Special Promotion - Book your event before the close of 2024 and receive 10% off venue rental fees.

For details, click here.

Set in a 100-year-old former Bethlehem Steel facility on the largest private brownfield redevelopment site in America, the National Museum of Industrial History is available to host your next cocktail reception, conference, board meeting, client reception, networking event or team-building activity. From our conference-ready Education Center equipped with full A/V and telecom capabilities to our lobby area, gallery space and outdoor plaza we provide a unique and engaging backdrop for your corporate or private functions.

Museum Plaza/Foundry Park/Air Products Pavilion
The museum’s outdoor plaza has a view of the beautiful SteelStacks and allows for a 60 person seated dinner or a 100 person cocktail event. The covered Air Products Pavilion is the perfect setting for a performance or ceremony and guests can enjoy the Museum’s outdoor artifact displays in Foundry Park.

Barnette Education Center 
The museum’s education center is a fully equipped with an A/V equipment including a sound system, projector, and rectractable screen.  This 1200 square foot space can accommodate 100 people in a classroom setting and 75 people in a cocktail party setting.

Museum Lobby
The museum’s lobby features the capacity for a 100 person seated dinner or 300 person cocktail event.  Rental of this space allows attendees access to the entire museum’s 18,000 square feet of galleries.

 


 

To receive more information on holding an event at the Museum or to schedule a tour of our spaces, please contact the museum at 610-694-6644 or email [email protected] for details.

Corporate Events

It’s not just business as usual when you host a corporate event at NMIH. Employees, clients, and guests will enjoy a one-of-a-kind venue, where they can mingle with machines or take a tour of a special exhibit. Whether it’s a professional development meeting in our Barnette Education Center or a client cocktail reception, the museum provides a unique venue with a dramatic backdrop for your next event.

Download the 2024 Corporate Event Rate Sheet here.

Social Events

Celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, reunions and other special occasions in a memorable and one-of-a-kind setting. Your guests will enjoy a one-of-a-kind venue, where they can mingle with machines or take a tour of a special exhibit.

Download the 2024 Social Event Rate Sheet here.

note: please contact the museum for pricing regarding wedding events and engagement parties.

 

Preferred Caterers

High end cocktail/seated dinner
Catering by Karen Hunter
[email protected]
610-770-1300

Cathy’s Creative Catering
[email protected]
610-443-0670

Zekraft

[email protected]

Sodexo by Muhlenberg
[email protected]
484-664-3046

29 Cooks Emmaus
[email protected]
484-951-0442

Mid-range/casual
Cafe the Lodge
Contact: Allen Singer at 610-849-2100

Cathy’s Creative Catering
[email protected]
610-443-0670

Grumpy’s Bar-B-Que
[email protected]
610-769-4742

Sodexo by Muhlenberg
[email protected]
484-664-3046

Sandwiches/trays
The Goosemen
610-868-0176

Wegmans
610-317-1300

Panera
[email protected]
248-390-1391