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World Monuments Fund (WMF) welcomes Belfast City Council’s decision to purchase the Assembly Rooms, one of the city’s oldest and most significant civic landmarks.
The World Monuments Fund writes:
Belfast Assembly Rooms was inscribed on the 2025 World Monuments Watch – WMF’s biennial, nomination-based program which spotlights heritage sites facing urgent challenges – and is the only site from the United Kingdom on this year’s list. Historically a space for social gatherings and commercial exchange, the site fell into disuse in the 2000’s and has remained vacant since.
Over the past ten months, WMF has supported the advocacy campaign to save the building and return it to public use, engaging with key stakeholders including Belfast City Council at a dedicated event organized by WMF in Clifton House, and raising awareness through targeted outreach focused on local Councillors and heritage professionals.? WMF is proud to have contributed in part to this successful outcome, and looks forward to supporting Belfast City Council in next phase of planning for the Assembly Rooms’ future.
