Art & Culture

With its strong medieval links, Bury St Edmunds has a wealth of places to explore. Dating from 1180, Moyse’s Hall Museum has been a gaol, police station and now houses local and social history. As the only surviving Regency theatre left in Britain, built in 1819 the Theatre Royal is unique, with a lively arts programme plus guided tours four times weekly. Local artists feature at the Cathedral’s Edmund Gallery, while the art gallery Smiths Row is housed in a Robert Adam designed building, once the town’s Market Cross Theatre. 

Of further cultural interest

Abbeygate Picturehouse 
Newly refurbished ‘boutique’ cinema, with café and deli
The apex
Fabulous new music, entertainment, conference and community venue
St Mary’s Church
Holds frequent exhibitions of local art
Wildwood Gallery
Cards, prints and original artworks
Suffolk Open Studios
Details of artists studios in the area
The Bury Society
Caring about Bury St Edmunds

Surrounding area

Blackthorpe Barn
A magnificently preserved 16th century threshing barn staging arts & crafts exhibitions and music recitals
Sea Pictures Gallery 
In Clare: original, contemporary marine related art, including the East Anglian Group of Marine Artists
Lime Tree Gallery
In Long Melford, specialising in Scottish contemporary art and glass