The Palais Brongniart hosts congresses, conventions, product launches, trade and consumer shows, general assemblies, seminars, galas, dinners, fashion shows and film shoots across about 4,000 m² of event space. The rooms range from a grand nave and two auditoriums to salons, a club room and a tech-focused networking floor for up to 200 guests. The Palais Brongniart stands on Place de la Bourse in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Seminars and company events
The building is run as one of the main congress and event centers in Paris by GL events, an international events group, on behalf of the City of Paris, which owns it. A dedicated project team takes each event from design to delivery, and in-house specialists handle audio, video and staging.
For conferences, the Grand Auditorium on the garden level is the main plenary room, with a bar foyer next to it. On the second floor, the Petit Auditorium works as a small congress center of its own: it can be booked on its own for mid-sized conferences, with breaks, cocktails and lunches served in the adjoining Salle des Engrenages. The Club du Palais suits breakfasts, debate dinners, press conferences and executive seminars.
La Place, a 200 m² space on the second floor, is aimed at tech and artificial intelligence events: talks, round tables, demos, afterworks and themed lunches. Its lounge takes 80 people for meetings and workshops, and an open area around the historic trading floor takes 200 for networking.
Rooms and capacities
On the ground floor, the Nef is the central hall, under a glass roof 28 meters high, reached through a marble entrance hall. It hosts dinners, galas, trade shows, conventions and receptions. The Espace Réaumur, next to it, is often used for pre-dinner drinks, a dance floor or a lounge, with daylight and access to the peristyle. The Notre-Dame des Victoires room extends the Nef toward the colonnades.
On the second floor, the Salon d'Honneur is a 19th-century reception room reached by a grand staircase, with painted ceilings and gilding. The Salon Napoléon, 118 m², looks onto Place de la Bourse and takes conferences, cocktails and seated meals. The Salle des Colonnes covers 68 m².
Outside, the peristyle, forecourt and façade can host open-air cocktails, fashion shows, product launches and pop-up stores, and the columns can carry event branding. Capacities for most rooms are not published on the venue's site.
Catering
Catering is handled by the venue's own teams: cocktails, buffets and seated dinners, made to order or from a menu. Two restaurants operate in the building: Le Pompon, open in the evening from Tuesday to Saturday, and the Chai Brongniart in the vaulted lower level, which can also be booked for group lunches, cocktails and private dinners.
History and setting
Napoleon Bonaparte laid the first stone in 1808, wishing to bring all stock trading together in one building, and the architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart drew the plans. The building opened in 1826 and housed the Paris stock exchange through the age of railways and heavy industry until trading left in 1998. Four statues representing Agriculture, Commerce, Industry and Justice have stood around the building since 1852.
Getting there
Bourse station (metro line 3) is at the door, and Grands Boulevards (lines 8 and 9) is a short walk. Buses 20, 39, 48, 67, 74 and 85 stop at Bourse. Drivers can use the Q-Park Bourse car park.
