ATHENAEUM
The Assembly Rooms in Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk were designed by Francis Sandys and were originally founded as elegant public rooms in the heart of fashionable eighteenth century Bury St Edmund's where members of polite society relaxed, played cards, danced, and took tea. In 1854 the Assembly Rooms were developed and reopened as The Athenaeum and quickly became the centre of Bury St Edmund's society and the place to be seen and entertained and in its heyday The Athenaeum played host to society balls, readings of famous literary works and lectures by some of the nation’s leading writers, playwrights and social critics including Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Charles Kingsley and William Thackeray. Charles Dickens gave readings from The Pickwick Papers in 1859 and A Personal History of David Copperfield in 1861, residing next door at The Angel Hotel. Today, this impressive Georgian gem on Angel Hill is one of the most atmospheric venues in Bury St Edmund's and a grand backdrop for weddings, private parties, conferences, corporate events and TV and film locations. More recently the Apex Gallery has been opened on the first floor within the Athenaeum.
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Apex Gallery |