Field Museum

Guest capacity

Up to 1000 seated guests

About this venue

Sip champagne on our terrace overlooking Lake Michigan. Dance under the shadowed silhouette of Máximo the Titanosaur. Pose for photos in front of an Egyptian mastaba. Celebrate with your guests amid millions of artifacts and specimens—and invite them to explore the exhibitions while they take a break from drinks and dancing. Our variety of spaces accommodate as few as 10 and up to more than 1,000 guests: Celebrate outdoors with a ceremony on the terrace or cocktails in the Rice Native Plant Gardens, or transform the museum’s iconic Stanley Field Hall or East Atrium for your dream wedding.

Seated guest capacity

  • 1000

Venue type

  • Museums, Galleries

Venue setting

  • Indoor
  • Outdoor
1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605

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Stanley Field Hall

Treat your guests to dinner, dancing, and dinosaur bones.

Stanley Field Hall is a premier Chicago event space, with iconic features everywhere your guests look: African elephants prepared by famed taxidermist Carl Akeley, large hanging gardens and flying pterosaurs, and Máximo the Titanosaur. This expansive hall can accommodate a wide range of events—wedding, galas, and more. Customize your event by making use of the second floor balcony or, weather permitting, outdoor terraces and other adjoining spaces.

Guest capacity

Up to 1000 Seated

Up to 3000 Standing

Square footage

21,000

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Cocktail hour, Welcome party, After party

Available services that can be provided by Field Museum

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Clean up
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Set up
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

Transportation & access

  • Self parking - paid
  • Valet - paid
  • Wheelchair accessible

Reviews

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5.0 (1 review)

  • A grand experience from a grand venue!

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    •Colleen M.•2 years ago

    My husband and I just celebrated our wedding reception at the Field and it was beyond anything I could have dreamed. Peyton and every single Field staff member were amazing to work with. The Field works with the most remarkable vendors in the city and every minute detail is considered and covered. The museum has been a special place for my husband and I. For us to have had our reception there was a dream come true. There is no other space in the city like it! Our guests had a ball being able to explore the exhibits and grounds of the museum. It wasn’t just a reception, it was the experience of a lifetime!

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