wedding from out of town and she was always there to help with answers and ideas. She was also available by email and very responsive. Also, MOLAA works with TGIS exclusively as a caterer and we had many comments from guests about how the food was incredible. Thank you again Christina!!!

    MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART's reply:

    Hi Annie,

    Thank you so much for choosing MOLAA for your big day!! We had a blast and your wedding was amazing! I wish you and Jacob all the best!!
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    Ramona Sent on 10/26/2008
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    The museum was worth every penny! It was a place that made our day so special. They provided everything,caterer,rentals,etc. On our wedding day it rained but the museum responded so fast it didn't even matter! They really took care of everything.
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    Linda Sent on 05/27/2014
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    This was such a lovely space to have our wedding! We were so happy with it. I loved the colors, the atmosphere, everything! My guests all had the nicest things to say about how beautiful the sculpture garden was. It was a happy setting for a happy occasion...and unique too!
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    We LOVED having our wedding at MoLAA - it is such a fun and unique venue and we absolutely loved all the beautiful colors there! Christina is amazing to work with - she's super organized, really responsive, and is a PRO when it comes to event planning. We didn't hire her as a "coordinator" (which I would probably recommend!) but even just corresponding with her to work with the venue, she was always on top of things.

    Having the catering built into the venue package was helpful so they could coordinate and everything for our wedding was seamless! Our guests loved the venue and our photographer really capitalized on the unique scenery!

    Our wedding was in June and we used the Sculpture Garden for a late afternoon ceremony/evening reception in the Balboa room and the weather was good - they put out a few umbrellas for shade and no one complained too much about the heat!

    I would definitely recommend MoLAA as a venue and especially if you can work with Christina!
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    Letty Sent on 08/28/2013
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    I loved the look and feeling of my wedding day. Everything was put together very well. Christina is great. She is very creative and always willing to give a hand when you need it. She would get back to me very quickly and made the planning fairly easy. Moola has different packages tgat are affordable and tge catering service (TGIS)they use is amazing!!!!! I really recommend this vendor.
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    Stacey Sent on 09/11/2008
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    The Museum of Latin American Art was an AMAZING venue to hold our reception at! It is very unique and they have many options for ceremony and/or reception, including indoor and/or outdoor options.

    Hazel is their events coordinator, and she did a great job of making sure that we were happy and that everything we wanted was "just right". She had many great suggestions and is very helpful.

    Although it is a bit expensive to rent out this location, it was comparable to many places we reserached & in the end was worth it because of the layout & the reactions from our guests.

    Another plus is that you are able to provide your own alcohol, which saved us some money.
  • User1312031 Sent on 09/03/2013
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    Reasons why I loved the MOLAA:
    -the venue fee goes to the museum that provides arts education for youth (a passion of mine and my husband)
    -the sculpture garden is a work of art itself so not to many decorations need to be brought in
    -pictures turned out great with all the bright colors in the sculpture garden
    -they have a great lighting and sound system already at the museum
    -easy and lots of parking for guests, which is hard to find in the LA/Long Beach area
    -staff was wonderful to work with and thought of everything
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    Pablo Sent on 02/06/2008
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    The MOLAA turned out to be a tremendously beautiful site for our wedding. We did an outdoor ceremony in the Sculpture Garden at sunset and then moved inside the galleries for continued photos and then into the Balboa Room for our reception.

    We were extremely lucky in that we wanted to do a wedding on a Sunday and it worked out great for us. Hazel was a tremendous help onsite.

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    Briana Sent on 10/09/2015
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    Christina is very helpful!!!! The location provides "all inclusive packages" so if you need help deciding this is definitely the best choice for you!
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    Jennifer Sent on 02/09/2008
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    The venue was beautiful and unique and we received many compliments from our guests. The ceremony was held in the gallery against the backdrop of a massive picture of four roses. The cocktail hour was held in an outdoor sculpture garden. And the reception hall was beautifully decorated and provided plenty of space.

    Our only caution would be that the staff at Molaa, while they did an excellent job on the day of the wedding, were very difficult to contact in the time leading up to event. It was a challenge to get phone calls returned and emails responded to.

    Compared to other venues, however, Molaa was reasonably priced and, at the end of the day, the event was a huge success, due in no small part to the choice of venue.
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    Amber Sent on 11/09/2010
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    Overall a really nice place to have a wedding, everyone in our family was very impressed by the venue and it photographed really well. We used the Balboa studio as well as the Sculpture Garden. The museum tried to be flexible when they could. The biggest problem I had was with the general lack of organization, while we were in the planning process the museum went through three different wedding coordinators, which made it a hassle to have to repeat my vision and details to three different people, with three different styles. But I would recommend this location for it's Sculpture Garden, ability to accommodate large parties and access to gallery for pictures. Just be aware that they have an exclusive contract with Thank Goodness it's Sofia, so check in with them before signing any contract.
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    Lauren Sent on 06/16/2009
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    Beautiful location- we had our wedding and reception outside in the Sculpture Garden. Balboa Room (inside) is also available but for our May, almost-June wedding we wanted to be outside. The colors of the walls are gorgeous (hot pink, royal blue) and make for really amazing pictures.

    We booked about a year in advance with no problems. Contacts at the museum were relatively helpful. Somewhere in that year we realized we had a new contact person at the museum. It didn't change much for us...we were already booked with our deposit and no one was contacting us anyway. And that's pretty much how it stayed. Whenever we needed something, either the banquet assistant or the coordinator emailed us back after a week or so. We're pretty low stress for the most part so this was mostly irritating...but if this isn't you, be warned. Due to scheduling issues, we had our rehearsal the day before our wedding...and since there was another wedding that afternoon, everything was VERY rushed.

    Nevertheless a good time was had and everyone was happy!

    Really the overall feeling about having our wedding and reception here was that we were absolutely pleased. Compared to other venues with outrageous pricing and not nearly as lovely accomodations, we realized that our choice was the perfect one for us.

    Pluses: We had a 175 person wedding with the option to accomodate more
    Really fun colorful outdoor lighting
    Beautiful photo opportunities
    Tons of safe and secure parking
    Guests could browse the museum during our cocktail hour
    Tons of sculptures to look at outside
    Cons: Museum contracts with one caterer, TGIS (they were AWESOME) but this is a problem for some people
    Intermittent contact with people at museums (once we had an appt with the asst and he didnt show!)
    No flower petals or rice throwing (we had sparklers instead!)

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