Screenings & Red Carpet Events

Make a splash with your next red carpet event.

Host your red carpet, screening and after-party in one location. Easily welcome VIPs via private entrance for red carpet followed by a screening in the LeFrak Theater, the Museum's hidden gem. Conveniently move within the Museum to your post reception.

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LeFrak Theater

This elegantly restored Beaux-Arts theater accommodates state-of-the-art digital media presentations with a 2D and 3D capable DCP cinema projection system on a 60-foot-by-40-foot screen and offers theatrical lighting and sound capabilities. Wheelchair accessible.

Additional Details

  • Main level capacity: 640
  • Balcony capacity: 275
  • 82-foot-by-15-foot stage
  • 18-foot-by-38-foot fixed screen (fully maskable)
  • 5.1 sound system

Red Carpet

Accommodates a 90-foot-long step-and-repeat. 

Post Screening

After the credits roll, guests can mingle and celebrate in one of the Museum's iconic exhibit halls. 

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Hosting an event at the Museum supports scientific research and educational programs.