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Sponsorship

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A sponsorship at the Hammer Museum is an opportunity to partner with an internationally recognized cultural center that has a tremendously active presence in Los Angeles. Sponsors of the Museum gain visibility among a youthful and upwardly mobile audience drawn to its cutting-edge exhibitions and free public programs. The Hammer’s strikingly designed website is also a popular destination, attracting more than 1 million visitors annually.

Opportunities exist at all levels: companies can sponsor a large- or small-scale exhibition, a season of public programs, or a special fundraising event like the Gala in the Garden. The Museum’s Development and Communications staff is committed to working with your team to shape a sponsorship plan that will meet the company’s needs and objectives.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact 310.443.7046 or email development@hammer.ucla.edu.

Recognition

Hammer Museum exhibitions offer outstanding philanthropic and marketing opportunities to corporate sponsors. Depending on the level of support, sponsorship benefits include, but are not limited to:

  • Signage in Museum galleries
  • Mention on street banners
  • Recognition in press and media campaigns: releases, catalogues, Hammer quarterly calendar, print advertising, marketing cards, event invitations, and e-blasts
  • Acknowledgment and link on the Hammer web site
  • Verbal acknowledgment at public programs

Access

  • Special tours for company executives and clients
  • Invitations to exclusive Director’s Opening Receptions and private events
  • Hosting opportunities on Museum premises
  • Complimentary admission and discounts for company staff
  • Memberships for senior executives or clients

Other Opportunities

  • On-site product placement/distribution

Corporate members of the Hammer Museum are offered the opportunity to host events at the Museum. The Hammer’s many public spaces can be transformed into stunning settings for large or intimate events with guest capacity anywhere from 50 to 1,200 guests. Possible venues include the Hammer Courtyard, the Museum Lobby, the Lindbrook Terrace and Gallery 6, a multipurpose space.

For further information on private events at the Hammer and to learn more about becoming a corporate member, please call 310.443.7030 or email corporateevents@hammer.ucla.edu.

Gallery Access

An added benefit to your special event is access to the Museum's galleries, which feature temporary exhibitions of cutting-edge contemporary art and historic works on paper as well as works on permanent display by French nineteenth-century masters, European old master paintings, and work by American artists from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.

The Lobby
The Museum’s lobby is a grand space particularly well suited to cocktail receptions. As part of the Hammer Projects series, which gives solo shows to promising emerging artists, a different large-scale wall mural is created every few months—a dramatic backdrop for Lobby events. A Carrara marble bar functions as a serving station. Occupancy is 60 for seated events and 334 for standing events. Events must be planned to take place after the Museum’s public hours.

Lindbrook Terrace
This outdoor space on the Museum's gallery level offers a bird’s-eye view into the Museum courtyard and sweeping views of Westwood Village and the Santa Monica Mountains. Maximum occupancy is 300, making this space ideal for intimate seated events or cocktail receptions.

Gallery 6
This gallery and performance space is an ideal multi-purpose setting for lectures, conferences, performances and presentations of many stripes. Occupancy for theater-style seating is 240 or the space can accommodate 80 guests for a seated event and 300 for cocktail receptions.