Elegala

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford’s unique and elegant venue, is the perfect setting for your social or corporate gathering. Grand beaux-arts and classic modern halls with masterpieces of European and American art form a memorable backdrop. The sheer quality and range of fine and decorative arts at the Wadsworth Atheneum place it among the dozen greatest art museums in the United States. Its world-renowned collections include Hudson River School landscapes, Old Masters, modernist masterpieces, French and American Impressionist painting, Meissen and Sevres porcelains, costume and textiles, American furniture and decorative arts of the Pilgram Century through the Golden Age, and innovative contemporary art. Greet your guests in the magnificent marble lobby of Morgan Memorial and enter the Great Hall for a reception or dinner under the gallery’s lovely two-story vaulted ceiling and balcony. In Avery Court the sculpture of Venus by Italian artist Pietro Francavilla is the centerpiece for dinner. There you’ll find yourself surrounded by modern art as you delight in elegant cuisine. Continue the celebration dancing the night away in Avery Court, or outside under the stars in Gengras Court.