One of the great world museums. Over three million people visit the Museum each year, more than the population of London when the Museum was built, in 1881. Thirty galleries, including the famous dinosaur collection. Winner of Sandford Award 2009. The museum is a magnificent experience and offers huge amounts to see and do. The […]
National Wool Museum
Wool was historically the most important and widespread of Wales’s industries. The picturesque village of Dre-fach Felindre in the beautiful Teifi valley was once the centre of a thriving woollen industry, earning the nickname ‘The Huddersfield of Wales’. Shirts and shawls, blankets and bedcovers, woollen stockings and socks were all made here, and sold in […]
National Slate Museum
Dinorwig Quarry closed in 1969. Today – rather than fashioning wagons and forging rails – the workshops tell a very special story: the story of the Welsh slate industry. 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 […]
National Showcaves Of Wales
Showcave complex, dinosaur/iron age theme park. Dreadful website, built in Flash, badly. Dan-yr-Ogof Showcaves offer a unique insight into the geology and natural history of the Brecon Beacons National Park. There are three spectacular caves in the complex, Dan-yr-Ogof Cave, Cathedral Cave and the Bone Cave where 42 human skeletons have been found. The site […]
National Museum Of Wales, National Waterfront Museum
The National Waterfront Museum at Swansea tells the story of industry and innovation in Wales, now and over the last 300 years. Our vast industrial and maritime heritage is ready to explore via cutting-edge, interactive technology married with traditional displays. It means a unique, captivating and involved visitor experience lies in wait at Wales’s newest […]