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100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121
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Phone: 415/750-3698
www.famsf.org
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Legion of Honor Museum

Why We Like This Place

Whether you’re seeing the Legion of Honor for the first time or the tenth, you can’t help but be a little awestruck. The majestic neoclassical building, standing on the highest point of Lincoln Park, represents San Francisco at its absolute best: great architecture, fine art, romance, and stunning coastal views.

Weddings often begin with a ceremony on the Balustrade Lawn, a promontory where couples exchange vows against a breathtaking panorama of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Marin Headlands, and the Pacific Ocean. Or, if palatial is your preference, get married in the regal Court of Honor. Sunrise to sunset, the light is forever changing in this expansive piazza with its soaring wraparound colonnade. August Rodin’s famous sculpture, The Thinker, sits alone at the entrance, animating the space with its dynamic form.

The Legion of Honor is home to more than 70 Rodin sculptures, and it’s the only place on earth where you and your guests may dine and dance sumptuously among the sculptor’s masterpieces. They reside in three adjacent galleries with vaulted ceilings—a series of event spaces of princely proportions. Celebrating in any one of these chambers will give your gathering a luxurious feel. But combine all three for unprecedented grandeur: Have cocktails in one gallery, dining in another and dancing in the third. However, you’ll probably want to have that first dance, center stage, under the museum’s magnificent rotunda, whose gorgeous marble floor is available for just that purpose. You might also opt to include a favorite musical selection played by the museum’s designated organist on the Legion’s very own walnut, ivory and ebony Skinner pipe organ—one of the finest in the world and a working work of art. Its 4,500 pipes have been seamlessly integrated into the very structure of the museum.

Downstairs on the Terrace Level other interesting choices await. How about a cocktail reception amid the treasures in the dramatic Hall of Antiquities? Guests can meet and mingle surrounded by pottery, sculpture, glass vessels and metalwork created by early artists from Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Ancient Near East. There’s room for a large bar, and waiters can serve up champagne and passed hors d’oeuvres here before celebrants step into the adjoining Legion Café to dine.

The Legion Café, with its abundant windows and glass doors, and art-accented walls is an inviting environment for any affair. You can use the whole room or just a section of it for a more intimate atmosphere. Doors open onto the herb-scented Café Terrace. Attractive brickwork grounds the airy space, an elegant stone balustrade frames it, and silvery olive trees create a natural canopy. It feels so removed from the stresses and pressures of everyday life, you might well imagine that you’ve been spirited away to Paris’s Luxembourg Gardens or some other leafy paradise.

The Legion of Honor houses some of the most beautiful art in the world, which elevates every event that’s held here. No matter what your occasion—wedding, corporate gala or private party—it will unfold brilliantly in this exquisite Beaux-Arts setting.

Capacity

Ceremony

Reception/Special Events

Meetings

Max. Seated Indoors: 300
Max. Seated Outdoors: 275 		Max. Seated Indoors: 220
Max. Seated Outdoors: 500
Max. Standing Indoors: 650
Max. Standing Outdoors: 1000 		Max. Seated: 316

CEREMONY CAPACITY: The Balustrade Lawn, to the right of the museum entrance, and the Court of Honor, each hold up to 275 seated guests. The indoor Rodin Gallery can accommodate 120 seated, and the Florence Gould Theater seats 300.

EVENT/RECEPTION CAPACITY: The Café holds 220 seated or 300 standing guests. An additional 140 guests may be added to that capacity by tenting the sculpture garden at an additional charge. There are three Rodin Galleries, together they hold 225 seated or 250 standing. 130 guests may be seated in the central Rodin Gallery. The Entire Museum can be rented for a standing reception of 650 guests.

MEETING CAPACITY: The museum’s Florence Gould Theater holds 316 seated theater-style, plus 3 wheelchair spaces and 2 companion seats.

Fees & Deposits

50% of the facility fee and a signed agreement are due at the time of booking. Rental fees start at $5,000 and vary depending on the rental package selected. The balance and final guest count are due at least 60 days prior to the event.

Availability

Year-round, daily, starting at 6:30pm. Additional hours are available for an extra fee.

Catering

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Alcohol

BYO

Location Uses

Ceremonies
Wedding Receptions
Special Events, Parties
Business Functions/Meetings
Rehearsal Dinners

Services/Amenities

Catering: select from preferred list
Kitchen Facilities: setup or prep only
Tables & Chairs: some provided
Linens, Silver, etc.: BYO
Restrooms: wheelchair accessible
Dance Floor: provided
Bride’s Dressing Area: CBA, extra fee
Meeting Equipment: CBA, extra fee
Parking: large lot
Accommodations: no guest rooms
Telephone: pay phones
Outdoor Night Lighting: yes
Outdoor Cooking Facilities: n/a
Cleanup: provided
View: Lincoln Park, Pacific Ocean, Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands

Amplified Music

Indoors
Outdoors
w/ Restrictions

Wheelchair Access

Wheelchair Accessible

Site Views

Coastline
Garden Patio/Courtyard
Golf Course Fairways
Landscaped Grounds
Ocean/Bay
Panoramic
Park

Venue Type

Banquet Hall/Events Facility
Historic/Landmark Building
Museum
Restaurant

Restrictions

Alcohol: BYO
Smoking: not allowed
Music: amplified OK with volume restrictions
Wheelchair Access: yes
Insurance: certificate required


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