Saint Louis Science Center

As a VENUE: Host your event…

The spectacular Saint Louis Science Center provides a unique setting for special events! Whether you’re planning a: * wedding * birthday party * corporate event * social celebration, or * other private event, our fresh, modern approach to cuisine, décor, and entertainment will thrill everyone on your guest list. With multiple unique and flexible venues to choose from, the Science Center can accommodate anywhere from 10 to 2,000 guests. As the full-­service catering, event and hospitality extension of the Science Center, Starlite Events will provide guidance in choosing the perfect space for your event and budget. We’ll also provide an event planner to assist with preparations and day-of needs.

• Boeing Hall: Seasonal availability only.
  • Seated capacity in Boeing Hall North: 330 guests; Standing capacity in Boeing Hall North: 820 guests
  • Seated capacity in Boeing Hall South: 220 guests; Standing capacity in Boeing Hall South: 550 guests
• GROW Gallery and Pavilion: Available spaces in GROW include the Pavilion, Classroom and Meeting Room.
  • Seated capacity in GROW Pavilion: 125 guests; Standing capacity in GROW Pavilion: 220 guests
  • Seated capacity in GROW Classroom: 40 guests; Standing capacity in GROW Classroom: 60 guests
  • Seated capacity in GROW Meeting Room: 15 guests; Standing capacity in GROW Meeting Room: 25 guests
• Skybridge, Loft, and Structure
  • Standing capacity: 100 guests
• James S. McDonnell Planetarium: Includes Lobby and StarBay.
  • Seated capacity: 300 guests; Standing capacity: 800 guests
• Omnimax® Theater
  • Seated capacity: 315 guests
• T-Rex Room
  • Seated capacity: 60 guests; Standing capacity: 80 guests
• May Hall
  • Seated capacity: 120 guests; Standing capacity: 220 guests
• Entire Oakland Building
  • Standing capacity: 3,000+ guests

Support the Saint Louis Science Center …by simply booking your next special occasion here:
https://www.slsc.org/visit/book-an-event-at-the-saint-louis-science-center/

As a SHOP: Discover unique gifts…

ExploreStore: Find the perfect gift for budding scientists and seasoned science enthusiasts in the ExploreStore. This 2,500-square-foot gift shop offers a variety of: * apparel * educational products * games, and * souvenirs.

Planetarium Shop: Find the perfect gift for a budding astronomer, scientists and seasoned science enthusiasts in the Planetarium shop. This 800-square-foot gift shop features: * space-themed items, including * gifts * plush, and * apparel.

Support the Saint Louis Science Center …by simply purchasing your specialty merchandise here:
https://www.slsc.org/visit/shopping-dining/

As an EATERY: Food for thought…

Five Dining and Beverage Experiences are available:

• Science Café & Starlight Cup
• The Loft
• Fermentation Station
• BBQ Grill

Support the Saint Louis Science Center …by simply dining here:
https://www.slsc.org/visit/shopping-dining/

Be a DONOR: Show that you care…

As one of the only free nonprofit science centers in the country, the Saint Louis Science Center relies on support from our members, donors, partners and community for funding to fulfill our mission: to ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning. By becoming a member, showing your support through donations and charitable gifts or becoming a corporate partner, you’re joining a community of science supporters that help create connections to science at a time when it’s never been more important or relevant to our daily lives or more vital for our future.

Membership:

Your support matters. Science Center Members enjoy year-round benefits, including free parking, shopping discounts, free OMNIMAX® Theater and special exhibit tickets, and discounted entry to more than 300 science museums nationwide. Gift memberships are available. Memberships at specified levels are offered: * Individual & Guest * Family * Family & Friends * Family & Friends MAX * Galileo * Newton, and * Einstein Society.

Supporting Memberships: Supporting Memberships play a vital role in helping sustain the development of award-winning STEM education experiences and maintaining the financial health of the Science Center.  By joining the Einstein Society, you’re helping to sustain our open, accessible STEM programs, galleries, and experiences, including impactful programs like Youth Exploring Science (YES), new initiatives like our STL for All membership program, and more. In the Einstein Society, you’ll help make it possible for the Science Center to connect the St. Louis region with STEM education programs that inspire a curiosity for science and technology and help develop important 21st century skills like critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and more.  Memberships at specified levels are offered: * Member * Patron * Fellow, and * President’s Council.

Donations:

There’s a way for everyone to support the Science Center. Discover how you can play a pivotal role in the Science Center’s mission through a variety of ways.

• Donate to the Curiosity Fund:  Support STEM education for the St. Louis community through the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund.  Connecting our St. Louis community with open, accessible STEM—science, technology, engineering, and math—learning experiences is at the heart of our mission to inspire everyone to be curious and engaged in science.  Your support for the Science Center’s Curiosity Fund helps make our mission possible and helps enable the Science Center to connect hundreds of thousands of people each year with accessible, hands-on STEM learning experiences that support important 21st century skills like problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and more.  Generous charitable gifts to the Curiosity Fund help support open science and technology galleries, free community events, the Science Center’s daily operation, STEM education programs like our Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program, new initiatives like STL for All, and so much more.
• Tribute Gifts: A tribute gift offers a meaningful way to honor or remember a special person or celebrate an important occasion in a way that supports science and technology learning in the St. Louis community. Whether you’re honoring someone close to you who geeks out for dinosaurs, astronomy or technology, commemorating a special occasion like a birthday, bat mitzvah or graduation, or remembering the life of a loved one, a tribute gift can be a unique way to celebrate a science supporter in your life while making a positive impact through the mission of the Science Center.
• Planned Giving: Contribute to the Saint Louis Science Center’s future by planning for a special gift that will help ensure our ability to inspire future generations of science and technology learners. With a planned gift you can enjoy charitable income and/or gift or estate tax deductions while leaving a legacy for the Saint Louis Science Center. Planned giving donors are recognized for their legacy of commitment through induction into the Marie and Pierre Curie Society.
• Corporate Giving: A corporate partnership with the Saint Louis Science Center provides unparalleled opportunities to both support one of the only free nonprofit science museums in the country and increase your brand visibility in the community. Explore how organizations, businesses or corporations of any size can partner with the Saint Louis Science Center through an expansive range of sponsorship levels.
• Matching Gifts: Many employers match charitable gifts, allowing you to increase the impact of your support for the St. Louis Science Center Foundation.
• Gifts of Stock and Appreciated Securities: Gifts of stock to the St. Louis Science Center Foundation support our mission to inspire everyone to be curious and engaged in science.
• Charitable IRA Rollovers: Support STEM education through the mission of the Science Center with a charitable IRA (individual retirement account) rollover. This giving option allows you to make a gift to the St. Louis Science Center Foundation from your traditional or Roth IRA to the Science Center without the distribution being counted as taxable income.

Internships: The Science Center is proud to offer internship opportunities to interested students. Each year, we strive to attract a diverse group of qualified college students to join our team.

Support the Saint Louis Science Center …by simply joining, giving, and volunteering here:
https://www.slsc.org/join-give/