Grounds for Sculpture 16 Fairgrounds Road • Hamilton Township • New Jersey 08619

Booking Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton gets you admission to the 42-acre sculpture park for all your guests for the entire day, a private bridal suite, photos anywhere on the grounds before or after your ceremony, an indoor backup location if the weather turns, and planning help from the venue's events staff. Catering isn't part of that list: it comes from Constellation Culinary Group, the park's exclusive caterer, which also runs Rat's Restaurant on site.

Yes, you can hold both your ceremony and reception at Grounds for Sculpture, so nobody has to leave the park. Ceremonies can happen outdoors among more than 270 sculptures, at spots like The Nine Muses, which holds up to 300 guests, or inside a gallery. For the reception, the East Gallery hosts 350–450 guests and the West Gallery 80–200, both with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on the sculptures. You can also book a ceremony or a reception on its own.

You'll need to use Grounds for Sculpture's caterer: Constellation Culinary Group is the exclusive on-site catering partner, and no outside caterers are allowed. Constellation also runs Rat's Restaurant in the park and builds seasonal, locally sourced menus, and alcohol is handled in-house too. Any decor you're planning has to be approved ahead of time by the Events Manager.

At Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, gallery space rental runs $2,000–7,500 per event, and where you land depends on the time of year, the space you reserve, your guest count and availability. Catering comes separately through Constellation Culinary Group, the exclusive caterer. If you're planning something tiny, the Two-Hour Elopement Package is a flat $1,500 for up to 15 guests, and a two-hour wedding photography session on the grounds, with no ceremony or reception, is a flat $1,000.

If rain threatens your outdoor ceremony at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, an indoor backup location is part of your wedding, so you don't have to rent a separate plan B. Even the $1,500 Two-Hour Elopement Package for up to 15 guests includes a rain plan with its one-hour private space rental.

Grounds for Sculpture is a 42-acre sculpture park and museum in Hamilton with more than 270 contemporary sculptures, so your wedding photos and ceremony backdrop look like nowhere else. Your ceremony and reception can both happen in the park, with gallery space for up to 450 guests, and your guests get admission to the grounds for the whole day. You'll have a private bridal suite and an indoor backup location built in. Planning something small? There's a flat $1,500 elopement package for up to 15 guests. Parking is free, and the park is minutes from Princeton and the Hamilton and Trenton train stations.

Yes, Grounds for Sculpture offers a Two-Hour Elopement Package for a flat $1,500. You get a one-hour private space rental with a rain plan, general admission for up to 15 guests, up to 15 white resin chairs with setup and breakdown, two Event Assistants with golf carts, one volunteer to keep the public out of your area, a private prep suite when it's available, and a site visit for you and a guest. Microphones and other AV equipment aren't included.