MAKE YOUR EVENT A MASTERPIECE—LET NOMA BE YOUR CANVAS!

The museum and the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden provide opulent settings for private events, meetings, film screenings, corporate entertaining, lectures, seated dinners, receptions, weddings, and more. For private event information please see below.

If you are interested in a private event rental, please email events@noma.org.

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The Freeport-McMoran Great Hall

As the front doors open, every exquisite detail of the Great Hall is revealed—the grand staircase, the soaring neoclassic white columns, the hand-laid marble floors and above, the balcony with panoramic views of the magnificent event below. The Great Hall is a stunningly memorable venue for a wedding or gathering. It is a place to celebrate, dine, dance, and mingle. It can be the showplace for your event or just one part of a customized celebration set up throughout NOMA reflecting your unique style—imagine the possibilities! Recommended capacity of 220 theater-style seating with maximum capacity of 1,200 standing cocktail style.

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

Exchange vows under Spanish moss-laden 200 year-old live oaks or at the amphitheater with the reflecting lagoon as your backdrop; second line across the unique canal link bridge, through meandering footpaths surrounded by magnolias and camellias, and then enjoy cocktails in a grove of tall pines. Celebrate a milestone event or a corporate victory surrounded by a world-class collection of sculptures. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is an exquisite combination of art and landscape.

Coleman Courtyard

Uniquely versatile, with a sloping glass ceiling and walls of windows, bathed in natural light or starlight, the Coleman Courtyard sets the perfect scene for your intimate dinner, cocktail party, or wedding ceremony. It is a great space for 75 guests seated banquet style, 175 seated theater-style for a ceremony, and 150 for a standing cocktail reception. To accommodate a larger event, the glass walls slide open to reveal the Lapis Center for the Arts, transforming two spaces into one that easily seats 200 banquet-style, 300 theater-style, or standing cocktail-style. Coleman Courtyard may be rented alone or added to the Great Hall Package.

Lapis Center for the Arts

A beautiful, flexible, and contemporary space, the Lapis Center for the Arts is designed to serve in multiple capacities from corporate presentations to elegant weddings and more. Centrally featured on the walls is Enrique Alférez’s stunning plaster relief mural, Symbols of Communication. Included are installed state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, a customizable stage, a motorized drop-down projection screen and projector, and a technician on site to ensure the highest quality production values for your event. The Lapis Center for the Arts may be rented alone or added to the Great Hall Package. The approximate recommended guest capacity for theater-style seating is 150-200, depending on the size of the chairs, 175 for standing cocktail-style, and 140 seated banquet-style.

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