Information For:

Give back to HGSE and support the next generation of passionate educators and innovative leaders.

About HGSE

Capacities and Cost

The Gutman Conference Center has five rooms that can stand alone or be combined to form two larger spaces and there are multiple options for furniture setup and arrangement. Rooms are rented at an hourly rate, with a 4-hour minimum. Charges may apply if time is needed to set up and clean up a room.

Room GCC E1-3 GCC E1 GCC E1-2 GCC E2 GCC E2-3 GCC E3 GCC E4-5 GCC E4 GCC E5 Board Room 
Square Footage 3,434 1,382 2,247 865 2,052 1,187 2,160 1,183 977 350
Rate per Hour* $310 $120 $200 $80 $190 $120 $200 $120 $90 $50
Boardroom - 28 - 20 - 28 - 24 24 14
Classroom 142 54 112 28 120 48 100 50 36 -
Curved Theater - 100 - - - 100 - - - -
Hollow Square - 32 - 26 - 32 - 30 26 -
Reception 275 150 180 30 150 120 - - - -
Rounds 208 72 112 48 120 72 144 72 56 -
Theater 250 120 190 60 180 100 180 99 75 -
U-Shape - 28 - 25 - 28 - 25 23 -
Vendor Fair 57 20 32 12 32 20 30 14 12 -

Please note: the maximum capacity will be reduced as furniture is added.

If material is to be stored overnight in the rented space for a multi-day event, the 9 a.m.-9 p.m. fee automatically applies. See our policies page for more information on material storage.

Additional rooms within Harvard's Graduate School of Education are also available for rent. Seating arrangements in the majority of these rooms are not flexible and there are food restrictions in some locations.

Room Askwith Hall
Longfellow, First Floor
Eliot Lyman
Longfellow, Second Floor
Garden Room 
Gutman, First Floor
Reading Area
Gutman, First Floor 
Square Footage 2,869 981 621 1,715
Rate per Hour* $100 $80 $80 $160
Boardroom - 30 10 -
Classroom - 24 - 48
Curved Theater - 60 36 -
Hollow Square - 34 - -
Reception - 100 75 200
Rounds - - - 140
Theater 268** 75 59 125
U-Shape - 48 - -
Vendor Fair - 13 6 22