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Max Capacity 1200

London, SW7 5BD

Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum is one of London’s most unique and iconic venues. Its magnificent architecture and collections create the perfect backdrop for any event. From informal and intimate to creative and spectacular, the Museum’s variety of spaces will suit any wedding, private party or conference. Our dedicated and experienced team will provide expert support to plan and deliver your event.

By choosing the Natural History Museum you are booking much more than a beautiful venue. By hosting an event you are helping to inspire the next generation of scientists and supporting our vital research into the big challenges facing our planet.

The magnificent Hintze Hall reopened in 2017 with a huge blue whale skeleton at its centre. Grand and luxurious, it’s our largest venue.

As one of London’s most iconic venues, we have a grant of approval to hold civil marriages and civil partnerships in twelve of our galleries. The spaces can be used for ceremonies, reception-only celebrations or both.

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What this venue offers

  • Conference / Awards Ceremony
  • Dining / Reception
  • Wedding / Celebration
  • Seasonal Party
  • Outdoor Space

Venue Spaces

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Hintze Hall

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Earth Hall

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The Darwin Centre & Courtyard

Hintze Hall

Hintze Hall, with its grand entrance way, soaring Romanesque arches and magnificent stone staircase, is the most dramatic and iconic space in the whole Museum. The hall’s large capacity makes it a popular space for dinner dances, awards ceremonies, fashion shows and private events.

Guests enter through the spectacular main entrance, where the splendour of the Hintze Hall is revealed. A drinks reception can be held in one of the adjacent galleries – Fossil Way or Dinosaur Way.

Capacity Chart

  • Dining 650
  • Reception 1200

Earth Hall

The celestial map adorning the walls of Earth Hall provides a beautiful backdrop to the Museum’s giant metal Earth sculpture. Your guests will be surrounded by remarkable objects that tell the story of our planet and solar system, including moon rock, precious metals and fluorescent minerals. These specimens tell their own stories of Earth’s chaotic past.

The Earth galleries can be added to provide a unique pre-dinner drinks experience or to increase capacity for a reception.

Capacity Chart

  • Dining 200
  • Reception 400 or 800 with the Earth Galleries

The Darwin Centre & Courtyard

The Darwin Centre offers a contemporary canvas for a multitude of events including drinks receptions and formal dinners. Steel beams and reflective glass, together with the white limestone floor and curved concrete walls, provide a bright and modern event setting. The opportunity to explore the Cocoon is an extra treat to any event.

The courtyard provides a tranquil setting for a party or drinks reception with the additional space of the atrium inside.

Capacity Chart

  • Dining 150
  • Reception 350

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Victoria at Venues All Areas is an ultimate professional who incorporates a personal touch and worked with us from start to finish.  She is always accessible and dealt with any issues promptly and meticulously.  A great pleasure to work with and look forward to working with Victoria on my next events.

GKN Aerospace

Since 2018, Venues All Areas & The Events Architect have organised our events, each for between 300 and 500 staff. Quite simply, they have all been a phenomenal success. Our Summer Party now runs over three days, involving everything from marquees, refined catering, smart sleeping tents, bands, and a myriad of other activities (even ice cream vans!). Our Christmas Party is traditional black tie, which they somehow also make special and out of the ordinary. They challenge themselves to go above and beyond, and they SUCCEED, whilst keeping within the all-important budget!

Explore Learning Ltd

Thank you so much for all your hard work. We all had a great time and received streams of positive feedback from clients and HSBC staff. Everything went to plan and came together in a relaxed evening that flowed very well.

Relationship Manager HSBC

Thank you Venues All Areas for all your hard work in finding us the perfect venues for our Summit, which was the most successful yet. I would love to work with you again for next year which will probably be in Milan.

TV2 Den-mark

Victoria is a creative, dependable and hard working professional who delivered several excellent events for me/HSBC. These required effective stake holder and Victoria enjoyed strong working relationships with HSBC senior management and my team. She is always very personable, hard working and reliable. Victoria would always ensure that she had a firm understanding of the business requirements, provided a range of solutions and worked within agreed budgets, communicating progress at all stages of an event.

Group Events Manager HSBC

Victoria at The Events Architect took all the stress out of event planning for one of the biggest events in the Officers Mess calendar. The decorations and entertainment were phenomenal, funny and daring and tied in perfectly with our theme and audience. Having already got the venue, Victoria was able to craft a vision that fit the space perfectly and she was also extremely adaptable to short notice requests. It was a fantastic party and I could not recommend her enough.

RNAS Yeovilton

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