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Carnegie Science Center
Packages
Guest capacity
Up to 275 seated guests
About this venue
Located just minutes from downtown Pittsburgh on the North Shore of the Ohio River, Carnegie Science Center is a unique, versatile venue for your next celebration. Whether you’re planning your dream wedding or hosting a welcome party for your out of town guests, our Special Events Team will help you create a celebration tailored to your vision. Each one of our unique spaces features a distinctive ambiance and interactive opportunities to help you create an unforgettable occasion. If you want to go to the edge of the universe, make a splash, or a boom for your next event, think Carnegie Science Center. Our scenic North Shore location offers incredible city and Point views, convenient parking, interactive exhibits, and truly unique event spaces. Our special events and catering team will help you create an event that is a unique, out of this world, and memorable.
Our event spaces
- 2nd Floor Exhibits
- Buhl Planetarium
- Works Theater & 4th Floor
- PointView Hall and Terrace
Carnegie Science Center packages
PointView Hall Ceremony and Reception
120-225 guests
The ceremony takes place on the Mt. Washington side of PointView Hall. The room will be divided with pipe and drape. Once guests head to the cocktail hour location, the rest of PointView Hall will be set for the reception. You can host your cocktail hour in either our interactive exhibit space or our classic RiverView Café & Terrace. All events held at Carnegie Science Center are exclusively catered by our award-winning, in-house catering partner Culinaire.
- In-house table and chairs
- Setup and teardown
- Custodial services
- Event security
- Stage
- Dancefloor
- Uplights
- Special Event Assistant
- Venue related event planning services
- Preferred and suggested vendor list
- Reception layout
Cocktail Hour and Reception
100-275 guests
You can host both your cocktail hour and reception in PointView Hall—PointView Hall would be set for the reception with some hightops near the bars and on the terrace (weather permitting). Or, you could host your cocktail hour in our interactive exhibit spaces or classic RiverView Café & Terrace. All events held at Carnegie Science Center are exclusively catered by our award-winning, in-house catering partner Culinaire.
- In-house table and chairs
- Setup and teardown
- Custodial services
- Event security
- Stage
- Dancefloor
- Uplights
- Special Event Assistant
- Venue related event planning services
- Preferred and suggested vendor list
- Reception layout
Theater Ceremony and Reception
30-120 guests
Get married in our Buhl Planetarium, where guests can watch your out of this world nuptials, or Works Theater, where your guests will be electrified for your "I-dos". Hold your cocktail hour and reception on an exhibit floor or PointView Hall. All events held at Carnegie Science Center are exclusively catered by our award-winning, in-house catering partner Culinaire.
- In-house table and chairs
- Setup and teardown
- Custodial services
- Event security
- Stage
- Dancefloor
- Uplights
- Special Event Assistant
- Venue related event planning services
- Preferred and suggested vendor list
- Reception layout
Available services that can be provided by Carnegie Science Center
Services & amenities
- Bar services
- Catering services
- Clean up
- Dance floor
- Event coordinator
- Event staff
- Liability insurance
- Lighting/Sound
- Service staff
- Set up
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wifi
Transportation & access
- Self parking - paid
- Wheelchair accessible
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
3 reviews
Our celestial dream wedding come true!
The Carnegie Science Center was the prefect choice for our wedding, and working with the wonderful people there was a pleasure! We'd gotten engaged under the solar eclipse of 2017, and were enthralled by the idea of having one simulated for our guests in the planetarium on site. Despite covid greatly delaying our plans, we finally toured the venue in 2023 and fell in love with the gorgeous view of the city from their Point View Hall, which is perhaps the greatest view of Pittsburgh there is! After a small, more intimate ceremony under the 2024 eclipse, we had our big event with friends and family that May, and everybody thoroughly enjoyed the unique touches only made possible by the science center such as the planetarium show, the cocktail hour among their exhibit floor, and the liquid nitrogen cocktails served! The food prepared by the venue was delicious, and everybody who corresponded with us -from the theater team, event management, etc.- was both delightful and professional, and clearly were enthusiastic about making our event as amazing as possible, and they most certainly succeeded! They also made it very easy to select 3rd party vendors that they had worked with closely in the past for the music, decor, transportation, etc. They even helped to reunite us with a few items that were accidentally left behind after the wedding! If you want to host a unique event with a gorgeous view and a very professional staff, then we can't recommend the Carnegie Science Center more!
Incredible experience!
The Science Center made our wedding perfect! Vanessa and Tom were absolute rockstars and made the whole process very easy. Our venue was decorated beautifully with the decorations we provided, and we received endless compliments on the venue. The food was delicious and the CSC staff clearly put a lot of thought into the cookie table arrangement. Every staff member we interacted with was incredibly kind and helpful. They even allowed us to take some photos in the exhibit space, which was a ton of fun! I can't recommend the Science Center enough for any event.
Best Location for a Pittsburgh Wedding
We had the most amazing time working with Vanessa and the whole events planning team at the Science Center. They went above and beyond to help make our day an unforgettable one for us and our guests. If you’re looking for a venue with the most amazing views of Pittsburgh, you won’t find anything better than this!
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