The Natural History Museum has
announced new additions to its venue hire offering - including whole museum hire for the first time.
The South Kensington museum is now offering event organisers the opportunity to enquire about exclusive hire of
the entire museum for large-scale, full day events.
The museum has also added the brand-new Garden Kitchen to
its portfolio - a new venue hire space available for exclusive day-hire and
evening events, where guests can spill outside into the Evolution
Garden.
Robert Wetherell, head of events and catering at the
Natural History Museum said: “We’re delighted to share the wonder of the museum in a new
way this year as we introduce, for the first time, the opportunity to
exclusively hire the museum for a full day, as well as opening our brand-new
Garden Kitchen.
“We’re on a mission to create advocates for the planet, and
hosting events at the museum helps us to support the vital work of our 350
scientists, who are finding solutions to the planetary emergency.”
The whole museum hire will see full-day exclusive
access to the Hintze Hall, Earth Hall - alongside a six-metre-long Stegosaurus
called Sophie – and galleries such as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Gallery and the Dinosaur Gallery.
The newest addition to Museum’s venue hire portfolio is the
Garden Kitchen, nestled within the recently transformed gardens. The vast open-plan space featuring wooden beams and huge
expansive windows is available for hire after-hours. Here, among the planting, guests can enjoy
drink receptions inside or outside, soaking in the sights and sounds of nature.
Robert Wetherell added: “Architects Feilden
Fowles designed the highly sustainable timber and stone building to complement
the museum, which offers a special new space in the London event scene, holding
up to 300 for standing or 100 for dinner. This new and incredible space opens
directly into the Evolution Garden, where our newest diplodocus Fern gazes down
on an immersive timeline of life on earth, told through flowers, plants,
geology and brass inlays of creatures.”
The Garden Kitchen also offers a
further exclusive daytime or evening hire option – the purpose-built 70-person meeting space, The Garden Room, an octagonal
space with huge floor to ceiling windows looking out onto the gardens. The Garden Kitchen is also open to the public during the
day. Visitors can enjoy a seasonal menu and drinks, courtesy of
Benugo.
