Belfast Assembly Rooms: A New Chapter
After more than 250 years at the heart of Belfast, the Assembly Rooms stands at the beginning of a new chapter.
Share Your Memories
In 2025, Belfast Assembly Rooms was included on the World Monuments Watch, recognizing its international significance and potential to contribute to the city's regeneration. Later that year, Belfast City Council acquired the building, securing its future in public ownership. Today, ongoing conservation, research and community engagement are revealing new aspects of its history while shaping plans for its future. As it has throughout its remarkable history, the Assembly Rooms continues to adapt and evolve, ready to serve future generations of Belfast.
The history of the Assembly Rooms is still being written. For more than 250 years, this building has been part of the lives of countless Belfast people. We want to hear your memories, photographs and stories. Did you visit the bank? Work in the building? Attend an event? Have a family connection to the Assembly Rooms?
Complete the form and help us record the living history of this remarkable building.
How Your Memories Will Be Used
Who is collecting this: World Monuments Fund.
What we collect: any memories, stories, photographs or other material you submit, along with your name and contact details if you choose to give them.
Why we collect it:
- To research and better understand the history and significance of the Assembly Rooms
- To inform conservation and interpretation of the building.
Anonymization: Your contribution will be anonymized. Your name will not be published, unless you tell us you're happy to be credited.
Sharing: Your information will be stored by World Monuments Fund and shared with Belfast City Council for the purposes described above. It will not be sold or shared with any other third party.
How long we keep it: Submissions are initially held for review. Material selected for the WMF archive will be retained indefinitely as part of the project record of the Assembly Rooms, in accordance with UK data protection law's allowance for archiving in the public interest and historical research. Material not selected for the archive will be securely deleted within 12 months of review.
Your rights: You can ask to see the information you've given us, ask us to correct or delete it, or withdraw your consent at any time. To do this, contact britain@wmf.org.
Complete the form and help us record the living history of this remarkable building.
