Richmond Wedding Venue Spotlight
Dewey Gottwald Center
A modern glass and steel wedding venue at the Science Museum of Virginia featuring soaring architecture, floor-to-ceiling windows, a customizable event floor plan, private access, and an outdoor terrace overlooking historic Broad Street Station.
A Modern Richmond Wedding Venue
Located at the Science Museum of Virginia, the Dewey Gottwald Center offers a sleek and highly customizable setting for couples who want something different from a traditional hotel ballroom, country club, or rustic wedding venue.
Floor-to-Ceiling Windows
Expansive windows fill the venue with natural light and provide a dramatic architectural backdrop for ceremonies, receptions, wedding portraits, and evening celebrations.
Contemporary Architecture
The center’s steel and glass design creates a polished modern atmosphere that complements elegant, colorful, minimalist, industrial, and completely personalized wedding styles.
Central Richmond Location
The Broad Street location provides convenient access to downtown Richmond, nearby hotels, restaurants, Interstate 64, Interstate 95, and many recognizable Richmond destinations.
A Fully Customizable Celebration Space
The open floor plan gives couples and their wedding professionals flexibility when designing the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, formalities, guest seating, entertainment, and dance floor.
Open Event Floor
The spacious interior can be arranged around the guest count, catering plan, entertainment, dance floor, lounge furniture, floral installations, and complete wedding vision.
Gallery One and Gallery Two
The center can be partitioned into Gallery One and Gallery Two, allowing couples to create smaller sections or separate areas for different portions of the celebration.
One Connected Location
The ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, formalities, and reception can take place at the same venue while using the terrace and galleries to create natural transitions.
The Dewey Gottwald Center Terrace
Included with every Dewey Gottwald Center rental, the terrace provides an outdoor setting surrounded by Richmond history and the distinctive character of the Science Museum campus.
Outdoor Ceremonies
The terrace provides a convenient outdoor ceremony location that remains directly connected to the climate-controlled indoor reception space.
Cocktail Receptions
Guests can enjoy drinks and conversation outdoors while the wedding team prepares the interior for dinner, introductions, formalities, or the reception.
Historic Richmond Views
The terrace offers views of Broad Street Station’s original train canopies and a full-size C&O steam engine, creating a backdrop unique to Richmond.
A Venue That Becomes Your Vision
The clean architectural design works as a blank canvas, allowing lighting, florals, tables, décor, lounge arrangements, and entertainment to define the final atmosphere.
Flexible Reception Layouts
Couples can design the floor plan around dining, speeches, special dances, entertainment, guest movement, and the size and location of the dance floor.
Impressive Lighting Possibilities
The contemporary surfaces and open interior provide excellent opportunities for uplighting, intelligent lighting, custom monograms, and other visual enhancements.
A Memorable Guest Experience
Modern architecture, Richmond history, outdoor access, and optional museum experiences provide guests with something beyond a traditional reception setting.
Professional Wedding DJ Services at Dewey Gottwald Center
Sarah’s Choice Entertainment provides professional wedding DJ, MC, ceremony audio, cocktail-hour music, reception entertainment, and enhancement services for weddings at the Dewey Gottwald Center.
Ceremony Audio Anywhere on the Property
Our separate battery-capable ceremony system does not require access to electrical power, allowing ceremony audio to be placed where it is needed without creating unnecessary limitations.
Professional MC Services
Polished announcements, wedding-party introductions, and timeline guidance keep the reception organized while allowing every important moment to feel natural.
Personalized Reception Music
Your must-play songs, favorite genres, special dances, guest preferences, and do-not-play selections become the foundation of a soundtrack created around you.
Professional Ceremony Audio
Guests should experience the ceremony without struggling to hear the officiant, vows, readings, or music. Our dedicated ceremony system is planned separately from the reception equipment.
Battery-Capable Sound System
The ceremony system can operate without nearby electrical power, providing greater flexibility when choosing the final ceremony location.
Wireless Microphone Support
Wireless microphone options help the officiant, couple, and readers be heard clearly while keeping the ceremony area clean and uncluttered.
Complete Ceremony Music
Music can be coordinated for guest arrival, family seating, wedding-party entrances, the processional, ceremony moments, and the recessional.
Sound Planning for the Terrace and Galleries
When a wedding uses the terrace, Gallery One, Gallery Two, and the full event floor, professional audio planning helps every part of the celebration remain connected.
Audio Coverage for Every Space
- Dedicated sound for terrace ceremonies
- Wireless microphones for the officiant and vows
- Processional, ceremony, and recessional music
- Cocktail-hour music in a separate area
- Reception sound designed around the final floor plan
- Backup planning for weather-related changes
Professional Wedding Flow
- Coordinating ceremony cues and music
- Guiding guests from the terrace into the center
- Organizing wedding-party introductions
- Managing speeches and special dances
- Communicating with the venue and vendor team
- Opening the dance floor at the right moment
A Reception Experience Built Around You
Great wedding entertainment combines thoughtful preparation, personalized music, professional guidance, and the ability to read the room and adjust as the celebration unfolds.
Music That Reflects Your Story
Your soundtrack can represent your relationship, favorite memories, family traditions, cultural influences, and the atmosphere you want guests to experience.
Energy That Builds Naturally
The reception progresses through introductions, dinner, speeches, formal dances, and open dancing without forcing moments or rushing the celebration.
A Dance Floor for Every Generation
Thoughtful music selection and crowd reading help bring friends and family together while maintaining energy throughout the reception.
Entertainment Enhancements for a Modern Venue
The Dewey Gottwald Center’s open design and contemporary finishes provide an impressive setting for lighting, special effects, personalized details, and interactive entertainment.
Uplighting
Add coordinated color and ambient light throughout the reception space while complementing your floral design, décor, and wedding palette.
Intelligent Dance-Floor Lighting
Dynamic lighting adds energy and movement to the dance floor while remaining polished during dinner, introductions, speeches, and special dances.
Custom Monogram
Display your names, initials, or personalized wedding design on a suitable surface to create a distinctive reception focal point.
Dancing on a Cloud
A low-lying cloud effect creates a romantic setting for the first dance and a memorable visual moment for photography and video.
Cold Spark Effects
Venue-approved cold spark effects can add dramatic visual impact to an entrance, first dance, or another carefully selected reception moment.
Digital Photo Booth
Give guests an interactive reception activity while creating photographs and digital keepsakes they can enjoy and share after the wedding.
More Ways to Personalize Your Wedding
Sarah’s Choice Entertainment offers additional services that can help couples create a more complete, connected, and memorable wedding experience.
Day-of Coordination
Professional day-of coordination helps manage the timeline, communicate with vendors, address changing needs, and allow the couple to remain present.
Video Guestbook
Give family and friends an opportunity to record personal messages, memories, advice, and congratulations that can be preserved beyond the wedding day.
Personalized Wedding Video
Couples can provide meaningful photographs for a customized video displayed during the reception and later paired with their first-dance song as a keepsake.
Why Couples Choose Sarah’s Choice Entertainment
Your wedding deserves experienced guidance, reliable equipment, personalized planning, clear communication, and entertainment designed around your vision.
More Than 30 Years of Experience
Decades of entertainment experience help us anticipate challenges, manage important transitions, read the room, and make confident adjustments throughout the wedding.
Licensed and Insured
Sarah’s Choice Entertainment operates as a professional licensed and insured wedding entertainment company serving Richmond and venues throughout Virginia.
Personalized Wedding Planning
We learn about your music preferences, venue layout, timeline, family traditions, guest experience, and entertainment priorities before the wedding day.
A Professional Team Behind Every Important Moment
A successful reception depends on communication between the DJ, venue, photographer, planner, caterer, and other wedding professionals.
Before the Wedding
- Reviewing ceremony and reception plans
- Confirming the venue spaces and final floor plan
- Building the entertainment timeline
- Reviewing announcements and name pronunciations
- Organizing special songs and formalities
- Preparing backup plans for changing conditions
During the Celebration
- Communicating with the venue and vendor team
- Confirming photographers are ready before formalities
- Keeping the couple informed without overwhelming them
- Adjusting the timeline when necessary
- Reading the room and adapting the music
- Protecting the flow of the entire celebration
Dewey Gottwald Center Wedding DJ FAQs
Helpful information for couples planning wedding entertainment at the Dewey Gottwald Center in Richmond.
Where is the Dewey Gottwald Center located?
The Dewey Gottwald Center is located at the Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220.
Can the ceremony and reception be held at the same venue?
Yes. Couples can use the included terrace for an outdoor ceremony or cocktail reception before continuing the celebration inside the Dewey Gottwald Center.
Is the terrace included with the venue rental?
Yes. The Science Museum states that the terrace is included with every Dewey Gottwald Center rental.
Can the Dewey Gottwald Center be divided into smaller spaces?
Yes. The center can be partitioned into Gallery One and Gallery Two, giving couples additional flexibility when creating their floor plan.
Can Sarah’s Choice provide audio for a terrace ceremony?
Yes. Our separate battery-capable ceremony sound system does not require access to electrical power and can provide ceremony music and wireless microphone coverage for the terrace.
Can music be provided in multiple venue areas?
Yes. We can plan audio coverage for the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, and reception based on the spaces included in your final venue layout.
Does Sarah’s Choice provide professional MC services?
Yes. MC services include announcements, wedding-party introductions, coordination of speeches and dances, timeline guidance, and communication with the venue and wedding professionals.
Can we personalize our wedding music?
Absolutely. Your must-play songs, do-not-play list, favorite genres, special dances, family traditions, cultural influences, and guest preferences are included in the planning process.
What entertainment enhancements are available?
Available options include uplighting, intelligent dance-floor lighting, custom monograms, dancing on a cloud, venue-approved cold spark effects, digital photo booth services, video guestbooks, and additional personalized options.
Can museum exhibitions be added to an event?
Select Science Museum experiences, including Boost, may be available as additions to a Dewey Gottwald Center rental for an additional fee and subject to availability.
How early should we reserve our wedding DJ?
Popular Richmond wedding dates can book well in advance. Contact Sarah’s Choice Entertainment after confirming your venue and wedding date to check availability.
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