Event Rentals

Event Rentals

MOCA provides a variety of indoor and outdoor settings at two distinct venues to ensure a unique and memorable event for you and your guests. View our diverse rental spaces below at MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. The Museum’s professional events team will work closely with you to make certain that your event is a success.

Please note MOCA rents to corporations and non-profit organizations. MOCA's venues are not available for private, political, or religious functions.

If you would like more information, to inquire whether a specific date is available, or to schedule a site visit, please fill out this form.

For more information or to schedule a site visit, please contact eventrentals@moca.org.

Designed by renowned architect Arata Isozaki, the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize honoree, MOCA Grand Avenue is one of downtown Los Angeles’ most distinctive buildings.

250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Eli and Edythe L. Broad Lobby
1,150 square feet of indoor event space adjacent to the galleries. This space is ideal for a cocktail reception before or after a private tour of the galleries. Suitable for stand up receptions for up to 125 and seated events for 40. Opens onto Arco Court. 

​Arco Court
1,900 square feet of outdoor space adjacent to the museum's main lobby with an Isozaki-designed glass canopy overhead. Appropriate for stand up receptions for 300 and seated events for 100.

Sculpture Plaza
5,600 square feet of outdoor space located adjacent to the bookstore. The centerpiece of this plaza is the Larry Bell sculpture, Bill and Coo at MOCA’s Nest (2019). Suitable for stand up receptions for 500 and seated events for 200. Limited tenting is allowed.

Ahmanson Auditorium
Includes 130 stadium-style seating, a stage, and complete audio/visual capability. Suitable for lectures, symposia, small performances, and film screenings.

​Roof Terrace
2,600 square feet of outdoor space located on the 7th floor of the museum's office tower. This location offers extraordinary views of downtown. Ideal for stand up receptions for 200 and seated events for 150.

​The David Laventhol Board Room
700 square feet of meeting space adjacent to the Roof Terrace. Suitable for meetings of 25 people or less. Projector and screen available for presentations. This space includes a small balcony overlooking Grand Avenue.

Warehouse*
13,795 square feet of industrial warehouse space with 30 foot ceilings. Suitable for stand-up receptions for 800 people or seated events for 500.

*space not available until October 2023

The Aileen Getty Plaza (Exterior)
11,556 square feet of outdoor space adjacent to Warehouse. This Frank Gehry designed steel canopy is perfect for a cocktail reception for 1,000 people or a seated event for 600.