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 p.m. to Midnight
Vendor set up & tear down: 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Private rental events must follow current COVID protocols outlined by the SF Department of Public Health.
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From classical to modern, intimate to grand, your vision will fit right in. Take over a single space or flow through the building as you move from ceremony to cocktails, formal dinner and dancing.
Ceremony
Give your main event a setting to remember. Make a grand entrance on the Grand Staircase, say your vows in the beaux-arts splendor of Samsung Hall or walk down the aisle in the Courts’ natural light. There’s a beautiful space for every ceremony.
Cocktails
Nearly every location in the museum can accommodate a lively cocktail hour. Creative combinations of spaces will give your guests a change of scenery while they sip and socialize.
Dinner & Dancing
Formerly the card catalog room of the public library, the awe-inspiring architecture of Samsung Hall makes for elegant dinners and energetic dance floors. Or transform North or South Court into your own private lounge for a fabulous after-party.
Capacity: Standing 350 | Seated 250 | Theatre 225
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 Loggia makes a dramatic statement. Adjacent to Samsung Hall, its barrel vaulted ceiling and stately columns overlook the Grand Staircase, providing the opportunity for pre-dinner cocktails and an unforgettable entrance.
Capacity: (North) Standing 300 | Seated 220 | Theatre 250; (South) Standing 250 | Seated 200 | Theatre 250
Square Footage: (North) 3,104; (South) 2,544
Glass ceilings crown the sleek modernism of North and South Courts. These light, airy spaces span seventy-two feet, and can accommodate ceremonies, cocktails, seated dinners, and dance parties.
Located adjacent to the museum’s special exhibition galleries, North 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 Sunday, 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.
*The Tea Garden is temporarily closed and scheduled to re-open in spring 2020.
Sunday provides menus suitable for a variety of event styles. Events can start at 5:30 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.