Assembly Rooms &
Museum of Costume

The Assembly Rooms alone would be worth a visit for their impressive interiors but coupled with the Museum of Costume, which is on the same premises, they are a virtual must-see for the visitor to Bath.

Some Assembly Rooms Facts:

• Designed by John Wood the Younger, work commenced on these rooms in 1769 and they opened in 1771.
• This is Baths only surviving set of Assembly Rooms. The most fashionable rooms burnt down in 1820, and the other set were demolished in the early 19th century.
• Originally called the New or Upper Rooms, they were financed by a tontine. A tontine is a system where, as shareholders die, their shares go into the pot until the surviving shareholder takes everything. Among the shareholders were Lord Clive, Mr Leigh Perrot, and William Hoare the Bath artist.

For more photographs and facts about the Assembly Rooms buy "Bath: the absolute guide" coming soon.