Museums & Attractions
When looking for a unique venue, Yorkshire is home to numerous top museums and attractions offering quirky settings for any event or corporate occasion. From informal business meetings requiring a smaller, relaxed atmosphere, to product launches in need of larger, open spaces, you’ll find the perfect venue to accommodate any size of event in the region.
On the edge of the Dales, Yorkshire South has contemporary art, industrial heritage and historic inspiration.
The award-winning Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery offers an unusual and contemporary venue in the heart of the city. The Galleries are an inspiring and energetic centre for visual art, craft and design, displaying fantastic exhibitions of national treasures, including the recently displayed blockbusters Vivienne Westwood and Treasures from the V&A. When special exhibitions aren’t in place you can hire the exhibition gallery for up to 300 guests in theatre style seating from just £750.
Heading into the world of history and tradition, Chatsworth has long been known for inspirational entertaining which has not been lost in modern day. Organisers can take advantage of nostalgia in the 18th century stables which house the finest rooms for business meetings and special events and are able to accommodate up to 280 guests.
For a venue that will amaze, Magna, the former Templeborough Steelworks in Rotherham is a breathtaking venue that is equipped to host any event. Literally a blank canvas, this ½ mile long venue has some striking spaces which still retain some of the original features and its own pyrotechnics show – The Big Melt!
To the coast and the bridge over Humber – In Hull and East Yorkshire you can dine with sharks and on cobbled streets.
Alive with buzz, Hull's noisiest museum, the Streetlife Transport Museum brings 200 years of transport history alive with all the sights, sounds and smells of the past. Streetlife offers an unusual venue to host corporate hospitality, its cobbled alleyways are perfect for a drinks reception with a difference and can accommodate up to 150 guests.
Wilberforce House is a superb 17th Century merchant's house and birthplace of slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce. The House re-opened in March 2007 after a £1.6m refurbishment and now offers an inspirational insight into the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The impressive venue provides modern facilities with a historical backdrop and has a range of conferencing options available.
Finally, we all joke about having sharks in the office but how about dining with the real thing at your next corporate event? Join over 4500 fish at The Deep and up to 350 guests can have an experience to remember.
Go West to the cities in Yorkshire and delve into past worlds and future dimensions.
Set in a stunning £350 million waterfront development, Clarence Dock is home to the Royal Armouries Museum which has capacity to host 800 delegates in Armouries Hall. On site there is also a multi-storey car park for 1,650 vehicles and 850 hotel bedrooms within 5 minutes walk.
Be further submersed in history at Leeds City Museum. Originally built in 1888 the museum has a variety of recently refurbished spaces able to offer an alternative experience to meetings and conferences. Up to 200 people can take in a lecture in the Henry Moore Lecture Theatre and dining in the Central Arena can accommodate up to 250 diners.
Enclosed behind a spectacular glazed façade in Bradford, the National Media Museum can accommodate 300 conference delegates in the Pictureville Cinema and 180 diners in the Atrium. The Edwardian drawing room style Kodak Gallery is able to facilitate an intimate dinner for 80 or a large reception for 300. Plus, for a different take on teambuilding, book into the TV Studio and find your hidden celebrities.
The ancient capital, from cobbled streets and railway platforms to stately homes.
Surround yourself and up to 140 guests with locomotive history at the National Railway Museum or take advantage of their unique platform venue with an event for 800.
Plunge even further into the history of the ancient city at York Castle Museum where 80 banqueting guests can take their places in the Victorian Street. Alternatively, up to 300 guests can enjoy a buffet and drinks in the museum itself.
Step into the country to breathe in the fresh air and open your mind to some new ideas at Castle Howard. Capable of hosting parties of 20 to 200 it is the perfect escape from the office. Guests cannot fail to be impressed and excited by the fabulous interiors, breathtaking views and warm hospitality they'll experience at this unique stately home.