- No. of meeting rooms: 6
- Meeting room max capacity: 700
- No. of Bedrooms: N/A
- No. of car parking spaces: 160
- Nearest Motorway: M60
- Nearest Train station: Trafford Park Station
- Nearest Airport: Manchester International Airport
If you are looking for an exciting venue for your evening events however grand, informal or intimate your event, you will find the ideal space here at Imperial War Museum North.
The Museum is housed in the only UK building created by this architectural genius Daniel Libeskind’s who has recently won the commission to design the Ground Zero site in New York. This unique building provides a contemporary space for evening corporate hospitality and has been chosen for a broad range of corporate events to include very high profile product launches which have included the introduction of the new Baby Bentley to Bentley Motors’ worldwide dealers and the re-branding of Umbro.
Main Exhibition Space
Furnished with iconic objects that include an AV8a Harrier jump-jet, the artillery piece that fired the first British shell of the First World War and a Russian T34 tank, it is difficult to imagine a more dramatic setting than the Main Exhibition Space.
Suitable for events of all kinds it can accommodate up to:
700 for a reception
300 theatre-style seatingSpecial Exhibitions Gallery
Home to a variety of exhibitions featuring art and artefacts from around the world, this gallery makes a fascinating space in which to enjoy receptions and pre-dinner drinks. Subject to availability, this gallery can accommodate up to 220 guests
WaterShard Restaurant
Offering views over the impressive Manchester Ship Canal, the WaterShard Restaurant is ideal for events of up to 275 guests.
| Suite Name | Capacity (people) | Dimensions(m) | |||||||||
| Theatre | Classrm | Boardrm | Cabaret | Banquet | Ushape | Rec. | H | L | W | A | |
| Main Exhibition Space | 300 | 60 | 40 | 200 | 380 | 30 | 700 | – | – | – | – |
| Can only do 80 cabaret during the day or 200 in the evening | |||||||||||
| Harrier Area | – | – | – | – | 60 | – | 120 | – | – | – | – |
| Watershard Cafe | 100 | 60 | – | 70 | 200 | – | 200 | – | – | – | – |
| Libeskind Room 1 | 48 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 18 | 40 | – | – | – | – |
| Libeskind Rooms 2 | 48 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 18 | 40 | – | – | – | – |
| Libeskind Room L1 & L2 Combined | 100 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 80 | 36 | 80 | – | – | – | – |
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