Mansion House

"the family home for the rogers family who are buried nearby!"

"A beautiful place to have a reception or wedding or any event"

"My wife and I hosted our wedding here. It is an incredible venue. Brandon was our coordinator from the zoo, and he was phenomenal to work with. He was friendly, professional, and easy to contact with questions. I would highly recommend this venue."

"We attended a wedding here and the place is beautiful! Ashley and Brandon were fantastic in helping us ensure everything was perfect! If you need a unique, indoor, fancy venue I would highly suggest checking this place out!"

"My husband and I got married at the Mansion House at the Maryland Zoo late July 2021. We chose to do the elopement ceremony which is originally 20 people and then we paid extra to add an additional 20 guest making our total guest count 40. This was the perfect size for my husband and I, both our families were able to be there and we each had a substantial number of friends there as well. This also worked well with COVID. Everything was absolutely wonderful, the Zoo provided us with a catering list with amazing choices and they even provided the photographer. We paid extra for the photographer to stay longer and for an African Penguin to come to take photos with us and our guests. While the day of ran smoothly the weeks leading up to the wedding were not so smooth. We booked in January per the Zoo's policy. At the time the day of coordinators name was Jane. Jane started off very helpful -- she was quick to respond to emails, gave us a wonderful tour of the zoo grounds, and documented our requests and questions. However, in May it became harder to get in contact with Jane she was less responsive and in our final meeting with her a month before the wedding she had no documentation of our requests, number of tables, or any information we had shared with her. I was very upset because she acted like having guests who could not climb the massive stairway in was an issue when we requested tables for guests to sit at she seemed unwilling to complete this request. Both my grandmothers were attending, one is in a wheel chair and one uses a cane -- they needed a place to sit! I had to insist about having two tables where guest could sit even if we were just doing a small reception. After the meeting that is when Jane revealed she was retiring right before our wedding. Unfortunately none of the information we discussed at the last meeting reached the new Coordinator and it was like starting over 48 hours before my wedding day. Thank goodness for our caterers, our photographer, and our day of coordinator (we hired outside the zoo). They helped get everything back together and organized. The new Zoo Coordinators seem willing and eager to work with every Bride to make their wedding day special; however with my experience with Jane I did feel the need to deduct a star. The day of was magical, fantastic, fast and ran smoothly."