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Museum of Contemporary Art

220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA, 60611
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is located at 220 East Chicago Avenue, just one block east of Michigan Avenue, in the heart of the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. Just steps from the Magnificent Mile and Chicago’s historic Water Tower,the Museum is the ideal venue for corporate entertaining, dramatic cocktail receptions, elegant weddings, and multimedia presentations.The MCA offers indoor and outdoor spaces accommodating up to 1,200 guests, intimate meeting rooms, and a changing array of exhibitions by today’s most important artists. Your guests will also enjoy panoramic views of the Chicago skyline and Lake Michigan as they stroll through the MCA galleries. The MCA’s Kern Terrace provides stunning views of Lake Michigan and the MCA Sculpture Garden. Create your own unique indoor/outdoor environment by tenting the terrace, sculpture garden, or both for seated dinners serving up to 500 guests, receptions for up to 2,000 guests, wedding ceremonies, or multimedia presentations. The state-of-the-art MCA Theater is a perfect location for annual meetings, award ceremonies, private performances, product launches, and film premieres. The 300-seat space features elegant oak-paneled walls and tiered seating which ensures that everyone has the best seat in the house. The adjacent lobby is also available for private receptions before or after your theater event. The Kanter Meeting Center, which perfectly complements the adjacent Theater and the Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Education Center lobby, is specially designed to host smaller groups for a variety of events—from simple meetings to formal multimedia presentations, receptions for up to 100 guests to seated luncheons for up to 60 people.For smaller private luncheons and meetings, consider our DeCosta Dining Room, which overlooks the MCA Sculpture Garden and offers a spectacular view of Lake Michigan. Appropriate for groups of 10 or less.

Venue Details

Standing capacity500
Seating capacity300
Built-
Renovated-
Venue typeGallery or museum

Amenities

Facilities
  • Furniture (Bring your own)
  • Lighting
  • Onsite restaurant
  • Other decor (Bring your own)
  • Space (outdoor)
  • Space (private)
  • Table linens (Bring your own)
  • Wheelchair accessible
Alcohol and catering
  • Alcohol (Preferred vendors)
  • Onsite catering

Meeting rooms

Largest room
19,000 sq. ft.
Space (private)
Available
Meeting rooms
1
Second largest room
2,703 sq. ft.
Space (outdoor)
Available
Standing capacity
500
Seating capacity
300
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Meeting space

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Room size
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Theater
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MCA’s Kern Terrace
1,894 sq. ft.
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2000
500
2000
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MCA Warehouse
19,000 sq. ft.
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MCA Theater
2,703 sq. ft.
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300
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300
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Kanter Meeting Center
1 sq. ft.
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100
60
100
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DeCosta Dining Room
1 sq. ft.
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10
10
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Sustainable Practices

Please provide comments or a link to any publicly communicated Museum of Contemporary Art's sustainability or social impact goals/strategy.
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Does Museum of Contemporary Art have a strategy that focuses on the elimination and diversion of waste (i.e. plastics, papers, cardboard, etc.)? If yes, please elaborate on your strategy of elimination and diversion of waste.
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Diversity and Inclusion

For US hotels only, is Museum of Contemporary Art and/or parent company certified as a 51% diverse owned business enterprise (BE)? If yes, please indicate which one of the following you are certified as:
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If applicable, could you please provide a link to Museum of Contemporary Art's public report on their commitments and initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
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Health and Safety

Were practices at Museum of Contemporary Art developed based on health service recommendations from public governmental entities or private organizations? If Yes, please list which organizations were used to develop these practices.
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Does Museum of Contemporary Art clean and sanitize public areas and publicly accessible facilities (i.e. meeting rooms, restaurants, elevator banks, etc.)? If yes, describe any new measures that are taken.
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