Host Your Event at the Smithsonian

Many of the Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are available as unique settings for special events. Organizations and individuals can rent Smithsonian spaces for their private event. To learn more about each venue, spaces that are available for rent, capacities of spaces and contact information, please visit each museum.

Castle garden and tent

Smithsonian Castle

building exterior with dramatic lighting

Arts and Industries Building

building exterior

National Museum of African American History and Culture

NMAfA interior

National Museum of African Art

building interior

National Air and Space Museum

Hazy interior

National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center

Kogod Courtyard

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Kogod Courtyard

National Portrait Gallery

Renwick Gallery exterior

Renwick Gallery

Freer courtyard

National Museum of Asian Art

Hirshhorn lit at night.

Hirshhorn Museum

NMAH interior

National Museum of American History

NMAI at dusk

National Museum of the American Indian

The Historic Lobby

National Postal Museum

NMNH Elephant Rotunda

National Museum of Natural History

ACM exterior

Anacostia Community Museum

zoo event space

National Zoo

New York City

Cooper Hewitt exterior

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

interior view

National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center

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