Museums In Wales Information about Wales and welsh museums including Welsh Slate Museum and Segontium Roman Museum. Cardiff, Newport, Conwy, Harlech, Abergavenny, Swansea, Tenby, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, St David's, Carmarthan, Dolgellau, Caernarfon, Snowdon, Snowdonia, Builth Wells, Cardigan, Brecon Beacons, Llangollen, Wrexham, Betws-y-coed, Barmouth, Aberystwyth, Anglesey, Bangor, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Ruthin, Mold, Merthyr Tidfil, Neath, Gower, Llanelli, Cwmbran.
An award-winning national museum that still retains many traits of its former role as a coal mine, standing high on the heather-clad moors of Blaenafon, the tunnels and buildings that once echoed to the sound of the miners now enjoy the sound of the footsteps and chatter of visitors from all over the world. The redevelopment turned the original features, like the Pithead Baths, into fresh displays that bring life at the coalface vividly into focus. However, perhaps its most famous feature is still the trip 90 metres down the shaft to explore working conditions underground.
From the stunningly restored judge's apartments to the dingy servants' quarters below you can explore the gaslit world of a most unusual Victorian household . Damp cells remind you of the building's true purpose, along with the vast courtroom where your imagination in captured by the echoing trial of William Morgan, local duck thief.Visitors to the building are accompanied by an eavesdropping audiotour of voices from the past; you will hear their tale, from Mary the hardworking maid, to Reverend Richard Lister Venables, Chairman of the Magistrates and employer of the famous diarist Francis Kilvert.
Situated in the heart of Cardiff’s elegant civic centre, today it houses Wales’s national archaeology, art, geology and natural history collections as well as major touring and temporary exhibitions. Discover art, archaeology and the geological evolution of Wales. With a busy programme of exhibitions and events, we have something to amaze everyone, whatever your interest and admission is free!
The National Slate Museum is sited in the Victorian workshops built in the shadow of Elidir mountain, site of the vast Dinorwig quarry. Here you can travel into the past of an industry and a way of life that has chiselled itself into the very being of this country. The Workshops and Buildings are designed as though quarrymen and engineers have just put down their tools and left the courtyard for home, while an array of Talks and Demonstrations including slate-splitting give you a real insight into quarry life.
The National Waterfront Museum at Swansea tells the story of industry and innovation in Wales, now and over the last 300 years. The Industrial Revolution in Wales had a tremendous effect on People, Communities and Lives as well as that of the rest of the World. Visitors can soak up the history with a breathtaking mix of old and new in the city’s rapidly developing maritime quarter.
Wool was historically the most important and widespread of Wales's industries. Shirts and shawls, blankets and bedcovers, woollen stockings and socks were all made here, and sold in the surrounding countryside - and to the rest of the world. Follow the process from Fleece to Fabric and visit the sympathetically restored listed mill buildings. There you can see Historic Machinery and brand new features such as the glass roofed courtyard.
Dre-Fach Felindre, near Newcastle Emlyn, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire SA44 5UP
Step back in time at the National Roman Legion Museum and explore life in a far-flung outpost of the mighty Roman Empire. Wales was the furthest outpost of the Roman Empire. In AD 75, the Romans built a fortress at Caerleon that would guard the region for over 200 years. Caerleon was one of only three permanent fortresses in Roman Britain. The museum lies inside what remains of the fortress. The Ruins include the most complete amphitheatre in Britain and the only remains of a Roman Legionary barracks on view anywhere in Europe.
St Fagans is one of Europe's leading open-air museums and Wales's most popular heritage attraction. It stands in the grounds of the magnificent St Fagans Castle, a late 16th-century manor house donated to the people of Wales by the Earl of Plymouth. Traditional crafts and activities bring St Fagans alive, in workshops where craftsmen still demonstrate their traditional skills. There are also galleries with exhibitions of costume, daily life and farming implements.
The Story of Tenby presents the history of the town from the earliest recorded history through to the present day, illustrating key periods through artefacts, documents, photographs and artwork from the museum’s collection. In the gallery you can read of Henry Tudor’s escape from the town, see how the Civil War and plague affected the area, learn about the Victorian era of resurgence, wonder at how the Penny farthing riders stayed on their bicycles, find out the identity of the man who invented the equals (=) sign and discover the part Tenby played in the Second World War. A painting by local artist Eric Bradforth and a model made by museum volunteer John Horne reveal how Tenby looked in 1586.
