Create a timeless experience with Samsung Hall’s stunning beaux arts architecture. Travertine marble walls, a high ceiling, a gorgeous chandelier, and period details provide an elegant setting for receptions and large celebrations.
Hours of Availability: 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Vendor set up & tear down: 2:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
The museum’s diverse and adaptable spaces provide the perfect setting for launch parties, formal seated dinners or presentations. Whether you plan to welcome a few dozen guests or more than two thousand, the museum has many unique options. From the historic grandeur of Samsung Hall to the new 7,000 square foot East West Bank Art Terrace debuting in summer 2023, we’ll help you find the space that best suits your event, your guests, and your style.
Hosting an event at the Asian Art Museum is an exclusive benefit of Corporate Members only beginning at the Sandstone level. The essential support provided by Corporate Members enables the museum to deliver on its vision of making Asian art and culture essential to everyone.
The Asian Art Museum’s Corporate Membership program enhances your company’s presence in the Bay Area community and aligns your brand with a world-class arts organization. Members enjoy access to the museum’s unparalleled exhibitions, collections, and programs, and exposure to the rich diversity of Asian culture and communities.
Capacity: Standing 300 | Seated 225| Theatre 250
Square Footage: 3,136
Create a timeless experience with Samsung Hall’s stunning beaux arts architecture. Travertine marble walls, a high ceiling, a gorgeous chandelier, and period details provide an elegant setting for receptions and large celebrations.
Capacity: Standing 175 | Seated 50 (café style)
Square Footage: 1,745
The Dodson Loggia makes a dramatic statement. Adjacent to Samsung Hall, its barrel vaulted ceiling and stately columns overlook the Wilbur Grand Staircase, providing the opportunity for an unforgettable entrance and a standing cocktail reception.
Capacity: (Bogart) Standing 250 & (Bowes) Standing 200 | Seated 80 | Theatre 100
Square Footage: (Bogart) 3,104; (Bowes) 2,544
Glass ceilings crown the sleek modernism of Bowes and Bogart Courts. These light, airy spaces span seventy-two feet, that can accommodate presentations, cocktails, seated dinners and dance parties.
Located adjacent to the museum’s special exhibition galleries, Bogart Court often features exhibition-related art and décor.
Capacity: Standing 50 | Seated 30
The Peterson Room is an elegantly appointed lounge with a tranquil garden, located behind Asian Box, the museum’s on-site restaurant. It is the perfect place for a quiet networking event for 50 or seated dinner for 30 guests after public hours, or as a complement to our other spaces for an intimate VIP area.
Asian Box provides menus suitable for a variety of event styles. Events may begin no earlier than 6:00 PM in this space.
Capacity: Variable
Give your guests a window into ancient India, a trek through the Himalayas, a tour of traditional China, and all the cultures in between.
Event planners may choose to add one or more floors of galleries for guests to view. Temporary special exhibitions galleries located on the ground floor, as well as two floors of collection galleries on the second and third floors, are available. Private gallery tours can also be added for an experience that’s one-of-a-kind.