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Our wedding ceremony & reception will be taking place at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Philadelphia. Mr. CC and I chose the UPenn Museum after browsing several nearby mansions and hotels because we fell in love with the Chinese Rotunda and the Buddhist elements that run throughout the third floor of the museum. Plus, we get to ring the gong before being introduced as a Mr. and Mrs. Candy Corn. And by we I mean Mr. CC, after all he is the music major and I can’t even play the triangle without hearing dogs cry tears of extreme doggy disappointment from miles away.
A large portion of the galleries and exhibits will be on display for guests to explore on their own throughout the evening. These galleries include: Mesopotamia, ancient
The ceremony itself will be taking place in the Chinese Rotunda, a majestic setting for the Museum’s Chinese collection, where our guests will be seated under the largest unsupported masonry dome in the
(Picture courtesy of asternut on Flickr)
The ceiling of the Chinese Rotunda.
Our reception will be located in the Upper Egyptian Gallery, which is adjacent to the Chinese Rotunda and filled with loads and loads of mummies.
(Picture courtesy of jumpei 561230 on Flickr)
The mummy room looks like it’s right out of a Goosebumps book (Return of the Mummy was the shiznit). Hopefully our guests won’t run away in fear…
For the smokers and nature-loving guests, the elegant scenery in the
(Picture courtesy of ayaokut on Flickr)
(Picture courtesy of sweetgoddess71 on Flickr)
(Picture courtesy of sweetgoddess71 on Flickr)
Did I mention there’s a gong? And yes, I’m easily amused.
How did you guys know when you found the perfect location for you and your mister?
OOH WE HAD A GONG!!! We used it to get everyone to walk from the ceremony/cocktail hour site to the reception site. It was great fun. Gongs rock.
And the museum is absolutely gorgeous!!! (And welcome if I haven’t welcomed you yet??)
Oh WOW! What a gorgeous venue!! I love that your Reception is in the Egyptian pavilion! Guests will be eating their dinner next to thousand year old desicated corpses! (I’m not being sarcastic, I really do think that’s cool…I’m an armchair egyptologist..goes with the bellydancing I guess).
Our venue isn’t nearly as awesome. We chose it mostly because of cost and it was the only place in my FH’s hometown that can fit everyone…but I’m making the very best of it.
@Mrs. Bluebell:
I plan on taking full advantage of the gong. Maybe I should use it to announce whenever I have to pee to the guests or something really ridiculous (since I have pee fright haha).
Yay gongs!
We chose our venu because we got lots of great stuff for a relatively low flat rate (helloooooo five hours of open bar! And complimentary champagne, fruit & cheese in our complimentary bridal suite for the wedding night!). There’s also a long staircase into the reception hall for our grand entrance. The room we’re renting for the ceremony isn’t nearly as cool, but the party space is top notch for the price.
Your venue is sooo gorgeous! The mummy room is really cool, talk about good conversation pieces… We are getting married at the Crosley Estate in Sarasota and when I saw the outdoor staircase where I would make my grand entrance i KNEW that I had to have it! We unfortunately don’t have a gong.
Your venue is strikingly beautiful- and so unique!
Just one question… yesterday va-jay-jays, today “peenie”… how are you going to keep up with the trend you’ve set for yourself?!
I’m excited to see…! 
That is seriously the coolest venue!
This is so beautiful, I wanted a museum wedding so bad being an anthropology major but in Chicago they are just too expensive. And I used to love those Goosebumps books!
i love that venue - i live in philly so i know it well… congrats on finding such a unique place to hold your wedding! any other philadelphia suggestions??
lol @ Goosebumps….i had quite a few back in the day!
(man i miss having free time to read)
my very first thought was, “WOW, she doesnt even have to decorate!” i am sure i am getting ahead of myself here (since you got a systematic purge going on and all) but are you planning to decorate your venue???
how cool are mummies at the reception!? i can imagine all the older prim, proper ladies, looking midly disturbed. HA!
Ha! I used to chew up baby carrots and spit them out to feed the fish in that pond with a friend of mine! (Classy I know It was totally a major bonding expereince for my friend and I.)
BEAUTIFUL VENUE! LOVE the mummys!
My soon to be hub and I found our place when attending another friends wedding at Ridley Creek State Park. He swore he’d never get married where someone else we knew did but after going back to visit the space again he fell in love with it and said it was perfect (I was like “HELLOOO! Thats what I kept telling you!”)
Boys never listen!
The pictures of the place are beautiful. I’m sure you and your guests will have the coolest time …
I do, however, have to giggle over your choice since everytime the Museum comes up, all I can think about are the hours I spent doing research there for a freshman course. Oh the horrific freshman trauma! 
Very cool! I’m getting married at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts this November, in the historic building, and we don’t get a comp suite! I’m jealous :). And no gong.
Wow…I’m having serious venue envy! I’m getting married in South Jersey (thankfully NOT in a wedding factory but nowhere near as neat a place as the museum!) and this makes me want to scrap it all and start all over again in Philly! (or not since we’re just a few months away…and because I think several people might kill me first…)
@Miss Tiramisu:
I think you’re right…soon I’m going to run out of naughty body parts to talk about…hrmmm something to think about hehe.
@camille:
Philadelphia is a great place to have a wedding! Our runner up was the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, but we just couldn’t afford it. We like a lot of the old mansions in the area too, like Fonthill, but ended up with Upenn because we just couldn’t resist the mummy love.
As far as decorations go, we plan on decorating the tables with centerpieces, but other than that we’re going to keep it pretty basic because of our budget, but also because there are so many things to look at that I don’t think it’s really necessary to decorate too much more 
We’ll have an aisle runner, but other than that it will be pretty simplified.
@hubandwif:
That is the cutest story haha…I didn’t realize fish were fans of chewed up carrots. Good to know! Mmmm Ridley Creek State Park is gorgeous.
@Sharmeen:
That’s too funny! I always see freshmen there filling out papers and looking dreadfully bored and in pain haha…poor thing
@design-phan:
PAFA is so so pretty, I’m totally jealous of you! hehe That was our back-up option but we just couldn’t afford it there…but I heart everything about PAFA
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Miss Candy Corn, Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 27, Freelance Writer, Photographer and Illustrator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Front End Web Developer Blogging Since: May 6, 2008 Engagement Date: November 10, 2011 Wedding Date: September 2012 Venue: Our backyard! About Me: I’m a 27-year-old photographer, writer and illustrator who enjoys shooting weddings, catching typos in magazines, geeking out with Google Reader, watching Wonder Years marathons with my fiancé, and hanging out with our menagerie of pets. I’m an encore bride planning an intimate, offbeat backyard wedding with my fiancé (known around these parts as “The Ginger”), as we explore our adventures of homeownership.
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