Events & Space Rentals
Johns Hopkins SAIS provides meeting and event spaces to external organizations, community members, businesses and school entities. Space may be reserved for meetings, trainings, workshops, vendor fairs and other special events. The space cannot be reserved for personal use (e.g. weddings, social events, birthday parties, or political fundraisers).

Kenney-Herter Auditorium
Explore Our Washington DC Venues
The BIG Three
Kenney-Herter Auditorium
Location: Nitze Building (1740 Massachusetts Ave NW)
Rome Auditorium
Location: Rome Building (1619 Massachusetts Ave NW)
BOB 500
Location: The Bernstein–Offit Building (1717 Massachusetts Ave NW)
Large Conference Rooms
Nitze 410
Location: Nitze Building (1740 Massachusetts Ave NW)
Nitze 507
Location: Nitze Building (1740 Massachusetts Ave NW)
Rome 200
Location: Rome Building (1619 Massachusetts Ave NW)
Rome 806
Location: Rome Building (1619 Massachusetts Ave NW)
Rome 812
Location: Rome Building (1619 Massachusetts Ave NW)
BOB 736
Location: The Bernstein–Offit Building (1717 Massachusetts Ave NW)
Small Conference Rooms
Nitze 501
Location: Nitze Building (1740 Massachusetts Ave NW)
Booking Event Space
- Fall Scheduling – Completed in August of every year
- Spring Scheduling – Completed in November of every year
- Summer Scheduling – Completed in April of every year
Kenney-Herter can only be reserved during the non-academic school year, meaning winter, spring and summer breaks. Dates available during those breaks are determined by SAIS.
Before requesting space for your event, please be sure to review our External Organizations Event Guidelines, which provide an overview of our booking process and policies.
External Organization Event Guidelines
- Fall Scheduling – Completed in August of every year
- Spring Scheduling – Completed in November of every year
- Summer Scheduling – Completed in April of every year
Before requesting space for your event, please be sure to review our JHU Organizations Event Guidelines, which provide an overview of our booking process and policies.
JHU Organizations Event Guidelines