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Western Spirit; Scottsdale's Museum of the West

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Raw space venue

The venue will provide just the space. You’ll bring in your own caterer and vendors.

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Starting at $1,000 for off-peak dates, and $800 for peak dates

Guest capacity

Up to 300 seated guests

About this venue

As a Smithsonian Affiliate with award-winning architecture and landscape design, the museum provides an exceptionally unique environment that showcases the beauty and history of the American West. Rent it for your private and corporate events, weddings and celebrations, business meetings, presentations, performances, holiday parties and more. Groups who choose to reserve the museum’s facilities for private use are also granted access to the building’s galleries for the duration of the event. Upon request, museum staff can arrange for docents and/or gallery guides to be available at the time of an event for no extra fee.

Seated guest capacity

1-300

Venue type

Museums, Galleries

Venue setting

Indoor
Outdoor

3830 N Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Our event spaces

Theater/Auditorium

As a Smithsonian Affiliate, the museum provides an exceptionally unique environment that showcases the beauty and history of the American West.

Rent it for your private and corporate events, weddings and celebrations, business meetings, presentations, performances, holiday parties and more.

Guest capacity

1-250 Seated

1-300 Standing

Square footage

2,000

Guests often feel this space is

“Warm and cozy”

Included in this room:

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Theater/Auditorium: This impressive, approximately 2,000-square-foot space can be used as a theater or a reception venue, and features easy access to the museum’s surrounding galleries and sculpture courtyard. It is equipped with audio/visual system connections, Wi-Fi, a 10’ x 18’ projector screen and 135 scalable, retractable stadium seats. Capacity: 135 theater seats, or table seating for up to 150, or a reception for 120 – 200 guests.

Room cost

$35/person for three (3) hours

Courtyard

The museum’s open-air sculpture courtyard allows you to celebrate among beautiful desert sculptures by some of the West’s most renowned artists.

Christine and Ted Mollring Sculpture Courtyard: The museum’s open-air sculpture courtyard allows guests to celebrate among beautiful desert plantings and artworks by some of the American West’s most renowned artists. The courtyard is connected to the adjacent theater by a sliding barn door. Capacity: 117 guests

Guest capacity

Up to 100 Seated

Up to 200 Standing

Guests often feel this space is

“Surprised and delighted”

Included in this room: