Natural History Museum Wedding
This is what it looks like when you get married at a Natural History Museum, like Leslie and Emory just did. (All photos are courtesy of LA's Serene Images Photography.)
To see a couple more photos from this awesome, quintessentially offbeat wedding, keep reading…

Yes, this is them with their minister standing in the main hall with dinosaur bones.

The dinosaur motif was present on their wedding programs, which were little fortune tellers…

And also on their wedding invitations…

To see lots more shots and even a little write-up, head on over the Serene Images Photography blog. If you're an OBT member, you can head straight to Leslie's profile page for the full scoop.
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About Ariel Meadow Stallings
Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.







Jen Janusz said
Oh my godness….TOO COOL.
Amazing amazing amazing ideas guys. It looks so comfortable and personable. And I've always loved that dress.
Congrates to both of you!
Luna said
I adore the wedding invites!
Kelli Ann said
DUDE! I'm so in love with their wedding. That is such an awesome idea!
@~>~~
Freya said
Yes! I have a dream involving my wedding at the Field Museum here in Chicago, sadly, them dinos are too expensive for my bones. But this is awesome awesome awesome to look at.
Andrea said
God, so beautiful. My first choice venue is the Field Museum here in Chicago. This makes me determined to scrape together enough money to have it there! I still have well over a year and haven't booked a venue yet…
lauren said
aw, my grandpa was a docent at that museum; it was one of my favorite places when i was a wee lass. such a lovely idea!
Kodiak said
Holy crap, this is unbelievably cool! The invitations are the best!
serena said
This is Serena, I shot the wedding and it truly was awesome. These are just a few images up from my blog, but Leslie will be posting more soon. It was such a fun wedding to photograph. They played rockband instead of a first dance!
elyse said
wasn't this an interpol cover?
cool
morgan said
the best part is the cake topper…(on the photographers blog)
SOOOO cute….
April said
OMG! I love the LA Natural History Museum! I had no idea you could have weddings there!
K Dye said
I L.O.V.E.
The photos & invites are RAD!
Georgia said
We wanted to do something like this but the licences weren't valid for the actual museum parts…only the function rooms.
Sad,sad,sad times, especially when looking at how bloody awesome this is!
sloane said
OMFG. my wedding is Dino themed…so this is amazing. wowwwwww.
i love ever bit of it! :]
trina said
oh my freakin heck, i want to get married again. Hmmm, i wonder if i could talk my dear husband into doing a 10 year renew our vows thing????
Melissa M said
I LOVE IT!!! I'm looking and searching and wishing for a wedding in a museum of some sort although I doubt our budget will allow. But this, this is too freakin cool!
Elizabeth said
This is seriously my dream wedding. Wow. I am frequently cynical, but boy am I happy to live in a world where someone is awesome enough to put dinosaurs on their wedding invites. Love this!
Amy said
OMg. Okay, super awesome invites. Wai-Ching dress and a museum. Love.
Maxwellian said
OH! I saw this one before! Matt Nolan uploaded some pictures to his flickr
I still think the bit with the lights and the dinosaur skeletons is amazing
Becky said
I think I'm kinda jealous of you! I'm a science teacher…I want a wedding at the Chicago Field Museum! Great idea and I'm glad you were able to do it! I'm still jealous, though!
Mik said
That is so creative and awesome, an event everyone who attended will remember for a long while.
Em said
Yay Wai-Ching dress!!! And I love the invites! Particularly the little heart in the dino-ribcage. So cute.
Rachel said
Love the invites with the hearts in the dino's chests
awesome! And love the venue. Great wedding.