It was also very cool that friends and family who grew up in Buff got to see a building they've never visited before (instead of going to the same banquet halls they've been to a bunch). Anyways, anecdote aside, I really wanted my wedding to have a classy and vintage (but not pretentious) atmosphere and this was the perfect place. Karpeles saved and beautifully restored this building and it is a wonderful museum that displays priceless documents, one of my favorite moments at our wedding was when I quietly stepped away and looked at one of the cases and noticed it held an original copy of Puccini's Madame Butterfly, I thought how cool that such a masterpiece is present for a special day in my little life. The side rooms were perfect to set up our buffet, and then we put our bar in the fireplace side room, I loved that the building made it so people could wander and explore a bit, we had an ice cream truck come and there is a beautiful garden out front where people at their ice cream and relaxed too. I also loved that the main room was big enough for tables and a dancefloor without having to move anything around, we had about 160 people.

The white arches, warm wood accents, side room with the fireplace, and central organ gave the space so much warmth and class. It is stunning, and the fact that its mostly white made it a beautiful canvas you could build off of. We had our reception at Porter Hall and it is such a Buffalo Gem. Karpeles (and Chris the director of Karpeles) absolutely blew us away and was exactly what we were looking for. E creative control of hiring my own vendors.

Karpeles manuscript library museum