Venue hire FAQ

Eye Bar Restaurant is located in the so-called Arena, the open space in the middle of the museum, that is freely accessible to all visitors. This area with the restaurant is opened daily until 1:00 or 2:00. An event in the Arena is only possible with an exclusive rental of the entire building. Due to Eye's function as a museum, this can only happen a few times a year. We will be happy to inform you about the possibilities.

Eye Bar Restaurant does not have rooms to have a private meeting, lunch, or dinner.

There are three dayparts: morning from 8:00 until 12:00, afternoon from 13:00 until 17:00. and evening from 18:00 until 23:00. For example, if your event lasts from 9:00 until 17:00 two dayparts need to be booked. If you would like to rent the space for a longer period, we charge an hour fee for the first hour and after that the full daypart.

All spaces are including Eye furniture. The prices of the cinemas include projection on cinema screen, standard sound & theatre lighting, lectern, limited Wi-Fi, and regular cleaning. The prices of the meeting rooms include lectern, flipchart, basic event support, limited Wi-Fi, and basic cleaning.

Besides the rental of the rooms, we can also provide extra products or services, e.g. catering, staff, guided tours and (extra) audiovisual equipment. This is optional and not included in the room rental.

Cinema 1 to 4 are only available on weekdays until maximum 17:00, due to Eye’s public function and own film screening programme. The other spaces are available in the evenings.

Eye is a museum, so we kindly ask you to let us know beforehand what kind of decoration or promotion you will bring. If you would like to attach something to the wall or floor, this always needs to be approved first. Banners, flags, stands, posters, et cetera are not allowed in public areas. In the rooms the possibilities are numerous. We would be happy to put you in touch with our supplier Promo Groep. They can assist you with customized branding products.

In IJ-Lounge, Waterfront, Room at the Top and Studio you can make use of the audiovisual set, including a laptop, projector, screen and speakers (€ 100 for one daypart, € 200 for two dayparts or more). In Waterfront a white wall is used for the projection. It is possible to expand this package with microphones. Maximum two microphones can be connected to the speakers. If you would like more than two microphones in the meeting room, a sound system needs to be installed and an audio technician will be present during the event. There will be additional costs for this.

Select Catering is our exclusive caterer, so it is not possible to choose another caterer. Eye is proud of the cooperation with Select Catering because of the good quality and service and we would like to show that to all our guests.

Catering up to 100 people will be provided by Eye Banqueting, an initiative from Select Catering, but housed in Eye. From 100 people Select Catering will take care of the catering. Please feel free to request a quotation from them. Of course we can also put you in touch for a customized quotation.

Eye Bar Restaurant is a separate restaurant in the middle of the museum. They do not provide catering in other spaces. With a small group, you are more than welcome for drinks, lunch or dinner for example. We recommend to reserve a table. For events in the rooms, the Foyer, or the Arenaplateau, catering will be provided by our exclusive caterer Select Catering or Eye Banqueting.

BeamSystems is the preferred supplier of Eye. They have worked on all big events with us since the opening and ensure that everything concerning AV runs smoothly. They take care of all technical concerns and your advantage is their knowledge of our building and spaces. Your contact person can advise you when extra AV from BeamSystems is needed.

Yes, there is an open social Wi-Fi connection available, which can be used by all visitors in Eye. This is limited in its up- and download speed. For events we recommend a faster, private connection. An extra Wi-Fi hotspot will be installed for this against payment.

There are 200 parking spaces in the adjacent parking garage of the A’DAM Tower (navigate to Overhoeksplein 1). The costs are € 4,05 per hour and the garage is open 24 hours per day. You can reserve up to 25 parking spots via the website of A’DAM Parking. If you would like to reserve for 25 to 80 cars, please contact your event manager in time.

The closest alternative, Parking Centrum Oosterdok, is located next to Amsterdam Central Station. This garage has almost 1400 parking spots. The costs are € 25 for 6 until 24 hours.

Yes, this is possible at the landing stage at the front of the building, close to the stairs of the main entrance. Boats cannot stay there.

Eye does not have hotel rooms. However, we can advise you about nearby possibilities.

There are various possibilities. For example with a word of welcome from Eye, a video about Eye that is shown during your event, or a tour about the architecture or through the changing exhibition. It is also possible to show unique footage from our Collection Center. Would you like something active and would you like to learn more about film? Then we recommend a creative workshop.

Yes, our building is a wedding location. Our meeting rooms can be used for your wedding reception, dinner or party as well.

We always recommend guests to use public transport. From the north side at station Amsterdam Centraal, take the free ferry F3 to ‘Buiksloterweg’. This ferry runs 24 hours per day, every few minutes. The total travelling time from Central Station is less than 10 minutes.

Navigate to Overhoeskplein 1 (and not to Eye Filmmuseum). You will drive in the right way, in the direction of Eye or the parking garage.

Loading and unloading is possible at the supplier entrance at the backside of the premises (North side). If the event is on the first, second or third floor, it is possible to use the elevator at the staff entrance. The various entrances are indicated on this map. Please note: there are no parking spaces.

Eye's entire building is accessible to people in wheelchairs. The elevator is located right next to the main entrance staircase (staff entrance). In Eye's cinemas, there are always two places reserved for wheelchairs. There are two parking spaces reserved for people with a handicap in the A'DAM Tower garage (follow exit ‘A’DAM Toren’).