The Center is on a 55-acre estate on the north shore of Long Island. Robertson House, a Georgian manor, is used to accommodate meeting participants and includes a dining facility and a space for informal discussions.

Accommodations for additional participants are provided in the large cottages, Sammis Hall (opened in 1981) and the Meier House (purchased in 1997). The estate’s seven-car garage was converted into a conference room. See the Buildings Timeline for further information on Sammis Hall and the Meier House.

Meetings are typically five sessions. Anchored in the biosciences, Banbury meetings span technical, policy, and educational issues. By 2003, the silver anniversary of the Center, over 11,000 scientists (including 41 Nobel laureates) had attended over 380 meetings at the Center.