Visitor Policy

For your safety, all Wexner Center Security Services staff are CPR and AED certified.

Masks are optional during your visit and can be acquired at the front desk, if desired. This guideline may vary on an event-by-event basis and will be noted on the event page and in the pre-event email.

We recommend keeping anything you consider valuable at home, as we are not responsible for lost or stolen items. Coat check is available for items you may not bring into the event space.

What to leave at home (for all event spaces)

• Umbrellas
• Professional cameras, recording equipment (audio or visual), selfie sticks, iPads, and other devices that interfere with other guests’ views
• Sharp items such as knives, box cutters, and scissors
• Weapons of any kind. In accordance with Ohio law, possession of concealed handguns is not permitted on university property, including the Wexner Center.
• Aerosols including pepper spray or Mace
• Flammable liquids
• Other dangerous or offensive items, including glass, cans, fireworks, laser pens, confetti canons, noise makers, projectiles, smoking/vape devices, drones, large signs and flags that obstruct view or with symbolic meanings, and poles and sticks

What to leave at home (for events in the Film/Video Theater)

• Outside food and beverages (you may bring food, popcorn, and beverages from Heirloom Café, as well as snacks from the Wexner Center Store)
• Strollers (child carriers worn on the front of the body are welcome)

What to leave at home (for events in the Performance Space)

• Outside food and beverages
• Strollers (child carriers worn on the front of the body are welcome)
• Bags larger than 11 x 15 x 5 inches (except medical and diaper bags)

What to leave at home (for visiting the galleries)

• Backpacks (unless worn on the front of your body)
• Bags larger than 11 x 15 x 5 inches (except medical and diaper bags)
• Gum, food, empty water bottles, and beverages, including bottled water
• Sketchbooks larger than 12 x 18 inches
• Wet media including paint, markers, pens, and crayons
• Oversized or double strollers (small strollers and child carriers worn on the front of the body are welcome). Umbrella strollers are available at coat check for use during your visit on a first-come, first-served basis.

What to leave at home (for events in Mershon Auditorium)

• Bags larger than 8 x 5 x 1 inches (except medical and diaper bags)
• Outside food and beverages (you may bring empty water bottles)

If you have a question about an item on these lists that you consider medically necessary, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890 before your visit.

Security screenings, including metal detectors, may be in place for Wexner Center events. All visitors are subject to be screened, and all bags are subject to search. If prohibited or offensive items are found, guests may return them to their vehicle or surrender them to security without return.

We encourage you to check your coat in the complimentary, self-service coat check in the Wexner Center lower lobby (with a limited number of free lockers) or the Mershon Auditorium lobby. If you wish to keep your coat, Wexner Center security personnel may ask to inspect it before you are admitted into the event space.

Some events held in Mershon Auditorium are not Wexner Center events. We host rental events as well as those managed by Columbus Arena Sports & Entertainment (CASE). For these events, security measures will be in place.

We invite visitors to our galleries and music performances to take still photographs without flash, so long as they are for personal, noncommercial use, except where restrictions are indicated.

Please do not take photographs during dance and theater performances or film screenings.

Include #theWex when posting your photos, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @WexArts.

Visitors may use their devices as needed in our gallery spaces if use does not impact the viewing experience of others. Please be aware of those around you when using devices.

Devices are not permitted to be used during dance and theater performances or film screenings.

Personal mobility devices are welcome at the Wexner Center, and a limited number of wheelchairs are available to visitors on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve a wheelchair in advance of your visit email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Review the Accessibility page for more information about the access services we provide.

Questions? Please contact Visitor Services by calling (614) 292-3535 or emailing info@wexarts.org.