Fruitlands Museum — Attraction in Harvard

DJed a friend's wedding here and had a mixed experience. Aesthetically, it's a beautiful place for a wedding and reception in the fall. They did a very nice job decorating. The appetizers and desserts were fantastic but I'd give the main entree a 3/5. What really soiled my experience with this place was the way I was being spoken to by the banquet manager. For context, the bride and groom are friends and coworkers of mine and have had a very rough time leading up to the event due to a family illness. Communication was challenging and there were several last minute adjustments, with much of the decisions in TBD status the day of. From the guests perspective, I'm sure the wedding went off without a hitch. From my perspective, I felt like she expected me to have had planned the reception myself. She even asked me if I've ever even DJed a wedding before, and continued questioning my credibility until I shut it down. Now, full disclosure, I'm not a for-hire professional wedding DJ, but I am a professional resident DJ at one of Bostons biggest LGBTQ+ venues, and I have DJed a fair number of weddings, and I can say that EVERY SINGLE ONE of them gave me a printed itinerary with the times and relevant names I would need and a verbal walkthrough of the event almost as soon as I walked in.

I don't know if this was a one-off bad day or if this is what it's always like, and while I'm not gonna slam the star-rating for the venue as it was quite lovely, I felt like the experience...

We are so happy we chose to have our wedding at Fruitlands Museum. The view alone is so stunning but the day-of staff made our wedding extraordinary. Throughout the planning process, we worked with Laura who is the coordinator through Fireside. She was very easy going and helped us create our dream wedding. The event manager Shaun and attendants who worked our 10/8 wedding provided the most incredible service. They were on-top of every single detail, organized and so kind. Everything ran so smoothly and it truly just felt like a dream. We had guests rave about the service that was truly the best we’ve experienced at any wedding. The food— phenomenal. It was so delicious, all of our guests raved about the quality of the meal. We all know the couple rarely gets to sit down and enjoy their meals but we got the opportunity to sit and eat because of how wonderful and timely the service was. our attendant Shannon brought us snacks and champagne to the bridal suite and appetizers during cocktail hour photos and worked tirelessly the whole night to make sure we had every thing we could possibly need. She was AMAZING. Her timing was impeccable and would meet us on the dance floor with a drink so we didn’t have to stop the fun. We are so grateful to the entire staff and couldn’t be happier with our experience of having our wedding at the...

Very misleading name and disappointing experience. The 2 museums they have - an art museum and a Native American museum can NOT have the status of a museum. This is A BIG JOKE. The art museum has 3 rooms with a horrendous smell and about 5-6 contemporaty art objects. That is ALL. The Native American museum had 2 rooms with 3! paintings, 3! rugs, a few bowls and 1 boat. That is ALL. Look at my pictures. That is all you will see there.

The rest of that land can be called a farm, but there are no animals or gardens. There are a few hiking trails, but to enter this so-called "museum" you need to pay at least $10 per person. I wouldn't pay it for hiking. I wouldn't pay for anything there. A misleading name, unclear purpose, strange concept, 4! people working... I really would like to understand the purpose of this place and why people would pay to go there.

Add to this a location in the middle of nowhere and gas prices to get there. Worthless waste of time, money, anything you name it. Maybe views? I've seen much better views that do not require fees. The ONLY thing I liked there were 2 statues of Native Americans. They were very good, however not worth the trip or money...