Get Married at Chiltern Open Air Museum
Make our history a part of yours
For couples seeking a unique wedding experience, Chiltern Open Air Museum offers an unconventional yet charming setting. With 37 reconstructed buildings gracing the landscape, seven are licensed for civil ceremonies, ranging from the rustic allure of an Iron Age roundhouse and tin chapel to the timeless elegance of a Victorian toll house and Medieval barns.
Wedding Venues at COAM
Choose from three distinctive barn wedding venues Northolt Barn, Skippings Barn, and Arborfield Barn, each with its own distinct charm.
Additional ceremony venues include the Iron Age Roundhouse, Henton Tin Chapel, and Thame Vicarage.
These venues, rich in historical ambiance, are exclusively available for daytime weddings, promising an unforgettable backdrop for your special day.
You can hire COAM for your wedding ceremony on a dry hire basis for a standard 3 hour period.
We are able to offer a variety of post-ceremony drinks packages.
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Arborfield Barn
Arborfield Barn is a cruck frame barn from the Tudor period, with a medieval-style thatched roof. It was originally used for storing food or keeping animals.
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Henton Chapel
Henton Mission Room, known as the 'little tin church,' is a prefabricated church crafted from wood and clad in iron
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Iron Age Roundhouse
Explore the insights into the daily lives of these ancient inhabitants as we bring history to life within the walls of this Iron Age dwelling.
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Northolt Barn
The Grade II listed Northolt Barn once faced endangerment at its original location, a farm in Northolt, Middlesex.
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Skippings Barn
A traditional Chilterns Barn. Very little ‘concrete’ information (pardon the pun!) is known about the history of this enigmatic building.
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Thame Vicarage
The Vicarage room is an example of a Victorian wooden-framed, pre-fabricated structure procured by the local vicar, Reverend F. Cohen