Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Heritage Discovery Center, Johnstown

A wedding at the Heritage Discovery Center in Johnstown puts your wedding photos inside a five-story brick landmark in the Cambria City neighborhood. The open-air Courtyard is enclosed by the old brick buildings and has its own performance stage, and upstairs the Second-Floor Galleries pair exposed brick walls with museum exhibits. That warm, textured brick gives your photographer and wedding videographer a backdrop with real character all through your wedding day, from the first toast to the last dance.

Heritage Johnstown rents several spaces here for weddings and receptions. The Courtyard seats 165 for dinner, or 300 in rows, and if bad weather is on the way the event can move indoors with two or three days' notice. The three connected galleries seat about 165 for dinner with room for a buffet and a bar, and the tables can be cleared after dinner to open up a dance floor. For a smaller wedding reception or a social hour, the Ethnic Social Club on the fourth floor holds up to 75 people around a restored Art Moderne bar, with a red and black tile floor that looks great on video. If you'd like your wedding ceremony here too, ask the staff which space suits your vows; the Courtyard stage is a natural focal point for the toasts as well.

All alcohol is bought through Heritage Johnstown, either a full bar or beer and wine, with one bartender for every 50 guests. Guests park in the lot in front of the building; its entrance is at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Broad Street (Route 56). Heritage Johnstown also helps couples find other spots around town for wedding and engagement pictures.

• Contact Heritage Johnstown with your date or date range to check availability.
• Walk the Courtyard and galleries with your photographer and videographer, and talk through the indoor weather plan.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines when you visit.

A little about Heritage Discovery Center

The building went up in 1907 as the Germania Brewery and later housed a meat packing plant and a paper company. It opened as the Heritage Discovery Center in 2001, and the Ethnic Social Club, with its 1940s bar from a Johnstown Polish citizens club, was added during the 2007 to 2008 renovation.