SPECIAL EVENTS - The Wadsworth Atheneum
SPECIAL EVENTS - The Wadsworth Atheneum
SPECIAL EVENTS - The Wadsworth Atheneum
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ROOM DESCRIPTIONS<br />
Depending on your entertaining style and space requirements, the museum’s distinctive<br />
event spaces each offer a different ambience for your guests.<br />
AVERY COURT<br />
International Style Avery Court features a spectacular skylight with a working centerpiece<br />
Venus fountain created in 1600 by French artist Pietro Francavilla who worked in Italy. This<br />
gallery accommodates up to 220 for a seated dinner and 350 for a standing reception.<br />
MORGAN GREAT HALL<br />
Elegant Morgan Great Hall offers a breathtaking view of large scale Contemporary works.<br />
With majestic 50-foot high ceilings, the Great Hall seats up to 120 for dinner and allows<br />
200 for a reception.<br />
HARTFORD COURANT ROOM, MUSEUM CAFÉ & GENGRAS COURT<br />
For more intimate gatherings, the Hartford Courant Room provides the perfect location<br />
for business breakfasts, luncheons, meetings, presentations, lectures, and small dinner<br />
parties. Capacity for a seated meal, lecture or standing reception is 50. <strong>The</strong> museum café<br />
also serves smaller business groups for breakfast meetings, evening cocktail receptions<br />
and dinner events. This space can be used in conjunction with the adjoining outdoor<br />
Gengras Court during the warmer months. Capacity is 75 for a seated meal and 100 for a<br />
standing reception in the café.<br />
AETNA THEATER & LOCTITE LOBBY<br />
For formal presentations requiring more extensive audio visual capabilities, Aetna <strong>The</strong>ater<br />
is fully equipped with a stage and audio visual equipment. Floor-to-ceiling lyrical neo-<br />
Romantic murals line the walls of the classic Art Deco theater, originally opened in 1934.<br />
<strong>The</strong> theater holds up to 284 guests and has an adjoining lobby for small pre or post event<br />
receptions.<br />
AVAILABLE SPACES AND ROOM CAPACITIES<br />
SPACE RECEPTION SEATED DINNER<br />
Avery Court 350 220 (22 tables of 10)<br />
Aetna <strong>The</strong>ater 284 n/a<br />
Morgan Great Hall 200** 120 (12 tables of 10)<br />
Gengras Court (outdoor) 125 60<br />
Loctite Lobby 100 n/a<br />
Hartford Courant Room 50 50 (5 tables of 10)<br />
Museum Café 100 75<br />
Betty Roberts Room NA 10<br />
** Note: Morgan Great Hall is unavailable from March 1, 2010 – May 7, 2011<br />
wadsworth atheneum museum of art 600 main street, hartford ct 06119 wadsworthatheneum.org
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