Facility Rental

Nature center facility rental

We are currently accepting rental requests for 2023
Please make your rental request at least 2 weeks prior to your event.

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Ruby Rupner Auditorium Rental
If you are looking for a place to hold a special occasion (graduation, wedding, holiday or birthday party, conference, reunion, anniversary, prom dinner, or memorial), consider renting the Ruby Rupner Auditorium!

The fee for rental of the auditorium is $50/hour with $15/hour security fee and a $100.00 damage deposit.
Rental fees include set up and clean up time. This means your rental contract will run from the time you arrive to set up to the time you leave from clean up.

Interpretive Building Rentals
Interested in renting a room or two in the new building?

The Gordon Lonning Resource Room can seat up to 20 people and is perfect for hosting a small meeting or conference. The rental fee is $25.00 per hour with a $15/hour security fee and a $50.00 damage deposit.
The classrooms are also available for rent, on a limited basis, at a rate of $40.00 per hour (per room) with a $15/hour security fee and a $100.00 damage deposit.
If the rental occurs during business hours, the restrooms will be shared with public visitors.

All rental fees are to be paid in full when you make your rental reservation.
You must go through the City of Austin's website to request and pay for your reservation.
Preferred method of payment is credit card.
Damage deposits will be refunded if no damage has occurred during your rental. If damage occurs during your rental, Nature Center staff will asses the damage and contact you.
If you need to cancel there will be a cancellation fee of $100 for the Auditorium and $50 for Gordon Lonning applied to your account. All other money will be refunded.
If you need to change the date of your rental, you may do so without penalties before 90 days of your rental. After 90 days before your rental date, a change of date fee of $100 for the Auditorium and $50 for Gordon Lonning will be applied to your account.
Time adjustments may be made by calling Nature Center staff up to 7 days preceding your rental.
Smoking and alcohol are not permitted.
Non-profit organizations will receive half off the rentals fees except for the security fee.

For more information regarding rentals, please call Meredith or Nature Center staff at 507-437-7519.