Outdoor Venue
| Maximum Capacity: 200
The 2,000 square foot lobby, designed by Eliel Saarinen and featuring travertine floors and oak paneled walls, is adjacent to the galleries. The lobby is sun soaked during the early evening hours, from the dramatic floor to ceiling windows and doors that provide access to the courtyard.
The courtyard features lit trees, a granite reflecting pool, and outdoor sculptures by Carl Milles and Scott Burton, and is surrounded by the architecture of Eliel Saarinen, I. M. Pei, and Richard Meier. It is the perfect space to dance the night away underneath the stars, or to kick off your evening with passed hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.
Supported Layouts and Capacities
Banquet - 10 per
Capacity: 150 People
Reception
Capacity: 200 People
Features
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Special Features:
Plated or Buffet Style: 150 people
Stations or Cocktail Style: 200 people
Auditorium
| Maximum Capacity: 220
The 220-seat auditorium is well suited for symposia, lectures, performances, film, or video previews. The Theater has limited ADA-accessible seating. The rental fee includes use of the theater’s integrated technology package; however, approved audio visual technicians must be hired at the renter’s expense.
Supported Layouts and Capacities
Seating Capacity
Capacity: 220 People
General Event Space
| Maximum Capacity: 75
The 950-square-foot restaurant, designed by Richard Meier, has a curved glass wall looking out onto the courtyard and Maytag Reflecting Pool. This space is ideal for dinner meetings, rehearsal dinners, birthday dinners, or other intimate events. The courtyard and Maytag Reflecting Pool can be used as an elegant cocktail space or memorable way to serve dessert underneath the stars, when weather allows, without additional cost.
Supported Layouts and Capacities
Banquet - 10 per
Capacity: 50 People
Reception
Capacity: 75 People
Features
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Special Features:
Plated or Buffet Style: 50 people
Stations or Cocktail Style: 75 people