Located in the heart of the magnificent downtown Dallas Arts District, the Dallas Museum of Art is a premier cultural destination for an elegant event or meeting. Make your celebration a true masterpiece by hosting it at the Museum, where you will experience world-class cuisine and exceptional service.
With a choice of seven different beautiful and dynamic spaces, both indoors and outdoors, the Dallas Museum of Art is the perfect place to host your memorable corporate or group event, small conference, private party, wedding and reception, coming of age celebration, celebration of life, holiday gathering, and more.
Featuring windows and doors framed by beautiful Dale Chihuly glass, this incredible space is the perfect canvas for any special event.
A living artwork, the Fleischner Courtyard is a natural masterpiece in the heart of downtown Dallas. The courtyard is ideal for a reception or ceremony, or as an additional location to accompany a seated dinner in the Hamon Atrium.
This beautiful outdoor space installed with sculptures from the Museum’s collection is perfect for a pre-event reception, seated dinner, or wedding.
Subject to change based on chosen layout.
Evening events require an additional lighting fee.
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Eagle Family Plaza provides a beautiful setting for your next outdoor experience, with a shaded dining pavilion and lush grassy lawn area.
Located on the Museum’s second level, the Founders Room is the ideal space for daytime meetings and conferences, or an intimate cocktail reception or dinner.
Horchow Auditorium has state-of-the-art acoustics in a theater setting perfect for general sessions, programs, and lectures. The space features in-house audiovisual service, equipped with high-speed internet access and comfortable seating.
Open skies and iconic downtown views—Ross Avenue Plaza is the perfect space for your next large outdoor event.
G Texas Catering is the exclusive food and beverage provider for the DMA. Our team will design a menu and bar package to suit you and your event. The DMA also has a limited array of AV packages available based on event space. You are welcome to bring in vendors for other services, or our event team can design a custom package just for you.
Minimums for food and beverage vary based on the event space and day of the week of your event. Please consult your sales associate for additional details.
Yes! You are welcome to bring in decor to make your event special, or our event planners can design a custom package for you. Just remember that nothing can be hung from trees, walls, or ceilings, and no live plants or live flames are permitted.
You can add uplighting or projection to blank wall space; however, you cannot put additional lighting onto the artwork.
The JW Marriott is our preferred hotel partner and is a short walk from our south entrance.
Venue rentals do NOT include gallery access. While we encourage guests to explore the wide variety of art that is available at the DMA, they will only have access to the galleries added to your event contract.
Load-in for your event begins when your contracted spaces are no longer open to the public. Generally, this time will be 5:00 p.m., Wednesday–Sunday.
Access to some spaces and on certain days may be earlier. Please consult your sales associate for details.
Clients will have two hours prior to event time for load-in (following the above guidelines) and two hours post event time for strike. Additional hours may be contracted separately on request and as available.
For indoor spaces, events can run until midnight with load-out immediately following.
Events in our outdoor spaces must end by 10:00 p.m. (Sunday–Thursday) or 11:00 p.m. (Friday–Saturday).