La Galerie Bourbon can host cocktail receptions and dance evenings for up to 400 guests, seated dinners for 200, theatre-style presentations for 120 and cabaret layouts for 50. The venue is a private mansion at 79 bis Avenue Marceau, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and the official site describes it as available for exclusive hire.
Seminars and company events
The mansion offers 320 m² of connecting rooms on a single level of reception salons. For a corporate event this means a clear flow: guests arrive in the Salon d'Argent, where a cloakroom or welcome desk can be set up, then move into the main gallery. The Galerie Principale has a stage built into the architecture, which the venue presents as a way to run speeches, a conference or a product presentation without breaking the decor. The site lists seminars, product launches, showrooms, exhibitions and fashion events among the formats it hosts, and says the whole building is privatized so access can be controlled.
Rooms and capacities
The venue lists four reception spaces. The Salon d'Argent is the entrance salon, lit by large windows under a ceiling finished in silver leaf. The Galerie Principale is the largest room, with tall windows, marble and crystal chandeliers, used for breakfasts, cocktails, launches and exhibitions. The Boudoir sits between the gallery and the Salon d'Honneur and is set up as a lounge, with a coffered gilded ceiling and a carved marble fireplace; the site suggests it for informal talks or a VIP welcome. The Salon d'Honneur has two parts, the Salon Étoile and the Bibliothèque, and suits cocktails, dancing or a second part of the evening. A smoking room with wood paneling is also mentioned.
Stated capacities for the whole venue are 400 guests for a cocktail or dance evening, 200 for a seated dinner, 120 in theatre layout and 50 in cabaret layout.
Catering
The official site names Butler Collection as the culinary partner, with the kitchen team working on site. Formats mentioned include morning coffee, aperitif before dinner, lunch and dinner cocktails, and seated dinners. Agencies can ask for a concierge service for guests.
History and setting
The house dates from around 1860 and was a residence of the Spanish Bourbons, notably the infanta María Isabel d'Orléans-Bourbon. In 1921 it became the Paris home of Pierre-Georges Latécoère, founder of the Aéropostale airline. Tradition says that Saint-Exupéry, Mermoz and Guillaume met there before their long flights. The designer Axel Huynh restored the building in the early 2020s. Original mouldings, gilding, crystal chandeliers, antique parquet and stained glass bearing Bourbon arms remain part of the rooms, alongside contemporary furniture and velvet seating.
Getting there
La Galerie Bourbon is at 79 bis Avenue Marceau, close to the Arc de Triomphe in the Golden Triangle. Charles de Gaulle – Étoile is served by metro lines 1, 2 and 6 and by RER A, and bus 92 passes nearby. The Park Paris Marceau car park is at 77 Avenue Marceau.
