The Maison de l'Amérique latine can host seminars, conferences, study days, private lunches and dinners, cocktails and weddings for 15 to 250 guests. It offers a 102-seat auditorium and 18 salons that open onto a formal French garden, with catering by its own kitchen. The house occupies two 18th-century hôtels particuliers, the Hôtel de Varengeville and the Hôtel Amelot de Gournay, at 217 boulevard Saint-Germain in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Seminars and company events
For conferences, the auditorium has 102 fixed seats with writing tablets, a roll-down screen of 2.10 by 3 meters at the back of the stage, a video projector, air conditioning and daylight, with a view of the main courtyard. For a plenary in a flat room, the Brasilia salon on the upper floor covers 160 m² and takes 80 to 180 people plus speakers in a meeting layout; it is air-conditioned and pre-equipped. The adjoining Rio salon serves coffee breaks or a small meeting, and the Manaus salon, 35 m², sits next to it.
The salons on the ground floor and first floor work for breakouts, from theatre layouts to U-shapes for small committees. The team helps with layout, sound, technical needs, menus and service, and suggests team building activities. A maître d'hôtel and his staff stay on site for the whole event. The house sells a seminar offer, cooking demonstrations and a breakfast offer. Extra technical equipment can be supplied at additional cost.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take exclusive use of the site on weekends, from 7 pm to 3 am, for at least 80 guests on Saturdays and 150 on Sundays. Couples choose between a seated dinner and a cocktail dinner. The kitchen writes a menu with eight cocktail canapés and a dinner of starter, main course, cheese and a dessert buffet. In good weather the cocktail is served on the terrace and the dinner follows in the salons. For sound reasons the DJ is imposed by the house, and the team can recommend babysitters who run activities for children.
Rooms and capacities
Brasilia: 160 m², 80 to 180 in a meeting layout, 150 for a meal, 250 for a cocktail. Ambassadeurs suite 1: three ground-floor salons over 144 m², up to 100 for a meal and 150 for a cocktail. Within it, the Ambassadeurs salon (63 m², garden access) seats 28 in a U-shape, 40 cabaret, 44 classroom and 60 theatre or for a meal. Ambassadeurs suite 3: five first-floor salons over 250 m², up to 150 for a meal and 250 for a cocktail. Within it, Amazone (60 m², courtyard view) seats 26 in a U-shape, 40 cabaret, 44 classroom and 60 theatre or at a meal. Miranda suite: 170 m² on the ground floor; within it, Artigas (50 m²) seats 22 in a U-shape, 32 classroom or cabaret and 50 theatre or at a meal. Smaller salons such as Président, Miranda, O'Higgins, Mistral and Neruda range from 35 to 44 m².
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms on site.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The kitchen serves classic, seasonal cooking for business lunches, seated dinners, cocktails and weddings, and the house also runs a restaurant and café.
History and setting
The Maison de l'Amérique latine is a cultural institution founded in 1946 that hosts exhibitions, talks and meetings of the Latin American diplomatic community in Paris. The salons keep their parquet floors, chandeliers, gilded mirrors and woodwork, and most open onto the garden.
Getting there
The house is on boulevard Saint-Germain between the Musée d'Orsay and Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Solférino and Rue du Bac metro stations are a few minutes' walk away.
