Some of our Venues
V&A
The Victoria and Albert Museum is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Founded by Queen Victoria in 1852, The Victoria and Albert Museum's collections span two thousand years of art in virtually every medium, from many parts of the world.
The V&A’s magnificent Victorian gallery spaces and stunning John Madejski Garden combine to make it one of London’s most unique venues for corporate events and private entertaining. Hosting a number of temporary exhibitions each year makes the V&A the perfect venue for entertaining in conjunction with a private view of the exhibition. The V&A is an extremely versatile venue suited to award ceremonies and gala dinners as well as private parties and weddings.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS - BURLINGTON HOUSE
Situated in a private courtyard off Piccadilly, the Main Galleries in Burlington House are home to the annual Summer Exhibition, the world’s largest open-submission exhibition, the traditional start of London’s Summer Season and for Corporate Members, one of London’s hottest tickets for entertaining.
The fifteen daylight-filled galleries can host receptions for up to 800 guests and dinners for 250. The John Madejski Fine Rooms provide the perfect spaces for more intimate entertaining which can be done in conjunction with a private view of one of the RA’s blockbuster exhibitions. These have recently included Manet, Anselm Kiefer, Rubens and his Legacy, Ai Wei Wei and Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - WATERHOUSE BUILDING
Situated at the heart of the South Kensington Museum district, this cathedral to the natural world houses a world renowned centre of research, the famous Dinosaur Gallery, and around 80 million items in its five main collections.
The vast array of different spaces that are available are suited to every event type and style and are managed by a team of professionals with over 25 years of experience running events in the Museum. Regular and temporary exhibitions such as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, can also provide a point of interest for your party. Toward the end of this year the Museum will be saying goodbye to its old friend Dippy the Diplodocus before renovating the magnificent Hintze Hall. The beautiful North Hall offer fantastic alternatives to this space and provide an opportunity to do things a little differently before we can say hello to the majestic whale skeleton that will greet guests in late 2017.
DESIGN MUSEUM
The world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from architecture and fashion to graphics, product and industrial design.
The Design Museum is now open in its spectacular new location on High Street Kensington. With beautiful views over Holland Park, this stunningly refurbished building is available for conferences, awards ceremonies, dinners, drinks receptions, screenings, product launches and meetings.
NATIONAL GALLERY
One of London’s most visited public galleries, housing one of the World’s greatest collections of Western European paintings from the 13th to the 19th centuries, has recently undergone a transformation in its approach to venue hire.
The Gallery has created a unique and bespoke offer for its Corporate Members whilst opening its doors to individuals and organisations for one-off private hire of some of its best known spaces such as the Portico, the Central Hall, the Wohl Room, Gallery 30 and the Barry Rooms. A continuing series of blockbuster exhibitions such as the recent Goya: the Portraits and Delacroix and the rise of modern art makes this one of the most sought after venues to host an event.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Ideal for wine tastings, dinner, and public events. Featuring the exposed Sir John Rennie’s London Bridge, our newly created space showcases three restored Georgian brick arches, a grade listed original York stone floor and bespoke wine cellar as a backdrop.
A heritage setting for dinners, wine tastings, receptions and lectures, with a private entrance and reception area the London Bridge Arches can be hired exclusively.
Alternatively this contrasting space can be used for breakouts or refreshments for larger events taking place throughout the venue, including expos, marketplace events and product showcases.
TATE BRITAIN
When Henry Tate offered his collection of British art to the nation there was no space for it in the National Gallery. A new site had to be found and a gallery built to house this sensational gift, and also the works of British artists from other collections.
The grand porticoed entrance that overlooks the Thames remains as the original core building but due to the gallery’s enduring popularity and the growth of the collection, it has seen no less than seven major building extensions. Housing the most comprehensive collection of British art from 1500 to the present day it represents a truly unique opportunity for hosting an event. Whether you want to tie in with one of the many excellent temporary exhibitions or just delight your guests with the splendour of British classics in Gallery 9 this is a shining jewel in London’s venue crown.
TATE MODERN
The transformation of the former Bankside Power Station into one of the world’s leading modern art Galleries and top UK tourist attractions has been quite exceptional.
A home for the national collection of international modern and contemporary art, it currently provides a number of sleek and stunning event spaces, including the Turbine Hall itself, which later this year will increase in number dramatically with the unveiling of the Tate Modern Project.
The original oil Tanks for the power station will become the world’s first gallery space dedicated to live art and have fixed dates in the year during which they can be purely available for special events. Additionally the extension will include several exciting new spaces include the Level 2 and Level 4 concourses, as well as the Level 10 Viewing Terrace offering incredible views across the river and beyond. Together with a series of ground-breaking exhibitions the Tate Modern and Tate Modern Project look set to be the hot venue for events in 2016 and 2017.