documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH offers a variety of flexible solutions for events at the Fridericianum, in the Café at the Fridericianum (with the intervention MIMIKRY of Kerstin Brätsch), or in the documenta Halle: different formats, such as cultural events/happenings, seminars, symposia, conferences, business occasions, trade fairs, exhibitions, or festive evening banquets can be realized.

documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH can provide additional services in combination with the rented room, such as creative workshops, exclusive guided tours of the exhibitions or premises, and introductory lectures or welcoming addresses.

Furniture and technical equipment are available for events; additional items can be booked as options.

The Café at the Fridericianum offers high-quality food and beverages for events and can support you in choosing external partners according to individual needs.

Built in the classicist style, the Fridericianum was founded in 1779 as one of the world’s very first public museums. Since 1988, it has been one of the most important contemporary art exhibition galleries world-wide. Every five years, it is in addition the center of the documenta exhibition, which has been held since 1955. The auditorium and the creative studio – the so-called Studiowerkstatt – are available for events.

auditorium
198 m²
different chair formats possible
max. 199 persons

Studiowerkstatt
100 m²
different chair formats possible
max. 40 persons

Opened in 2019, the Café at the Fridericianum is located in the classicist lobby of the Fridericianum and consists of the ground-floor rotunda, an outdoor area beneath the stylish porticus, and in the summer months, the extended outdoor café terrace on Friedrichsplatz. It serves a regional assortment of drinks and primarily hearty vegan meals as well as cakes and pastries.

Steeped in history, the rotunda was redesigned in 2023 by artist Kerstin Brätsch and filled with her site-specific MIMIKRY intervention. This expansive installation is both artwork and venue at once, forming an extraordinary setting for special events.

With its six columns, the porticus and the café terrace on Kassel’s central Friedrichsplatz offer the opportunity to arrange outdoor receptions and events.

As your culinary partner, the Café at the Fridericianum supports you in compiling your individual menu of dishes and drinks for your particular event.

lobby
124 m²
For standing receptions
50 persons

rotunda (with the intervention MIMIKRY of Kerstin Brätsch)
197 m²
different chair formats possible
max. 120 persons

porticus
105 m²
different chair formats possible
30 persons

café terrace (in the summer months)
87 m²
different chair formats possible
30 persons

documenta Halle was designed in 1992 by architecture studio “Jourdan & Müller” and built on Friedrichsplatz, close to the Auehang. During each documenta exhibition, documenta Halle is reserved for the respective Artistic Direction; in between these periods, documenta Halle hosts a variety of events.

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documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH
Friedrichsplatz 18, 34117 Kassel

Matthias Sauer
T +49 561 70727-45
sauer@documenta.de