The Maitland Art Center is a 1930s art colony built in a fantasy Mayan Revival style — carved concrete, courtyards, the works — and it's been an artist retreat for most of a century. Its event pages offer two spaces sized for small weddings: a chapel that seats 46, and the West Garden, which seats 50 for what the museum itself calls “small ceremonies.”
City: Maitland, Florida
Guest count: Chapel seating for 46 persons; the West Garden seats 50 for “small ceremonies”
Outside catering: No catering policy is published. If bringing your own food matters to you, that’s a first-email question.
Published prices: Prices are not published.
Address: 231 W. Packwood Ave, Maitland
Venue’s own website: Art & History Museums – Maitland
This is a short page because the museum publishes no rental prices, and I don't invent them. What I can tell you is the shape of the thing: museum venues rent by the hour with rules about catering and setup that you'll get in a rental packet, and a chapel that seats 46 is a hard cap with no overflow — count your list twice. For a couple who wants their ceremony somewhere with genuine artistic history rather than wedding-industry polish, this is the most interesting room in Central Florida. Email for the packet.
What I’d ask before booking
- What are the rental rates for the chapel and the West Garden?
- Which caterers are approved, or can we bring our own?
- How much setup and teardown time is included?
The rest of the region is on the Orlando & Central Florida page; the full census is in the Florida guide. And when the venue math starts, how elopement packages actually work and what a wedding photographer costs will save you from the usual surprises.
Facts checked October 30, 2026 against the venue’s own website. Prices and packages change — if the venue’s site and this page disagree, the venue is right and I’m out of date.