The Museum Of Fine Arts Houston


Guest capacity

Up to 350 seated guests


About this venue

The MFAH campus offers a variety of unique and elegant spaces for private events. When you select the MFAH as your next venue, you are supporting the Museum’s exhibitions, programs, and community outreach.


Our event spaces

Audrey Jones Beck Building

A truly unique experience to be able to be married and to celebrate within a gallery space.

Designed by the Pulitzer Prize–winning architect Rafael Moneo and opened in 2000, the Beck Building—which houses the Museum’s collections of antiquities, Old Masters, Impressionism, American art, and modern and contemporary art—offers a variety of spaces for entertaining.

Guest capacity

Up to 150 Seated

Up to 150 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Engagement party

Guests often feel this space is

“Surprised and delighted”

Glassell School of Art

Bright, modern, and interesting architectural features make this a stand-out for more intimate weddings.

Designed by Steven Holl Architects. The new L-shaped building is constructed from a series of sandblasted, precast concrete panels, alternating with panes of glass, in a rhythm of verticals and slight angles. The Glassell School Lobby and first floor gallery are available for entertaining

Guest capacity

Up to 120 Seated

Up to 200 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception

Guests often feel this space is

“Surprised and delighted”

Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

A show-stopping display of modern architecture and art, perfect for any special event.

Designed by Steven Holl Architects as the third MFAH gallery building, it is the final component in the eight-year project to expand and enhance Museum’s Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus. Gathered under a “luminous canopy” roof, the concave curves reference the billowing clouds that fill the “big sky” of Texas, allowing natural light to flood the central spaces.

Guest capacity

Up to 250 Seated

Up to 300 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding reception, Cocktail hour

Guests often feel this space is

“Surprised and delighted”

Caroline Wiess Law Building

This is the largest and most versatile entertaining space at the Museum.

Designed by Bauhaus master Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in two phases (1958 and 1974), the Law Building’s elegant modernist pavilion opens onto Bissonnet Street. To the rear of the building is the Museum’s original structure, a Neo-classical design created by William Ward Watkin in the early 1920s, which has gallery spaces that are more intimate.

Guest capacity

Up to 350 Seated

Up to 750 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding reception

Audrey Jones Beck Building

A truly unique experience to be able to be married and to celebrate within a gallery space.

Designed by the Pulitzer Prize–winning architect Rafael Moneo and opened in 2000, the Beck Building—which houses the Museum’s collections of antiquities, Old Masters, Impressionism, American art, and modern and contemporary art—offers a variety of spaces for entertaining.

Guest capacity

Up to 150 Seated

Up to 150 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Engagement party

Guests often feel this space is

“Surprised and delighted”


Available services that can be provided by The Museum Of Fine Arts Houston

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

Transportation & access

  • Self parking - paid
  • Valet - paid

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  • Senior Account Executive for City Kitchen Catering

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    Jim EwingAug 20, 2020

    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is one of the truly special locations in Houston to celebrate an event. To be surrounded by world class art while enjoying the activities of a special dinner is an exclusive experience. The professionalism and excitement of the Special Events team assures a well run event. My favorite place in Houston to execute a special occasion!


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