The Milton Rooms is an

arts centre An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues fo ...

and hub for cultural and community led activities (including

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

, dance,

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music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

and

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) located in

Malton, North Yorkshire Malton is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population of around 13,000 ...

, a market town in England. The main body of the building was built in 1930 by the Fitzwilliam family over the 19th century

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which is still in use. This section of the building includes a

with the largest sprung dance floor in North Yorkshire and the Fitzwilliam Room; a bar renovated in 2011 as a studio theatre. At the back of the Milton Rooms are the Grade II listed Assembly Rooms. They were formerly the Literary Institute and Subscription Rooms Built in 1814 also by the Fitzwilliam family. The Milton Rooms was given its name by the Fitzwilliam family and originates from their family home

Milton Hall Milton Hall near Peterborough, is the largest private house in Cambridgeshire, England.This Milton Hall should not be confused with the other Milton Hall just to the north of Cambridge in the village of Milton. The Milton Hall near Cambridge is ...

. The Milton Rooms is now a Charitable Trust, run by a board of trustees and operated by volunteers under the remit of Ryedale District Council.

References

External links

*{{Official website, www.themiltonrooms.com
YouTube
Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire Arts centres in England Malton, North Yorkshire