The Usher Gallery is a unique wedding landmark venue in Lincoln. This stately building provides the perfect backdrop for your fairytale wedding. Home to an outstanding collection of artworks, sculptures, and decorative arts, this timeless location is bursting with culture and creativity and is a dreamlike venue to mark the start of the rest of your life.
Your ceremony at the Usher Gallery
The Usher Gallery acts as a premium register office. Welcome up to 80 of your nearest and dearest in Gallery One for a wedding ceremony like no other. This stunning space located on the ground floor will be transformed into a home for you and your loved ones to unite in honour of this milestone event.
You are allocated a two hour slot as part of your booking, which includes thirty minutes before the start to allow your guests to arrive, take their seats and enjoy the surroundings. Your ceremony will typically last thirty minutes and is accompanied by music and readings of your choice. Following the main event, you will be entitled to an hour of photo time in the picturesque Temple Gardens.
Explore the venue on one of our free opening days, and see the stunning gallery one set up ready for ceremonies.
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Services offered
The Usher Gallery is a working art gallery and, therefore, cannot be tailored to you. However, once you set eyes on these exquisite pieces of work, you will not want it any other way. Please also be aware that only artificial silk flowers may be used in the venue due to the very precious art works on display.
We understand the importance of personalising your occasion and offer plenty of ways you can customise your ceremony with us. We also give you full access to the sound system in order to create an ambience that is true to you. The ceremony room will be closed to the public throughout the duration of your service.
Viewings are available Thursdays through to Monday from 10am to 4pm, where couples are encouraged to come and view the room and imagine it as they would like it to be on their big day.
Our ceremony fees
The Usher Gallery offers a premium venue at an affordable price. As a register office venue, the ceremony fee covers the hire of the venue and the registrars to conduct your ceremony.
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Availability |
2024 to 2025 |
2025 to 2026 |
2026 to 2027 |
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Thursday |
£960 |
£985 |
£1015 |
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Friday and Saturdays |
£1010 |
£1040 |
£1070 |
Available dates
The Usher Gallery is available for ceremonies on select days throughout the year.
We offer up to two ceremonies on each of the following dates:
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Booking your ceremony
We welcome all enquires from couples looking to book a ceremony at the Usher Gallery.
In addition, a member of our ceremonies team can be available to attend viewings with couples on other days when the gallery is open.
We also offer open days throughout the year.
Terms and conditions
The following terms and conditions will apply to ceremonies at the Usher Gallery.
- there are no customisation options for the room itself, and the ceremony offer is as pictured, providing a contemporary style.
- only artificial silk flowers may be used in the venue. Displays must not include real flowers, dried flowers, berries, grapes or soft fruit. These may stain the surfaces in the venue and attract pests, which cause damage to collections.
- confetti of any kind is not permitted indoors. Bio-degradable confetti is allowed outside the venue.
- bookings include access for the bridal car to the grounds; no other parking is available, but there are public car parks close by.
- please be aware that animals are not permitted (assistance animals are excluded)
- food and drink are not permitted at The Usher Gallery.
- photography is allowed in Gallery 1, Entrance Hall, Stairwell and Upper Landing, but flash photography is not permitted. Close-up shots of the collections are not allowed. There may be restrictions on photographing some artworks due to copyright restrictions, which will be explained in advance. There should be no trailing leads.
- helium balloons and bubbles are not permitted in the venue; they can cause damage to our collections.
- candles with naked flames are not permitted within the venue. Battery powered candles (LED) are used, and we provide these for the lanterns pictured.
- smoking is not permitted indoors.
- smoke machines are not permitted in the venue; this may cause damage and increase risks to collections.
- dancing is not permitted in the Usher Gallery; this may cause vibrations and undue risks to the collections.
Guests must use the cloakroom or coat racks provided. Wet coats and umbrellas are not permitted in the ceremony rooms or galleries.