Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Baker Mansion History Museum, Altoona

A wedding at Baker Mansion History Museum in Altoona happens at a grand house that the Blair County Historical Society keeps as a museum. The society rents the mansion for weddings and also for photo sessions, which tells you how much photographers like it. For wedding photos and video, you have the mansion's front and its grounds, with plenty of outdoor space for a wedding party and family groups.

The society describes ample outdoor space for events, so ask whether your wedding ceremony and your reception can both be held on the grounds, whether a tent is allowed, and which rooms inside you may use for pictures. The restored Double Parlor is one of the showpieces of the house, so ask whether it can be part of your wedding day. A historic house gives you rooms and doorways full of character for portraits, and a wedding videographer can follow you from the lawn to the front of the house.

Public tours run Friday through Sunday, so ask how a rental fits around tour hours and how many guests the grounds can hold. The society's office is open on weekdays and can send pricing and the rental agreement. Plan for parking and a rain plan when you visit.

• Call or email the historical society to check your date and get the rental agreement.
• Walk the grounds with your photographer before your wedding day.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines inside the museum.

A little about Baker Mansion

Baker Mansion was built for an ironmaster's family and finished in 1849. The Blair County Historical Society opened it as a museum in 1922, bought it in 1941 and completed an exterior rehabilitation in 2001.