Memorial Hall c. 1876 Reviews

We had our wedding at the Please Touch Museum and it was amazing! The venue was absolutely stunning, so much fun with the carousel and our DJ up in the multi-colored torch, and the night ran very smoothly. Terri and her team were very responsive to our (many) questions and helped guide us through the process. Many of our friends and family said it was the best wedding they had ever been to. I can't recommend PTM enough

We are so happy we chose to have our wedding at the Please Touch Museum! Our guests are still talking about how great everything was. The entire process was easy and the venue was gorgeous. We were able to have a beautifully elegant wedding while still incorporating some fun elements. We would definitely recommend this venue for anyone looking for a unique wedding.

Our wedding on 11/19/22 was absolutely perfect. The entire process of planning was so smooth and easy, the whole team at The Please Touch Museum were beyond helpful and a delight to work with. I can not say enough wonderful things about the beautiful space, the absolutely incredible food, the flawless service and attention to detail. I am a wedding planner myself so I know first hand the amount of work that goes into weddings and Lynnelle was phenomenal. I am absolutely blown away by the entire experience. From our first meeting I knew that this was the place for us to get married. As someone in the business, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to relax at my own wedding or get out of planner mode, but having people like Lynnelle and her team (shout out to Rosie who also made sure our every need was taken care of before we even knew it) made it possible for me to fully experience being the client/guest and not spend a moment worried that some detail was going to be overlooked. The whole day felt like a dream. A perfect dream. 10 out of 10 would recommend. Stunning.

I couldn't have dreamed of a more perfect place to get married. We got married in July, and five months later our friends are still raving about our wedding. The venue was spectacular. The carousel at the cocktail hour made for a memorable night. And the food was amazing! Everything from cocktail hour to desserts was delicious. Lynnelle was so great to work with. From the first meeting through the wedding itself, she was helpful and attentive and really brought our vision to life. Planning a wedding can be stressful, but working with Lynnelle and the team at Brulee was stress-free.

We had our wedding this spring at the Please Touch Museum and the whole thing felt like a dream! The building is already incredible on its own - it’s unique and fun, but also very elegant and the carousel was a lovely bonus. Our guests loved the venue and the food, and the Brulee Catering team was phenomenal. Lynnelle was amazing and so much fun to work with throughout the planning process and on our wedding day. From our first meeting with her, she was super responsive, organized, and made the planning process a breeze. She guided us through everything, and we were really impressed with her attention to detail and how she seemed to have answers ready for all of our questions. On our wedding day, the catering team did a fantastic job handling everything so that we didn’t have to worry about a thing, keeping things flowing and running smoothly. Everyone was so friendly and our bridal attendant was great. We loved our wedding and can’t recommend the Please Touch Museum/Brulee Catering enough!

The Please Touch Museum was my dream wedding venue and after last week that dream finally became a reality! It really was everything I was hoping for and more — it is such a unique and whimsical spot for a wedding and I know our guests will be raving about the event (especially my grand carousel entrance!) for years to come. Lynnelle is so helpful and she was super accommodating in making our somewhat unusual vision for the wedding come to life! Considering everything that’s included in the package, I think it’s actually a really good deal price-wise, especially for the area. The staff were all great and our guests raved about the food. I would absolutely recommend getting married here. It was an unforgettable night and I am so thankful to PTM and Brulee for making our wedding dreams truly come true!!

My now husband and I went to the Please Touch Museum and it was the only venue we visited because it was perfect! While we came for the venue, we stayed for Lynnelle who is the most talented and efficient wedding planner around! If you’re someone who has anxiety like me, Lynnelle is someone you want on your side! I also swear she’s a mind reader because she seriously anticipated any question or concern I had and I actually felt calm when I arrived at the venue to get married and she greeted me and assured me everything was going to be great. If anything goes wrong(which luckily for us not much did) I can almost guarantee you won’t even hear about it until after the wedding!
I feel like the venue speaks for itself, I mean it is breathtaking! The carousel was such a huge hit and made for the best pictures and EVERYONE who works there are the nicest people! I don’t think I passed anyone without them congratulating us or asking if we need anything! It was the PERFECT day and our guests are still talking about it! I couldn’t recommend the Please Touch Museum more highly!!

We began planning our wedding December 2019. After looking at several venues, we fell in love with Memorial Hall immediately. There was no other place for us.

What made our choice even more perfect was working with Lynnelle, Director of Catering at Brûlée. She helped with every major and minor decision we needed to make about the wedding. She “got” me and my aesthetic immediately and had fabulous ideas that fit my theme.

Of course, we didn’t have a typical wedding planning journey. There was a whole pandemic in the middle! Lynnelle was fully transparent, encouraging, and kind throughout our long wedding process. We changed the date and she made sure the menu, the venue decor, the servers, and all the support staff were in sync with our vision.

I cannot say enough about how awesome Lynnelle and our wedding was. She made everything easy and when we had to adapt to covid rules we felt like we were in safe hands.

Aside from that, she is the warmest, friendliest, and most upbeat person I could ever have hoped to work with. I cannot recommend her highly enough!

Completely magical!!! We just got married at the Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall... It was even better than I could have imagined!!! First of all the building itself is absolutely gorgeous and historic with high ceilings and ornate pillars... you feel like a million bucks just walking in. We had our ceremony in the foyer, our cocktail hour in the carousel house and our reception in memorial hall with blush uplighting, stars on the ceiling, and clouds from the Alice in wonderland exhibit lit in the distance. I felt like I was in a fairy tale. Everyone was amazed at how spectacularly beautiful the venue was. What's more, Chez and Lynnelle were amazing! I must have emailed each of them 100 times and they always got back to me quickly and were super helpful! The food was delicious and I even got feedback from my guests on how impressed they were with how smooth the service was! All together, I couldn't be happier that we put our trust in Chez and Lynnelle to make our wedding dreams come true!

I'm not going to lie at the beginning of our process, communication with Brulee Catering at the Please Touch Museum had me a little worried. I often had to do follow-up e-mails due to the lack of responsiveness. I also became a little upset because we expressed interest in a particular date that was on a "soft hold" and we were never informed that the other clients backed out of their "hold", and that the date actually became available again. Nonetheless, we kept our second choice date (luckily we did because the weather was way worse for our first desired date), and we are sooo happy we decided to stay with Brulee Catering and the Please Touch Museum. Once we finalized everything, we were assigned Tiffany Johnson, and she was nothing but amazing!!

Tiffany helped us whenever needed; and communication with her was a breeze. She quickly responded to all of my annoying e-mails, and did it in a very professional manner.
She was even very patient and kind when we asked about doing a Pittsburgh Cookie Table - which required a lot of extra planning on her part!! I couldn't imagine what our wedding would have been like if we didn't have Tiffany on our side!!

The Please Touch Museum provided an amazing backdrop for our wedding! Many of our guests were from out of town, and they all fell in love with fun cocktail hour with carousel rides and the amazing architecture displayed in the Hamilton Hall! The food was also amazing!! Unlike other weddings we have attended at other venues, our guests will remember the yummy food!! My husband and I often joke and wonder why other couples would want to get married anywhere else, when this amazing venue is available in Philadelphia!!

I highly recommend the Please Touch Museum and Brulee Catering for your wedding! They were a great company to work with, and helped us with all of our wants and needs!! Not to mention the a gorgeous, fun, and unique venue for a wedding!!

We had our cocktail hour in the Carousel House at the museum, and our reception in the main hall. Guests LOVED the carousel (it didn't matter young/old, male/female, family/friends, shy/extroverted, EVERYONE was on that thing!) and it made for great photos! The hall was perfect for our large (250 guest) wedding, and the dance floor was spacious enough for everyone to dance, and for special events like our Chinese lion dance performance. Working with Brulee Catering and the museum made all of the dining logistics very easy. Would definitely recommend!

The staff at the Please Touch Museum were professional and very proud of their venue and what they can offer. On the day of the event, the staff went above and beyond to be certain that the bride and groom (and mother of the bride!) ate! Many guests commented on how the staff executed the serving of fabulous, hot meals to each table with perfection. When employees enjoy what they are doing, the guests notice!

We got married on January 13, 2018! We had the ceremony and reception at the museum and we had around 300 guests. From the beginning to the end, Marley and her team were awesome! They were quick to respond to all of my questions (and many emails) and they made sure that we knew exactly what to expect on the very busy day. Our guests were so impressed. We received many compliments about the beautiful venue, delicious food, and amazing service. We were also amazed with how quickly the team was able to set-up before and clean-up after the wedding. It was definitely a night to remember. WE WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE PTM and Brûlée Catering!

Marley and her team were wonderful throughout the entire process. We booked the venue a little over a year before our wedding date. They were very accommodating with some customization of the package that we wished to purchase. As the wedding grew closer, we reached out to Marley more in regards to the tasting, floor layout, menu, signature cocktail, etc. and she and her team were very prompt with responses and also with trying to make the day go as perfectly as possible. The week prior, I probably emailed her a couple times a day to make sure that everything was set, and that drop off of other things (such as table numbers, birdcages, guestbook, bathroom baskets, etc) could be coordinated. Again, everyone was on top of all of the planning and set up and the room looked beautiful on our wedding day! The staff was attentive and we had a day of attendant that would bring us snacks/foods/drinks throughout the night. The staff also let us know when it was time for parent dances, speeches, cake cutting etc. Each and every person made our day go extremely smoothly and we had the perfect time! Would highly recommend not only the venue itself for the beauty and fun atmosphere that it created for us and our guests, but also for the high level of professionalism and individual attention that everyone gave us throughout the entire planning process.

We had our wedding reception at the Please Touch Museum, and we couldn't have picked a more perfect venue! We wanted a unique venue and something different than the typical ballroom wedding. We had our cocktail hour in the Carousel House. It was whimsical, elegant, and fun. Even adult guests enjoyed a ride on the carousel! Dinner and dancing were in Hamilton Hall, which is totally breathtaking, especially with the right lighting and draping. Our guests were blown away by how gorgeous the space is.

The service during our reception was also impeccable. Guests at each table were all served dinner at exactly the same time. I've never seen this kind of service before, and several of our guests commented on how impressed they were. My husband and I also had a separate attendant just for us, and she was very attentive and made sure we never had to get up to get a drink. The whole evening went smoothly, which couldn't have been as easy feat for the staff with a reception for 300 guests!

The food was also excellent. Brulee even customized an Indian chef action station for us during cocktail hour, which was delicious! The h'orderves during cocktail hour and the entrees during dinner were also fanstastic. Overall, we were thrilled with how our wedding went and owe much of that to everyone at the Please Touch Museum and Brulee!

Marley Alig, the team at Brûlée and the Please Touch Museum staff are the epitome of excellence. If we had to do a wedding all over again, I would only do it with this team. We are from Washington, DC and finding an entire complement of key people to make our daughter's wedding the fairy tale she wanted could not be found in Washington, period.Price, environment, uniqueness of facilities, and outstanding menu and wait service was nothing short of the best!

Utter perfection! Truly a magical wedding!
Every detail was attended to by the most wonderful and accommodating team!
From our first meeting to the final moments of the evening, the personal touch was so sincerely appreciated .
Brûlée Catering is second to none. After 2 years our guests are still talking about the
Incredible food and artistic presentation!
A wedding at the Please Touch Museum
Guarantees beautiful memories to last a lifetime.

Our experience with Brulee catering at the Please Touch Museum was amazing! They really went out of their way to make our event a success. We had many unique requests because we had a Hindu/Jewish wedding and 300 guests, but they were very easy to work with. One thing that initially worried us was that we could not see the venue set for a wedding before our wedding. But I can reassure you that the event look spectacular for a black tie event! Our guests were amazed by the carousel. Some guests even thought we brought it into the venue. Marley worked with our vendors to get them in for setup as early as possible. She organized tastings with the chef until we got exactly what we wanted and she even threw in a couple good surprises at the end! We worked with multiple venues/ caterers for our wedding and our experience with PTM/ Brulee was the best! Thank you!

My husband and I had a great experience having our wedding at The Please Touch Museum. Marley was direct and organized and it kept everything running smoothly. The staff was incredible and my husband and I were catered to the entire night. The food just took it to another level! My husband and I would recommend this wedding venue to anyone!

Everyone on the staff were so organized and attentive. I could not have asked for a better venue or people. We all loved the food so much and a lot of guests at our wedding still rave about the food to us. I wish we could do it again. Thank you!

If I were to get married again (except I won't, seeing as I married the woman of my dreams), I would return to Brulee Catering Every. Single. Time. Our contact, Sarah Wright, was with us from the very beginning of planning, all the way through the evening of our wedding for the 1.5 years of our engagement leading up to the big day of our wedding at Please Touch Museum. Sarah was timely in her e-mail responses, thorough in the requirements, responsive and helpful to any and every big or small question that popped up, and she even accommodated us in a few of our somewhat unconventional special requests. Sarah's professionalism and dedication to our big day really made the difference once we arrived at the venue, she made sure that all we had to do was show up, she took care of the rest from there. And I haven't even gotten to the food!

Brulee Catering offers several tiered options at different price points so as to ensure you can stay within your budget, as well as an unbelievably extensive amount of optional add-on's that help to truly personalize the exact kind of wedding reception you're looking for. Not only is it obvious that the chefs truly care about the food options they create, but the entire staff is devoted to ensuring every guest enjoys their evening.

We had 225 people at our wedding, and we received a significant number of compliments from our guests as to how wonderful the Brulee staff were. Not only were they professional and was the service impeccable, but you could visibly see they were enjoying their evening's work, what a difference that makes!

When planning a wedding, you have many vendors and different moving parts coming together at one time, it can definitely feel overwhelming at times. Sarah and her team at Brulee were the glue that held all these moving parts together, minimizing the amount of stress for my bride and I, freeing us up to truly soak up the atmosphere of our big night.

We got married at the Please Touch Museum in July and it was amazing! The planning process was made easy because Kim, the catering coordinator is incredibly good at her job. She answered phone calls and emails faster than I could ever imagine and had a solution to every problem that came up...and my wedding was complicated by the fact that it involved a Persian ceremony. Kim made me feel at ease until the very last minute. The venue is beautiful when it's set up for a wedding. Our guests raved about the service and food. If I could do it over, I wouldn't hesitate to have my wedding at the museum. I recommend it with no reservations.

Our wedding was a dream come true! I could not have imagined a more perfect day! Thank you to the amazing team at the Please Touch Museum & Brulee Catering. Kim, Bill, Orlando, our personal server, and each one of you who helped make the evening a complete success, thank you! You are all incredible!

Amazing space!!!! Absolutely perfect!!! Looks great in pictures and everyone loved it!!! The carousel room is amazing for cocktail hour!!!!