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The Rochester Academy of Medicine offers a unique setting for gatherings within the historic Lyon Mansion. Its versatile event spaces are available for rent and can accommodate conferences, continuing education classes, seminars, and professional meetings. Combining timeless architecture with modern functionality, RAOM provides an inspiring environment for both learning and collaboration.

Elegant dining room with a long wooden table surrounded by wooden chairs, a marble fireplace, large windows, and ornate molding.

The Founder’s Room

The Founder's Room offers a distinguished setting for boardroom-style meetings, comfortably accommodating up to 16 guests.

A large banquet hall filled with round tables of guests dining. A band is performing on a stage against a wooden wall, including a drummer, guitarists, a singer, and a saxophonist.

Grand Ballroom

A spacious 200-seat Grand Ballroom featuring a main stage and balcony, ideal for performances, conferences, and large gatherings.

A large brick mansion with multiple stories, bay windows, and a front porch, surrounded by a well-maintained garden with a stone pathway, green lawn, trees, and shrubs, under a clear blue sky.
An ornate stone archway with decorative classical columns leading to a room with large green window frames and a curved glass wall, featuring a patterned ceiling and natural light.

Dining Room and Solarium

The Dining Room graciously accommodates up to 50 guests for standing receptions or up to 30 guests for seated dining.

Elegant living room with ornate ceiling, wooden paneling, large windows, a grand piano, shelves filled with books, a portrait painting, chandeliers, and a large patterned area rug.

Entire First Floor

Make a statement with your event—rent the full first floor of our mansion and give your guests an extraordinary experience they'll never forget.

Living room with wooden furniture, red curtains, patterned rug, and multiple chairs and shelves.

Living Room

Our elegant Living Room accommodates up to 60 guests for meetings or lectures and seats 50 comfortably for dining. With excellent acoustics, it's also an ideal setting for music recitals.

Interior of a dining room with a long wooden table and chairs, ornate white columns, and large windows with curtains providing natural light. There are chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, and a portrait hanging on the wall. The room has beige walls and hardwood floors.

Technology/Piano

Enjoy seamless presentations and entertainment with access to a 75" TV, PCs, microphones, premium speakers, and high-speed internet, everything you need for a flawless event. Piano rental is available for an additional fee.

Interested in renting one of our spaces for a healthcare, medical, or CME event? Contact Susan Layton at Susan.Layton@raom.org or (585) 271-1307. You may also complete the form below and a member of our team will contact you shortly.

For weddings, parties, bridal showers, or other social events, please visit The Lyon Mansion website for additional information.