Joslyn Art Museum

As a VENUE:  Host your event…

The soaring spaces, elegant ambiance, and grand architecture of Joslyn Art Museum will make your event unique and memorable. As Nebraska’s premier center for the visual arts, every space at Joslyn offers a visually stunning setting for your wedding, party, or meeting. Our personalized event coordination ensures that every occasion is a work of art!  Eight distinctive spaces are available:

• Conagra Brands Atrium:  A contemporary space that connects the original 1931 Memorial building and the 1994 addition featuring contemporary and special exhibition galleries. Enclosed by a 45 foot-high glass ceiling, surrounded by pink marble, and highlighted by two vibrant Dale Chihuly sculptures, this area is magnificent yet elegant. The main floor can accommodate large dinner parties and receptions, and the long, narrow layout is ideal for wedding ceremonies.
  • Capacity:  Seated Dinner – up to 455 guests; Wedding Reception – up to 400 guests; Wedding Ceremony – 400 guests; Wedding Ceremony on Strauss Bridge with Atrium Reception – 180 guests; Cocktail Reception – 500 guests.
• Storz Fountain Court:  A graceful space with classic architecture and a colorful tiled fountain in the center. Featuring great marble columns, a balcony, and hand-crafted ceramic tiles, the Fountain Court is the perfect setting for dinner parties and receptions. Wedding ceremonies can take place by the fountain or in one of the two connecting foyers, which are both included in the rental price.  Available during non-public hours, unless otherwise arranged.
  • Capacity: Seated Dinner – 180 guests; Seated Dinner, including west foyer – 275 guests; Cocktail Reception – 350 guests; Wedding Ceremony – 275 guests; Wedding Ceremony, east foyer only – 120 guests; Wedding Ceremony, west foyer only – 120 guests.
• Witherspoon Concert Hall:  A grand auditorium appropriate for classical or contemporary concerts, performances, graduation ceremonies, lectures, and corporate presentations.
  • Capacity: Entire Theater – 1,001 guests; Main Floor only – 594 guests; Balcony only – 407 guests.
• Abbott Lecture Hall:  A private, multi-purpose room appropriate for lectures, seminars, piano recitals, and business presentations.
  • Capacity: 140 guests
• Omaha Steaks Conference Room:  The perfect room for small dinner parties, cocktail receptions, and business meetings, this warm space features elegant marble walls, bronze sculptures, and a large boardroom table.
  • Capacity: Seated Dinner – 40 guests; Cocktail Reception – 40 guests; Meeting Style – 18 guests.
• Strauss Bridge: Overlooking the main floor of the Conagra Brands Atrium, the Strauss Bridge is an open area appropriate for small dinner parties, wedding ceremonies, and cocktailing.  This space is included in the rental of the Atrium, but can also be rented separately.
  • Capacity: Seated Dinner – 80 guests; Cocktail Reception – 150 guests; Wedding Ceremony – 180 guests.
• Founder’s Room: Showcasing Art Deco design and original architecture, this room was once the private office of the Museum’s founder, Sarah Joslyn, and features stained glass windows and a decorative fireplace. The Founder’s Room is an intimate space appropriate for small dinner parties, cocktail receptions, business meetings, and small wedding ceremonies.  Available during non-public hours.
  • Capacity:  Seated Dinner – 50 guests; Cocktail Reception – 75 guests; Wedding Ceremony – 100 guests.
• Peter Kiewit Foundation Sculpture Garden: One of the most elegant locations for outdoor events in the region, Joslyn’s sculpture garden offers an artful setting for weddings, receptions, dinners, and corporate events. This lush garden and plaza features generous landscaping, an artist-designed reflecting pool, flowing water wall, and sculptures by internationally renowned artists.
  • Capacity:  Garden Wedding Ceremony – 400 guests; Plaza Seated Dinner or Reception – 400 guests; Garden Terrace Seated Dinner – 200 guests; Garden Terrace Reception – 250 guests; Garden Terrace Wedding Ceremony – 400 guests.

Support the Joslyn Art Museum… by simply booking your next special occasion here:

https://www.joslyn.org/facility-rental/

 As a SHOP: Discover unique gifts…

The Joslyn Art Museum’s Hitchcock Museum Shop offers a shopping experience unlike any other in Omaha. A curated retail space, the Museum Shop features items inspired by Joslyn’s building, history, and varied art collections alongside the work of jewelers, potters, glassmakers, printmakers, woodworkers, and fiber/fabric artists. Presently, the Museum Shop features work by more than 20 distinct artists, the majority of whom are from Nebraska or Iowa. Stop by the Shop for a unique memento of your visit or a gift for someone special! Free gift wrapping available to Museum members. Merchandise is catalogued within these collections: * New Items * Exhibitions * Joslyn Merchandise * Collections * Accessories * Books * Desk & Stationery * Games & Puzzles * Wall Art, and * Home Accents.

Support the Joslyn Art Museum… by simply purchasing your specialty merchandise here:

https://www.joslyn.org/shop/

As an EATERY:  Food for thought…

Café Durham:  Where the Food is just as impressive as the art!  Café Durham is open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 am to 2 pm, with a limited menu of Grab & Go options. Seating is available in the Conagra Brands Atrium. Come have lunch with us!

Support the Joslyn Art Museum… by simply dining here:

https://www.joslyn.org/visit/cafe-durham/

Be a DONOR:  Show that you care…

Your Support Matters.  For 90 years, Joslyn Art Museum has been providing the public, at all ages of learning, with the skills to understand, appreciate, and connect with art. Joslyn Art Museum showcases art from antiquity to the present. Its permanent collection includes 12,000 + works spanning across time, regions, and mediums.  At the foundation of the Museum’s mission is a dedication to address the needs and interests of a general adult audience, university faculty and students, K-12 teachers and students, families, underserved populations and individuals, with special needs.  Please make a tax-deductible gift this year and help us celebrate 90 years of connecting our community to art.

Membership

Members Make it Happen! When you become a Joslyn member you supply crucial support to the Museum. Membership support enables the Museum to collect and preserve great art for the entire community and for its future generations. Membership also funds quality educational programs for families and a host of touring special exhibitions. Becoming a member helps you achieve the very best possible museum experience at Joslyn. Valuable benefits, offered exclusively through membership, help you save money, stay informed, and increase your access to all the activities and programs that happen at the Museum! Joslyn members are treated first, and free, to spectacular touring exhibitions and have unlimited access to a fascinating permanent collection of art from ancient times to the present day. Members also receive discounts on art classes, in the Museum Shop, Café Durham, and more! Gift memberships are encouraged.  Membership at specified levels are offered: * Senior Citizen * Student * Educator * Individual * Senior Family * Military Family * Educator Family * Family/Dual * Young Art Patron * Contributing Associate * Contributing Supporter * Contributing Partner * Patron Collector * Patron Curator * Patron Director, and * Patron Governor.

Donations

There are various ways to give to the Museum, from supporting day-to-day operations to securing its future through an endowment gift. Your generous support has allowed us to be where we are today – a highly regarded institution and the only art museum of such scale and significance in Nebraska and the region. A gift to the annual fund helps both honor our past and celebrate the future. Every gift, of any size, counts – we are tremendously grateful for your support. Thank you again for being a part of Joslyn Art Museum.

• Donations at specified amounts are designated or you may customize your gift.
• Tribute Gifts:  A memorial/tribute is a thoughtful way to celebrate a special occasion or to honor family or friends. Joslyn’s Memorial/Tribute Gift Program allows you to recognize individuals, couples, groups, special occasions such as birthdays or anniversaries, or someone’s passing. When you make a memorial/tribute gift, a personalized card in acknowledgment is sent to the individual or family being honored. You will also receive a letter acknowledging your gift and the gift amount will appear on your donor acknowledgement for your records. All donations of $100 or more will be recognized in Joslyn’s annual report.
• Planned Giving:  Like the Museum’s founder, Sarah Joslyn, many loyal supporters of Joslyn Art Museum choose to honor the institution and enhance their communities with legacy gifts. Whether your intentions are to make provisions for an organization that is meaningful to you in your estate plan, eliminate taxes, or benefit from an increased income stream, there is a gift to fit every objective. By including Joslyn Art Museum in your estate plan, you leave a legacy for future generations to experience culture, education, and entertainment through the visual arts. You also automatically become a member of Joslyn’s planned giving society. A gift to the Museum from your will or trust is one of the simplest ways to benefit the future of Joslyn Art Museum.  There are also a variety of fiscal planning tools such as a charitable gift annuity, charitable lead trust, charitable remainder trust, life insurance, gifts of retirement plans and other assets that offer tax incentives and benefits to encourage charitable giving.
• Endowment: Joslyn Art Museum Foundation has undertaken an ambitious plan to significantly increase its endowment through cash and estate gifts. A larger endowment will lessen the Museum‘s dependency on annual fundraising, increase funds available for art acquisition, sustain a conservation and building maintenance program, and support educational programming and scholarly research. Increasing the endowment provides more income for core budget areas and greater financial stability and growth, allowing Joslyn to implement its long-range strategic plan. Every year Joslyn receives gifts to the endowment of all amounts from donors who wish to help secure the Museum‘s financial future and ensure the permanency of programs and collections that serve, enrich and engage visitors.
• Corporate Sponsorship:  Joslyn Art Museum is proud to offer outstanding opportunities to partner with local and national corporations in support of exhibitions and programs. Museum personnel work closely with corporate sponsors to build relationships with the Museum and provide valuable benefits to the community as well as increase awareness of your involvement in the cultural fabric of our community. Not only will your company build brand awareness with the general public through sponsorship, but it will also increase your visibility among a targeted segment of the metropolitan population, Museum members. Show the community and museum visitors from across the country and around the world you support our community and quality arts education by sponsoring an exhibition, education or outreach program, or special event at Joslyn Art Museum. There are a variety of ways that we proudly acknowledge your support that are highly visible to the nearly 150,000 visitors annually. Sponsorships are tailored for each exhibition program, education program, or event.
• Gifts of Art:  Thank you for considering a donation to Joslyn Art Museum. Proposed gifts of art are reviewed by the curatorial staff to evaluate their relevance to the museum’s permanent collection and acquisition strategy. Review of proposed gifts and notification may take up to four weeks.

Contemporary Art Society:  The Contemporary Art Society (CAS) was formed to be an integral component of Joslyn Art Museum’s commitment to contemporary art in 2001. As an encyclopedic Museum, Joslyn has provided a forum for modern and contemporary art for over eighty years. Joslyn looks forward to expanding its contemporary voice through exciting exhibitions, important acquisitions, as well as programs and activities that capture the imagination of our members and enrich our community.

Volunteer:  Joslyn Art Museum – a non-profit, cultural and educational environment – provides a variety of experiences for people interested in volunteering. The Museum offers several options, diverse in program type and commitment level. Many volunteer opportunities present the chance to enrich your enjoyment of the visual arts as well as increase your knowledge of the museum world. In addition, you will make new friends and receive many intangible rewards while performing a valuable service to Joslyn Art Museum and the community.

Travel with Joslyn Art Museum:  Joslyn Art Museum’s Travel with JAM program is an opportunity to connect the Museum’s donor and member audiences to art experiences throughout the world. Trips offer a unique chance to travel with Joslyn’s curators or director and encounter educational, enriching activities that show firsthand how art can bridge history and the present day. Each year, trips are offered to various national and international destinations and combine curatorial expertise, behind-the-scenes opportunities, and spectacular itineraries offering a first-class experience. Travel with JAM this year and encounter the world!

Support the Joslyn Art Museum… by simply joining, donating, and volunteering here:

https://www.joslyn.org/support/