The Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
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Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing
Starting at $500
Guest capacity
Up to 200 seated guests
About this venue
Let's L'Chaim! The Capital Jewish Museum is pleased to offer designated spaces in the Museum available for events on a space-available basis. With historic and modern spaces - conveniently located between downtown and the Capitol - the Museum can accommodate a range of events.
Our event spaces
- Full Museum Rental
- Cafritz Hall
- Community Action Lab
- Third Floor Terrace
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Available services that can be provided by The Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
Services & amenities
- Bar services
- Catering services
- Clean up
- Dressing room / Bridal Suite
- Event coordinator
- Event rentals
- Event staff
- Lighting/Sound
- Service staff
- Set up
- Wifi
Reviews
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Terrific Downtown Venue
The Capital Jewish Museum is a beautiful venue with flexible event spaces and thoughtfully curated exhibits. The space is modern and well-appointed with AV, lighting and equipment including tables, chairs and bars. All are high quality and brand new! Event spaces throughout the Museum make for lots of different party plans - a spacious, open first floor would work nicely for a ceremony or program with cocktails on the open-air roof terrace and second floor with time to flip the ceremony space for dinner. Plenty of creative ways to design a lovely party! The events coordinator and the building team are outstanding - very responsive, flexible, and accommodating. Love the CJM team!
CJM is happy to host social events (weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs), community meetings, work functions, galas, fundraisers, conferences, and more. Any publicity material or printed or video matter related to an event held at the Museum must be approved by the Museum before it may be released.
CJM rents the following spaces of the museum: • Historic Synagogue (80 seated in sanctuary, 20 seated on balcony) • The Morse-Loeb Museum Lobby (75 seated) • The Cafritz Multi-Purpose Room (100 theater style; 50-75 seated) • The Morse-Loeb Museum Lobby & The Caftriz Multi-Purpose Room Together (100 – 125 seated) • Terrace (40 seated) • Community Action Lab (38 seated) • The Gelman Conference Room (20 seated) All rentals may include up to an hour in exhibits-pending availability and other museum-wide events.
Basic rental fees include custodial service fee, and a Museum event contact. All rates are based on a 7 hour rental period; including 2 hour set up, 4 hour event, and 1 hour take down. • Tables and chairs for 125 • Museum Event Coordinator • Security guards • Standard custodial fee
Renters and their vendors are responsible for set up and clean up. This includes but is not limited to breaking down chairs and tables, removing all decorations, and kitchen clean up. An additional cleaning fee of $500 will be enacted in the event there is cleaning required above and beyond the normal wear and tear of an event. All items of renter must be removed by the end of breakdown, anything left behind without prior permission will become the property of CJM and they reserve the right to dispose of it in any way they see fit, at an additional fee.
The Capital Jewish Museum does not require for your rental to be Kosher, however we do not allow pork or shellfish to be served at any time. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact the facility rental staff.
Hanging things on walls must be pre-approved and is only allowed in the new building. Nothing may be attached to any walls inside (or outside) the Historic Synagogue. If you wish to break the glass, you must provide a mat or carpet to protect the Synagogue floor.
Both guided and un-guided tours are available upon request and for an additional fee. Please inquire with the Facility Rental Coordinator if you are interested.
We don't have one! We do have peak days Friday-Sunday.
We don't have one! We do have off-peak days Monday-Thursday.
Yes!
We do not. Parking is available in the public parking structure one block away.
Yes, all spaces at the CJM are ADA compliant including a wheelchair ramp and automated doors to all public areas.
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