From festive to formal, The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, PA offers a number of versatile settings for group events photo courtesy: Brûlée Catering
Taking Center Stage
Both the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and the Academy of Music are supreme showcases for a wide range of events, from corporate meetings to gala fundraisers. Kimmel Center architect RafaelViñoly describes his work as two jewels inside a glass box.
“One major benefit to using a museum for an event is that the ambiance is set. And utilizing the
existing artwork as part of the event can only enhance it while also limiting the need for complicated décor elements.
Additionally, if your audience is not from the region, you are... enabling attendees the opportunity to experience a piece of that city.”
Jennafer Ross, CMP, CEO of JR Global Events, INC and partner, Creative Event Team
Nonpareil of Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts, it is comprised of two freestanding performance halls enclosed beneath a spectacular 150-foot vaulted glass ceiling. There are 1,400 tons of steel supporting the glass walls and 156,677-square feet of glass glazing,which equates to 3.6 acres!
Kimmel Center presents numerous spaces from which to choose for events. Functions can be held in Verizon Hall, a 2,500-seat cello-shaped concert auditorium that features state- of-the-art acoustics,or in the 650-seat Perelman Theater,which is designed to accommodate dance, chamber music or large theatrical productions.
The venue also is home to Innovation Studio, a more intimate space located on the lower
mezzanine.Commonwealth Plaza is a public gathering place that can easily accommodate an event. The Dorrance H.Hamilton Garden serves as a rooftop reserve for nearly any kind of special occasion, while Merck
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