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25th July 2022Moyse’s Hall Exhibition very popularLocal people, and some from afar, had the chance to see the new Artisan and Pilgrimage exhibition at Moyse’s Hall Museum one evening last week…
25th July 202213 New Interpretation panels and a model for The AbbeyA new interpretation scheme has been unveiled at Bury St Edmunds Abbey following a year-long project digitally reconstructing the historic monument as it would have…
19th July 2022St Edmunds Day Weekend Spectacular 17-20 NovemberA spectacular light show will take place every evening during St Edmund’s Day weekend between 17 and 20 November as part of the celebrations for…
19th July 2022Artisan and Pilgrimage exhibition at Moyse’s HallA special free exhibition entitled ‘The Abbey of St Edmund: Artisan and Pilgrimage in the Liberty of St Edmund’ will showcase the beauty and gravitas…
14th July 2022English Heritage Interpretation panels installedThe new Heritage Interpretation Panels have been produced in collaboration between English Heritage and the Abbey of St Edmund Heritage Partnership are now being installed…
8th July 2022Free Picnic in the Park, Saturday July 16Abbey of St Edmund 1000 Celebrations Picnic in the Park, Saturday 16 July, Free event Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds   Pack a picnic and…
27th May 2022M. R. James on the Abbey ChurchA dramatic recreation by Robert Lloyd Parry of M R James’ 1932 Athenaeum lecture on the Abbey of St Edmund took place on May 26…
6th May 2022Abbey 1000 BioBlitzBury Water Meadows Group (BWMG) will be hosting a BioBlitz on Saturday 21st May 2022 as part of Abbey 1000 – a series of events…
2nd May 2022Bury St Edmunds manuscripts returnSeven medieval manuscripts have gone on display at the abbey where they were written, nearly 500 years after it was closed during Henry VIII’s Reformation.…
28th April 2022English Heritage Interpretation Panel schemeThe existing metal panels date back some 30 years, only four remain and are in poor condition.  It is impossible to make visual sense of…

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