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Entertaining at NOMA
Make your event a masterpiece. Let NOMA be your canvas.
NOMA provides an opulent setting to host private events, meetings, film screenings, corporate entertaining, lectures, seated dinners, receptions, weddings, and more. Interior and exterior spaces can accommodate up to 1,200 guests.
Event Venues for Meetings, Corporate, and Social Entertaining
Woldenberg Board Room
Located on the second floor with expansive park views, the room showcases an impressive conference table that comfortably seats up to 30. For a social setting, the room is large enough with 1,200 square feet to accommodate standing room for 80 guests.
Stern Auditorium
Complete with 220 theater-style seats, the first floor Auditorium is the perfect venue to host film screenings, lectures, seminars, conferences, and performances.
Freeport-McMoRan Great Hall
Crafted over a century ago, the Great Hall is admired for its exquisite architectural detail in the sculptural Beaux-Arts style. Guests will be greeted by a dramatic grand staircase, hand-laid marble floors, soaring white columns, and a balcony with panoramic views. Intriguing exhibitions change frequently, so there is always something new to view. At 3,200 square feet, the Great Hall is the ideal place for music and mingling.
McDermott Lobby
The first floor elevator lobby holds an additional 2,940 square feet of space adjoining the Great Hall. Accessible from either side of the grand staircase, the length of the lobby is ideal for food and beverage stations.
Gallery Spaces
The Great Hall is surrounded by five galleries that hold the museum’s Old Master paintings of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish art. Your guests will marvel at the opportunity to dine amidst these sophisticated masterpieces, dating as far back as the 14th century. The galleries range between 400 and 900 square feet and can seat a total of 200.
Freeman Courtyard and Booth-Bricker Courtyard
Each courtyard is 1,900 square feet and can accommodate up to 75 guests each. Both are handicap accessible and are an additional rental that can be paired with the entire building.
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Situated on five acres adjacent to the museum, the sculpture garden is home to over sixty-two sculptures by twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists. Meandering lagoons, bridges, Spanish moss-laden ancient oaks, and mature pines are just a few of the distinguishing features that make this a favorite venue for cocktails before shifting into the museum.
Stern Auditorium (1st floor) and Woldenberg Board Room (2nd floor)
Email events@noma.org or call (504) 658-4139
Wedding Ceremonies and Receptions
Enchant your guests with a magical ceremony underneath a canopy of Spanish moss followed by cocktails under the pines in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Then, turn up the fun by second lining into the Museum for the reception!
Event Venues
Freeport-McMoRan Great Hall
Crafted over a century ago, the Great Hall is admired for its exquisite architectural detail in the sculptural Beaux-Arts style. Guests will be greeted by a dramatic grand staircase, hand-laid marble floors, soaring white columns, and a balcony with panoramic views. Intriguing exhibitions change frequently, so there is always something new to view. At 3,200 square feet, the Great Hall is the ideal place for music and mingling.
McDermott Lobby
The first floor elevator lobby holds an additional 2,940 square feet of space adjoining the Great Hall. Accessible from either side of the grand staircase, the length of the lobby is ideal for food and beverage stations.
Gallery Spaces
The Great Hall is surrounded by five galleries that hold the museum’s Old Master paintings of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish art. Your guests will marvel at the opportunity to dine amidst these sophisticated masterpieces, dating as far back as the 14th century. The galleries range between 400 and 900 square feet and can seat a total of 200.
Freeman Courtyard and Booth-Bricker Courtyard
Each courtyard is 1,900 square feet and can accommodate up to 75 guests each. Both are handicap accessible and are an additional rental that can be paired with the entire building.
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Situated on five acres adjacent to the Museum, the garden is home to over sixty-two sculptures by renown twentieth and twenty-first century artists. Meandering lagoons, bridges, Spanish moss-laden ancient oaks, and mature pines are just a few of the distinguishing features that make this a favorite spot for wedding ceremonies and cocktails before transitioning into the museum for the reception. The Sculpture Garden can be added to your rental of the museum, or it can be rented as an individual venue for one hour.
Email events@noma.org or call (504) 658-4139
Venue Options & Amenities
All venues include free parking, indoor security, handicap access, a facility manager, and three hours set up time. NOMA does not provide food, beverages, tables, chairs, or equipment. A suggested list of vendors is available; however outside vendors are allowed with prior approval. Events are not booked Friday evenings or on major holidays.
Pricing is available upon request.
The Entire Building
• Saturday and Sunday 6p.m. to 11:30p.m. and Monday – Thursday 7p.m. to 11:30p.m.
• 3 hour minimum
• Capacity: 1,200 guests
• Private use of the museum’s interior with access to view the galleries on the second and third floors.
• Indoor venues include the Great Hall, five galleries, the mezzanine, and the McDermott Lobby.
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
• Available for an extra hour when you rent the museum.
• Available without the use of the museum for one hour wedding ceremony.
The Woldenberg Board Room
• Located on the second floor with expansive park views.
• Conference table seats 30; standing room for 80
The Stern Auditorium
• 220 theater-style seats
• Stage, large screen, projector, podium, microphone, PC computer, Power Point, and Blu Ray DVD player
The Freeport-McMoRan Great Hall
• 3 hour minimum
• Monday 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and Tuesday – Thursday 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
• Capacity: 200 guests
• 3,365 square feet
Email events@noma.org or call (504) 658-4139
Please fill out the form below to receive pricing and information about entertaining at NOMA.
Portico Photo Session Fee – $50
Sculpture Garden Photo Session Fee – $50
Portico and Sculpture Garden Photography Permit
A $50 fee is required to take professional photos on NOMA’s portico or in the Sculpture Garden. Please click below to purchase a permit and in the “note to seller” field, write in the requested date and time of the photography session. Print out your receipt and bring it with you. Please call 504-658-4139 for help or more information.
Please note:
- The Sculpture Garden is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
- If inclement weather occurs, a rain date will be re-scheduled.
- This permit does not extend to City Park. You must obtain a separate permit for City Park grounds by contacting 504.483.9415.
NOMA and garden guidelines apply:
- NOMA property may not be altered.
- Do not touch the sculptures.
- No props, animals, food, confetti, flower petals, or balloons.
- Do not block walkways or entrances. Priority is given to museum and sculpture garden visitors.
- If guidelines are not met, you will be asked to leave. In such a case, the permit is non-refundable.
