Full Venue Hire at Museum of Brands

Fourteen thousand original branded items — Victorian tins, wartime rations, Spice Girls lunchboxes, and everything in between — line the walls of the Museum of Brands, and when you hire the venue exclusively, the entire collection becomes part of your event. It’s a genuine conversation starter that no amount of event theming can replicate: guests browse 200 years of consumer culture between courses, and every exhibit triggers a memory or a debate. Located just off Portobello Road in Notting Hill, the museum offers three distinct hireable spaces that flex from boardroom meetings to 200-guest receptions. The overall capacity ranges from 10 for smaller conference setups to 200 for exclusive museum hire — a spread that accommodates everything from focused team away days to large-scale launches and celebratory dinners.

The Conference Room

On the first floor, the conference room takes 10 to 100 guests and comes with a setup that’s deliberately unconventional. Grass flooring, retro advertising posters on the walls, floor-to-ceiling windows flooding the space with natural light, and a balcony for breakout moments. The AV provision is solid — projector, full widescreen, sound system, wireless microphones — and the room has air conditioning, which matters for full-day conferences in a first-floor space. Dedicated breakout space sits adjacent to the main room, making this a practical choice for conferences, workshops, and away days that need more than a single room. For training days and team-building sessions, the room’s quirky aesthetic reads as creative rather than gimmicky — it signals something different from the standard hotel conference suite without sacrificing the infrastructure. High-speed WiFi runs throughout, and the room can be configured for theatre, boardroom, and classroom layouts depending on your format.

The Garden at Museum of Brands

The award-winning garden takes up to 100 guests and provides a genuine outdoor option with a conservatory as weather backup. Sheltered and self-contained, it suits summer receptions, team drinks, and outdoor dining without the anxiety of relying entirely on London weather. The conservatory means you can commit to an outdoor event format knowing there’s a covered fallback that doesn’t require relocating to a completely different space. For corporate events, the garden adds a natural breakout zone between sessions — attendees step outside without leaving the venue. For evening receptions, it provides a second space that lets guests circulate between indoors and out, which keeps the energy moving through longer events.

Exclusive Museum Hire

The headline offer. Exclusive hire gives you the Brands Hall and the full collection for 10 to 200 guests — dinners, receptions, product launches, and awards evenings where the museum itself provides the entertainment. Guests move through the Time Tunnel exhibition, discovering items from every decade of the last two centuries. For product launches in particular, there’s an obvious resonance: your brand presented in a space that celebrates brand heritage. Standing receptions work especially well here — the collection encourages movement, and the natural flow of the exhibition space means guests circulate without needing to be directed. Seated dinners in the Brands Hall put tables among the exhibits, creating a backdrop that photographs exceptionally well and gives guests something to talk about between courses. The museum’s nostalgia factor is a reliable icebreaker at networking events where attendees don’t already know each other.

Events at Museum of Brands

The museum is available every evening, all day on Mondays, and at weekends by arrangement — a schedule that works well for corporate events during the week and private celebrations at the weekend. Dry hire is available, and the venue accommodates both in-house and external catering, giving flexibility on food and budget. The alcohol licence runs until 23:00, with extensions available for events that need to run later. As a registered charity, the Museum of Brands offers discounted rates for charitable and educational organisations — worth flagging if your event has a not-for-profit angle. Sustainable catering options are available on request, and bookings include discounted museum access for attendees, which means guests can arrive early and explore the collection before the event begins. The museum is at 111-117 Lancaster Road, W11 1QT, near Ladbroke Grove station. There’s no on-site parking, so guests should plan on public transport — the Notting Hill location and proximity to the tube make this straightforward. First-floor conference room access may be limited for wheelchair users — contact the venue to discuss accessibility requirements.