Top Nevada Dinner Party Museums

• Spaces for 30-1,000 Guests
• 5 Museums
• 1 Landmark
• 5 Total Spaces

DISCOVERY Children's Museum occupies the Donald W. Reynolds Discovery Center in Symphony Park — a three-story, 58,000-square-foot facility in downtown Las Vegas, steps from The Smith Center. Founded in 1990 and relocated to Symphony Park in 2013, the nonprofit has served Southern Nevada families and visitors for more than 35 years. The full facility is available for private events ranging from corporate meetings and galas to family reunions and intimate wedding receptions. Groups can reserve the entire museum for buyouts of up to 1,000 guests, one of three exhibit floors for events of around 300, or one of two named classrooms — Sandstone and Red Rock — for meetings and workshops of up to 50. Weekend birthday celebrations for up to 30 guests are also available through a dedicated package that includes full-day museum access, a private party room, a personal party host, and catering from approved vendors. Every rental includes standard tables, chairs, integrated lighting, complimentary Wi-Fi, an on-site event manager, and janitorial support. The facility is fully ADA compliant throughout.

• Spaces for 70-300 Guests
• 2 Museums
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Total Spaces

The Wilbur D. May Center in Reno, Nevada, brings together a museum and a botanical garden within Rancho San Rafael Regional Park — a combination that gives events here a setting most venues can't offer. The center honors the life of Wilbur D. May, a rancher, pilot, world traveler, and philanthropist whose personal collection of artifacts from more than 40 countries fills the museum's galleries. Event spaces span two distinct environments. Indoors, the Garden Court is a 3,100-square-foot atrium of lush tropical plants, Victorian-style lamp posts, serene waterfalls, and two Japanese koi ponds — available for weddings, receptions, memorials, and private gatherings of up to 200 seated or 300 for a standing reception. The adjacent Double Diamond Room, which overlooks the arboretum and opens onto a patio, seats up to 70 guests as an add-on to the Garden Court. Outdoors, the Wilbur D. May Arboretum's botanical gardens provide ceremony settings from mid-April through mid-October: Honey's Garden features a seasonal waterfall and reflecting pond, while Burke Garden offers English country perennials, stone-raised flower beds, and a water feature set within a tiered lawn.

• Spaces for 10-600 Guests
• 7 Museums
• 3 Bars
• 7 Total Spaces

The Mob Museum — the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement — occupies a meticulously restored 1930s neoclassical former U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. Opened in 2012 and accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the museum spans four floors of interactive exhibits, multimedia displays, and artifacts documenting the history of organized crime and law enforcement in America. Private events draw on some of the building's most storied spaces. The Historic Courtroom, where the 1950 Kefauver Senate hearings on organized crime took place, accommodates up to 160 guests for receptions or 140 seated. The Underground hosts Prohibition-era themed gatherings in its Speakeasy and working Distillery, while the Oscar B. Goodman Room — formerly office space for the U.S. Attorney — offers an intimate third-floor setting for meetings and dinners. The outdoor Starlight Plaza, inspired by Las Vegas's midcentury Golden Age, provides 7,700 square feet of open-air event space. Full-venue buyouts of the first three floors can accommodate up to 600 guests. The museum's dedicated sales team handles private celebrations, corporate events, and weddings, with packages ranging from intimate Distillery ceremonies to full museum receptions.