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.
Abbeygate Picturehouse
Newly refurbished ‘boutique’ cinema, with café and deliThe 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 Town Trust
The Bury St Edmunds Town Trust was founded in 1979 with the object of conserving the heritage of Bury St Edmunds.The Bury Society
Caring about Bury St EdmundsWest Suffolk College
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College offers a wide variety of courses in many venues in the town and surrounding areas.Moyse’s Hall Museum
On the market place since 1180, a former gaol and police station; still looking good as the oldest building in town The Theatre Royal
The only surviving Regency theatre in England – a beautiful structure, great drama and guided tours Smiths Row
Free exhibitions by contemporary British and international artists and has a craft shop selling work by British makers..Abbey Gardens Friends
Friends of The Abbey GardensSt Edmund Gallery
A programme of music, art exhibitions, concerts and recitals throughout the year
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