The Special Event Venue
This top NYC attraction features nearly 18,000 square feet of thoughtfully themed gallery space on two floors and dozens of inter-active exhibits. Ripley's offers visitors and event guests the opportunity to explore the unbelievable world of Robert Ripley and his amazing adventures. Our goal with each event is to impress, engage and inspire guests with our world-renowned off-beat artifacts, delightful displays and quirky decor.
Three Special Event Space Options
1. Babe Ruth Theatre – Up to 50 Guests
Perfect for an intimate cocktail event, office happy hour, board meeting, instructional class -like yoga (believe it) and more.
Our Babe Ruth Theatre is the perfect setting in which to host an intimate cocktail event, a corporate private meeting, engage in team-building activities, and even instructional classes. Set amidst famous sports memorabilia like Babe Ruth's charity baseball uniform and original seats from Yankee Stadium, this theatre comes equipped with a video screen and projector for your exclusive use. You can even add your own music and a Ripley’s entertainer for some added fun!
2. Extended Babe Ruth Theatre (includes Beauty, X-ray, and Space Galleries) – Up to 120 Guests
Perfect for events like a larger cocktail event, larger office happy hour, team building, business networking, etc
Not your traditional layout, our Extended Theatre includes the exclusive use of four interactive galleries. This unique event space allows for versatility for your guests to mingle, enjoy cocktails and hor’s d’oeurves in four galleries, while experiencing culture, space and science dis. Plus, our Extended Theatre includes our ever so popular theatre room where your guests will have access to our video screen. Perfect for a video slideshow, music videos, power-point presentations and more!
3. Full Event Venue: Up to 800 Guests
Perfect for large scale events like a corporate holiday party, a wedding, a bar/bat mitzvah, product launches, photo shoots and more. The full venue is your own private getaway to the fascinating and bizarre. The sky is the limit as to what type of event you can host in our two full levels of nearly 18,000 square feet of over 500 of the world’s most unusual and amazing artifacts.
Event Add-Ons:
Ripley’s Performers - Some include: Human Blockheads, Fire Breathers, Sword Swallowers, Escape Artists, World Record Holders, Magicians, Contortionists, Stilt Walkers
+ Ripley’s Exclusive, Homemade Dessert Cake
+ Scavenger Hunt Activity
+ Photo Scavenger Hunt Activity
+ Ripley’s Amazing Laser Race
+ Disposable Cameras
+ Souvenir Key Chain
+ Souvenir 5x7 Photo
+ Ripley’s T-Shirts
Amenities Include:
Private Spaces
Air Conditioning
Mutually agreed upon outside caterers allowed
External Music Allowed
All event pricing is based on a four hour event, with one hour for setup and breakdown. Pricing varies pending date and time of event. Call 212-398-3133 to speak with our special event expert today or fill out our Ripley's Believe It or Not! Special Event Information Request Form and our helpful team will contact you. We specialize in customizing the perfect event to suit your needs.
