Hire the Gallery
The Whitworth Art Gallery is available to hire for events. The gallery is set in a park and houses an internationally important fine art, textile and wallpaper collection. By choosing the Whitworth for your event you can enjoy both the greenery of the outside and the diversity of our fine art, textile and wallpaper collections. The gallery has also recently become licenced to hold weddings and civil partnerships.
We hire out five spaces; the South Gallery (Gallery 3) overlooking the park, the intimate Gulbenkian Gallery (Gallery 2), the grand yet modern Worthington Room, a small private Meeting Room and our purpose built 216-seat lecture theatre.
Food and drink can be served in all these rooms and the gallery has its own onsite organic and locally sourced catering company - The Modern Caterer who also run the gallery cafe. The cafe are happy to discuss menu options and tailor seasonal products to your event. They can be contacted via Helen Barber the Operations Manager on 07894139959 or pbooth271@yahoo.co.uk
The gallery can be hired during public opening hours and also in the evening from 5.30pm for private hire. The Whitworth can accommodate many types of events including wedding receptions, parties, conferences, drinks receptions, small meetings, product launches, evening dinners and music concerts.
Rooms licenced for weddings and civil partnerships include: our Foyer, Gulbenkian Gallery, South Gallery, Pilkington Room, Lecture Theatre and Mezzanine Court.
Hiring the Whitworth offers a unique and unusual venue where your guests will experience events in a relaxed, beautiful and comfortable surroundings. For further information please contact; Leanne Lightfoot the Events Coordinator on 0161 275 7463 or leanne.lightfoot@manchester.ac.uk