Heritage Open Days: Bury St Edmunds Quaker Meeting House
- Next Event
- 14th September 10:00am
- Event Finishes
- 14th September 5:00pm
About this event
Historic 18th Century Quaker Meeting House, with 2008 modern extension. Exhibition and video covering Quaker history and also contemporary Quakerism.
All three rooms in the Meeting House will be open to the pubic and Quakers will be on hand as guides.
There will be an exhibition relating to the history of Quakerism, with special emphasis on this year's 400th anniversary of the birth of George Fox, key founder of Quakerism in the 17th Century.
There will also be a display covering the origins of Quaker Meetings in Bury St Edmunds and the building of our 1750 Meeting House, as well as its 2008 extension. The Meeting House has a garden and wildlife area which is open to the public.