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Name |
Town/City |
County/Borough |
Region |
Type |
Summary |
Beaumaris Castle |
Beaumaris |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle |
Beaumaris Courthouse |
Beaumaris |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Law enforcement |
information, also known as Llys Biwmares Beaumaris Court, dates to 1614 |
Beaumaris Gaol |
Beaumaris |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Prison |
19th century prison |
Canolfan Ucheldre Centre |
Holyhead |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Art |
website, community arts centre with exhibit gallery for contemporary art and craft |
Haulfre Stables |
Beaumaris |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Transportation |
information, open by appointment only, Victorian harness and saddlery, carts and carriages |
Holyhead Maritime Museum |
Holyhead |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Maritime |
Located in an 1858 lifeboat station, maritime and social history |
Llynnon Mill |
Holyhead |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Mill |
18th century windmill |
Menai Bridges Exhibition |
Menai Bridge |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Technology |
website, history and construction of the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Britannia Bridge |
Moelfre Seawatch Centre |
Moelfre |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Maritime |
information, lifeboat, maritime artifacts, marine life and environment |
Museum of Childhood Memories |
Beaumaris |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Toy |
information |
Oriel Ynys Môn |
Llangefni |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Multiple |
Art, culture, social history of Anglesey |
Plas Newydd |
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, 18th century house with 1930s interior, military museum of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, garden, arboretum |
Sail Loft Visitor Centre |
Amlwch |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history, copper and shipbuilding industry |
South Stack Lighthouse |
Holy Island |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Maritime |
Historic lighthouse, engine room and exhibits |
Stone Science |
Pentraeth |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Natural history |
information, dinosaurs, fossils, rocks, minerals |
Swtan Folk Museum |
Rhydwyn |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Historic house |
website, 16th century Welsh cottage with a thatched roof, early 20th century interior, exhibits of art and rural life |
Tacla Taid |
Rhydwyn |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Transportation |
information, cars, motorbikes, commercial and farm vehicles and static engines |
Abertillery & District Museum |
Abertillery |
Blaenau Gwent |
South Wales |
Multiple |
website, local history, period room and farm displays, mining, culture, Roman artifacts |
Bedwellty House |
Tredegar |
Blaenau Gwent |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Early 19th century ironmaster’s residence and gardens |
Blaina Heritage Action Group Museum |
Tredegar |
Blaenau Gwent |
South Wales |
Local |
website, information, local history |
Brynmawr & District Museum |
Brynmawr |
Blaenau Gwent |
South Wales |
Local |
website, local history, Brynmawr Furniture pieces made during the Brynmawr Experiment |
Tredegar Local History Museum |
Tredegar |
Blaenau Gwent |
South Wales |
Local |
information, located in the town library, local history, industry |
Caerphilly Castle |
Caerphilly |
Caerphilly |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle, replica siege engines, exhibits on other castles in Wales |
Gelligroes Mill and Candle Workshop |
New Tredegar |
Caerphilly |
South Wales |
Multiple |
information, 17th century mill with radio museum, exhibits about Artie Moore, who received the SOS transmission from the RMS Titanic |
Llancaiach Fawr |
Nelson |
Caerphilly |
South Wales |
Living |
1645 period home, at the height of the English Civil War when King Charles I of England visited the house to persuade its owner not to change his allegiance |
Winding House |
New Tredegar |
Caerphilly |
South Wales |
Local |
website, local history, coal mining, winding engine |
Butetown History & Arts Centre |
Butetown |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Multiple |
website, local history, culture, art |
Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Local |
Includes exhibits of local history, culture |
Cardiff Castle |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle and Victorian architecture Gothic revival mansion |
Cardiff Story |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Local |
website, city's history, culture |
Castell Coch |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by Cadw, late 19th century "fairy-tale" Victorian Gothic castle with lavish furnishing |
Craft in the Bay |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Art |
Contemporary crafts gallery |
Doctor Who Exhibition Centre |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Media |
Artifacts from the Doctor Who television series |
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Military |
Located at Cardiff Castle, history of the Welch Regiment |
The Gate |
Roath |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Art |
Arts centre with exhibit gallery |
Insole Court |
Llandaff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Historic house |
website, Victorian mansion |
National Museum Cardiff |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Multiple |
(NMW) Art, archaeology, natural history, dinosaurs, geology, decorative arts |
Norwegian Church Arts Centre |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Art |
Arts centre with gallery |
Pierhead |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
History |
Late 19th century building with Welsh history exhibits |
St Fagans National History Museum |
St Fagans |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Open air |
(NMW) Over forty buildings including a Celtic village, Elizabethan manor house, chapel, medieval church, schoolhouse, tollbooth, farm, |
Techniquest |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Science |
Hands-on science exhibits |
Wales Millennium Centre |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Art |
Arts centre with exhibit gallery |
Carmarthenshire County Museum |
Carmarthen |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
Local history, culture, art gallery, furniture, decorative arts, 19th century schoolroom, the inside of a Carmarthenshire farmhouse a clogmaker’s workshop |
Dolaucothi Gold Mines |
Pumsaint |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Mining |
Operated by the National Trust, Roman surface and deep gold mines |
Dylan Thomas Boathouse |
Laugharne |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Final home of poet Dylan Thomas |
Kidwelly Industrial Museum |
Kidwelly |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Industry |
Tinplate industry buildings and equipment |
Museum of Speed |
Pendine |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Automotive |
Use of Pendine Sands for land speed record attempts |
National Coracle Centre |
Cenarth |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Maritime |
Collection of coracles |
National Woollen Museum |
Llandysul |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Industry |
(NMW) Woolen mill, textiles gallery |
Newton House |
Llandeilo |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, 1912 period house in extensive park, nearby Dinefwr Castle ruins |
Oriel Myrddin Gallery |
Carmarthen |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery |
Parc Howard Museum |
Llanelli |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
Local pottery, art, decorative arts, local history |
West Wales Museum of Childhood |
Llangeler |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Toy |
Toys, dolls, model trains, model cars, teddy bears, toy soldiers, tin toys, costumes, pinball machines, games, period schoolroom, household items |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
Aberystwyth |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Art |
Part of Aberystwyth University, features exhibit galleries for art, ceramics |
Ceredigion Museum |
Aberystwyth |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Local |
Local history, archaeology, natural history, Welsh furniture, costumes, farming and agriculture items |
Internal Fire Museum of Power |
Tanygroes |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Technology |
website, internal combustion and steam engines |
Jen Jones Welsh Quilt Centre |
Lampeter |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, quilts and textile exhibits |
Lampeter Museum |
Lampeter |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Local |
website, local history exhibits in the town library |
Llanerchaeron |
Ciliau Aeron |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century Welsh minor gentry estate with dairy, laundry, brewery, salting house, walled kitchen gardens, organic farm |
Llanon Cottage |
Llanon |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Historic house |
website, Tudor cottage with original straw rope underthatch |
Llywernog Silver-Lead Mine |
Ponterwyd |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Mining |
website, 18th century silver mine, buildings, equipment, tramways |
New Quay Heritage Centre |
New Quay |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Local |
website, local history exhibits |
School of Art Gallery and Museum at Aberystwyth University |
Aberystwyth |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, part of Aberystwyth University, fine art, photography, prints and drawings, crafts and decorative art |
Strata Florida Abbey |
Pontrhydfendigaid |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Archaeology |
Remains of a medieval Cisterian abbey |
Tregaron Kite Centre and Museum |
Tregaron |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Natural history |
website, kites and other area birds, Tregaron Bog, local history, Victorian schoolroom |
Aberconwy House |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust, medieval merchant's house with rooms from different periods |
Amgueddfa Llandudno Museum |
Llandudno |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Local |
information, local history, culture, copper mining, Welsh kitchen, art |
Conwy Castle |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle |
Conwy Mussel Museum |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Maritime |
information, pearl fishing |
Conwy Suspension Bridge |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Technology |
Operated by the National Trust, 1826 version of the Menai Suspension Bridge, now a footbridge, 1890s period toll house |
Conwy Valley Railway Museum |
Betws-y-Coed |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Railway |
Railway equipment, miniature and model railways, memorabilia |
Home Front Experience |
Llandudno |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Living |
website, life in Britain during World War II |
Llanrwst Almshouse Museum |
Llanrwst |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Local |
information, local history, culture, reconstructed early 17th century almshouse room |
New York Cottages |
Penmaenmawr |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
information, 1840s house for local quarry workers, local history, industry |
Oriel Mostym |
Llandudno |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery |
Plas Mawr |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
16th century Elizabethan town house |
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Art |
website, hosts 8-10 exhibits a year |
Sir Henry Jones Museum |
Llangernyw |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
website, Victorian childhood home of philosopher and academic Sir Henry Jones |
Smallest House in Great Britain |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
16th century house measuring 3.05 metre by 1.8 metre (10 feet by 6 feet) |
Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant |
Penmachno |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, 16th century stone-built upland farmhouse, birthplace of Bishop William Morgan, the first translator of the Bible into Welsh, collection of bibles |
Bodelwyddan Castle |
Bodelwyddan |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Multiple |
Historic house with Victorian period rooms, art exhibits from the National Portrait Gallery, gardens, parkland |
Llangollen Motor Museum |
Llangollen |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Automobile |
website, cars, motorcycles, memorabilia and artifacts |
Llangollen Museum |
Llangollen |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history, culture |
Nantclwyd y Dre |
Ruthin |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Historic house |
website, 15th century timbered house with rooms from different periods up to the 1940s |
Plas Newydd |
Llangollen |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Late 18th century Gothic cottage house |
Rhyl Miniature Railway |
Rhyl |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Railway |
Miniature railway and museum |
Rhyl Museum |
Rhyl |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history, culture |
Ruthin Goal |
Ruthin |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Prison |
website, 19th century Victorian prison dating back to the 17th century |
Ruthin Craft Centre |
Ruthin |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Art |
website, contemporary crafts centre with exhibit galleries, artist studios, retail gallery, education and residency workshops |
Greenfield Valley Heritage Park |
Holywell |
Flintshire |
North Wales |
Industry |
Open air park with a farm museum, former factories for making cotton, brass items, copper sheets, wire |
Mold Library, Museum and Gallery |
Mold |
Flintshire |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history, author Daniel Owen |
St Winefride's Well |
Holywell |
Flintshire |
North Wales |
Religious |
Shrine with museum about its history |
Caernarfon Castle |
Caernarfon |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval fortress castle, site of investiture of the Prince of Wales, houses the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum |
Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery |
Bangor |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Multiple |
website, local history, art, culture, Welsh furniture, costumes, archaeology, |
Llechwedd Slate Caverns |
Blaenau Ffestiniog |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Mining |
Slate mine quarry and tram |
Lloyd George Museum |
Llanystumdwy |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Late 19th century boyhood home of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George |
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum |
Tywyn |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Railway |
Locomotives and artifacts from over 80 British narrow gauge railways |
Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw |
Pwllheli |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Art |
website, art gallery |
Porthmadog Maritime Museum |
Porthmadog |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Maritime |
website, schooners built in the town and the men who sailed in them |
Quaker Heritage Centre |
Dolgellau |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Religious |
website, history of the local Quaker community that later emigrated to Pennsylvania |
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum |
Caernarfon |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Military |
Located at Caernarfon Castle, regimental uniforms, weapons, memorabilia |
Tŷ Siamas |
Dolgellau |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Music |
National centre for Welsh folk music |
Cyfarthfa Castle |
Merthyr Tydfil |
Merthyr Tydfil |
South Wales |
Multiple |
Local and social history, art, decorative arts |
Joseph Parry's Cottage |
Merthyr Tydfil |
Merthyr Tydfil |
South Wales |
Historic house |
website, 1840s period ironworker's cottage, birthplace of composer Joseph Parry |
Abergavenny Museum |
Abergavenny |
Monmouthshire |
South Wales |
Local |
Local history, culture, period saddlers shop, Victorian farmhouse kitchen, 1930s grocery shop, changing exhibits of art, history, culture |
Caldicot Castle |
Caldicot |
Monmouthshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle with Victorian furnishings, local history artifacts |
Chepstow Museum |
Chepstow |
Monmouthshire |
South Wales |
Local |
Local history |
Monmouth Museum |
Monmouth |
Monmouthshire |
South Wales |
Biographical |
Includes the former Nelson Museum about Admiral Horatio Nelson, local history, |
Priory Church of St Mary |
Abergavenny |
Monmouthshire |
South Wales |
Religious |
Exhibits in the tithe barn about the priory, 24 foot tapestry of town history |
Usk Rural Life Museum |
Usk |
Monmouthshire |
South Wales |
Agriculture |
website, farm tools, equipment, scale model horse-drawn vehicles, corn dollies, period household and trade displays |
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum |
Crynant |
Neath Port Talbot |
South Wales |
Mining |
Former coal mine with buildings, equipment, tram |
Margam Abbey & Stones Museum |
Margam |
Neath Port Talbot |
South Wales |
Religious |
website, operated by Cadw, inscribed pre- Romanesque, Roman and Celtic stones and crosses |
Neath Museum & Art Gallery |
Neath |
Neath Port Talbot |
South Wales |
Local |
website, local history, art, archaeology, natural history |
South Wales Miners' Museum |
Cymmer |
Neath Port Talbot |
South Wales |
Mining |
Former coal mine with buildings, equipment, miner's cottage, stable, blacksmith |
Welsh Museum of Fire |
Skewen |
Neath Port Talbot |
South Wales |
Firefighting |
website, fire engines, equipment, memorabilia, open by appointment |
Fourteen Locks Canal and Heritage Centre |
Newport |
Newport |
South Wales |
Transportation |
Heritage of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal |
National Roman Legion Museum |
Caerleon |
Newport |
South Wales |
Archaeology |
(NMW) Artifacts and excavations from the Roman legion fortress and settlement and other Roman sites in Wales |
Isca Augusta amphitheatre, barracks, fortress walls and Roman Baths Museum |
Caerleon |
Newport |
South Wales |
Archaeology |
Artifacts and excavations from the Roman legion fortress and settlement, operated by Cadw |
Newport Museum |
Newport |
Newport |
South Wales |
Multiple |
Local history, art gallery, local Roman history and archaeology, natural history, social history, industry |
Newport Ship |
Newport |
Newport |
South Wales |
Maritime |
15th sailing vessel undergoing restoration, viewed on open days |
Newport Transporter Bridge Visitor Centre |
Newport |
Newport |
South Wales |
Transportation |
website, history and construction of the bridge and other transporter bridges |
Riverfront Arts Centre |
Newport |
Newport |
South Wales |
Art |
Arts centre with gallery |
Tredegar House |
Newport |
Newport |
South Wales |
Historic house |
17th century Charles II country house mansion |
Blackpool Mill Museum |
Narberth |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Mill |
information, 19th century water mill |
Carew Castle |
Carew |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
Medieval castle remains and 19th century tidal grinding mill |
Castell Henllys |
Crymych |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Open air |
Reconstructed Iron Age fort |
Gun Tower Museum |
Pembroke Dock |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
website, located in a Martello tower, local history, military and maritime history |
Haverfordwest Town Museum |
Haverfordwest |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Local |
website, local history, industry, artifacts from Haverfordwest Castle |
Milford Haven Museum |
Milford Haven |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Local |
information, information, local and maritime history |
Narberth Museum |
Narberth |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Local |
information, local history, culture |
Oriel y Parc |
St Davids |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Art |
website, art gallery, focus is the landscapes of Pembrokeshire, houses the visitor centre for the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park |
Pembrokeshire Motor Museum |
Simpson Cross |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Automobile |
Vintage cars |
Penrhos Cottage |
Maenclochog |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
website, open by appointment, tiny early 19th century cottage |
Picton Castle |
Haverfordwest |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle, art gallery, gardens |
Scolton Manor Museum |
Haverfordwest |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
website, information, Victorian manor house with period rooms, exhibits on local history, agriculture, rural life, railways, industry, science |
Techniquest |
Narberth |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Science |
|
Tenby Museum and Art Gallery |
Tenby |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
website, local history, art, natural history, geology, archaeology, maritime heritage |
Tudor Merchant's House |
Tenby |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust, Tudor period house |
Abbey-Cwm-Hir Hall |
Machynlleth |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Historic house |
19th century neo-Elizabethan country house, gardens |
Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture |
Berriew |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, works by Andrew Logan |
Brecon Cathedral Heritage Centre |
Brecon |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Religious |
Located in a 17th century tithe barn, history of the cathedral |
Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery |
Brecon |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Multiple |
Local history, culture, archaeology, rural life, art gallery |
Centre for Alternative Technology |
Machynlleth |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Science |
Exhibits about alternative technologies, sustainable living, the environment |
Cowbridge Museum |
Cowbridge |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Prison |
information, early 19th century prison, town hall and museum of local history |
Howell Harris Museum |
Aberhonddu |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Religious |
Life of eighteenth-century Methodist leader Howell Harris |
Judge's Lodging Museum |
Presteigne |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Historic house |
website, 1870s period house with restored judge’s apartments, servants’ quarters and courtroom |
Llanidloes Museum |
Llanidloes |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Local |
website, local history, industry, Victorian period rooms, natural history |
Minerva Arts Centre |
Llanidloes |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, exhibits of quilts and textiles by the Quilt Association |
MOMA, Wales |
Machynlleth |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Art |
Contemporary art exhibits |
Newtown Textile Museum |
Newtown |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Industry |
website, typical early 19th century hand weaving shop |
Oriel Davies Gallery |
Newtown |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, contemporary art and craft |
Owain Glyndwr Centre |
Machynlleth |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Biographical |
website, history of Owain Glyndŵr, 14th century Welsh ruler and the last native Welsh person to hold the title Prince of Wales |
Powis Castle |
Welshpool |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, castle with paintings, sculpture, furniture, tapestries, museum of 18th century artifacts from Indian, gardens |
Powysland Museum |
Welshpool |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Local |
website, local history, culture, farming, archaeology, military |
Radnorshire Museum |
Llandrindod Wells |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Local |
website, local history, archaeology, natural history including fossils, social history of the former county of Radnorshire |
Robert Owen Museum |
Newton |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Biographical |
website, social reformer Robert Owen |
South Wales Borderers Museum |
Brecon |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Military |
Uniforms, weapons, medal and artifacts of the South Wales Borderers (24th Foot) and the Welch Regiment (41st/69th Foot) |
Thomas Shop Museum |
Penybont |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
History |
website, 1805 period general store |
Tretower Court |
Crickhowell |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval unfurnished fortified manor house |
W H Smith Museum |
Newton |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
History |
information, history of W H Smith booksellers, period shop |
Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum |
Nantgarw |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
South Wales |
Industry |
website, history of Nantgarw Pottery |
Rhondda Heritage Park |
Trehafod |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
South Wales |
Mining |
Former coal mine |
1940s Swansea Bay |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Military |
website, military and civilian homefront life in Swansea during World War II |
Dylan Thomas Centre |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Biographical |
Exhibits on author Dylan Thomas |
Gower Heritage Centre |
Parkmill |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Open air |
Includes 12th century water powered corn and saw mill, restored woolen mill, outdoor exhibits of antique farming and cultivation, blacksmith, potter, farm |
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Art |
Includes work by Old Masters, contemporary art, porcelain, Swansea china |
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (Egypt Centre) |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Archaeology |
Part of Swansea University, Ancient Egyptian artifacts |
National Waterfront Museum |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Multiple |
(NMW) Welsh industrial and maritime heritage, social history, technology, science |
Swansea Museum |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Multiple |
Three main locations with exhibits on city history and culture, boats and maritime artifacts, street trams and memorabilia |
Taliesin Arts Centre |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Art |
Part of Swansea University, includes Oriel Ceri Richards Gallery |
Big Pit National Coal Museum |
Blaenafon |
Torfaen |
South Wales |
Industry |
(NMW), former coal mine, underground tour, equipment, buildings |
Blaenavon Ironworks |
Blaenafon |
Torfaen |
South Wales |
Industry |
Former iron works, remains of five early blast furnaces, restored late 18th century workers' housing at Stack Square |
Pontypool Museum |
Pontypool |
Torfaen |
South Wales |
Local |
Local history, art, domestic life, culture, Japanware and decorative arts |
Art Central |
Barry |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Art |
website, community art gallery |
Cosmeston Medieval Village |
Lavernock |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Living |
Recreated 14th century peasant village |
Fonmon Castle |
Rhoose |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle home and gardens |
Nash Point Lighthouse |
Nash Point |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Maritime |
Lighthouse tours |
Oriel Washington Gallery |
Penarth |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery |
Turner House Gallery |
Penarth |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Art |
website, exhibition space for Ffotogallery, the national photography development agency for Wales, exhibits of photography, video, digital media |
Bersham Colliery Mining Museum |
Rhostyllen |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Industry |
website, former coalfield with headgear, equipment, miner family life |
Bersham Heritage Centre |
Bersham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Industry |
Iron and steel making, historic schoolroom, area industry and culture |
Chirk Castle |
Bersham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, medieval fortress with state rooms, towers and dungeons, gardens |
Erddig |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, early 18th-century country house reflecting the upstairs downstairs life of a gentry family over 250 years, outbuildings, garden, landscape park |
Minera Lead Mines |
Minera |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Industry |
Former lead mine, equipment, miner family life |
Nant Mill Visitor Centre |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Natural history |
website, located in a former corn mill in Nant Mill Country Park |
Oriel Wrecsam |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Art |
website, formerly the Wrexham Arts Centre |
Techniquest Glyndwr |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Science |
Hands-on science exhibits |
Wrexham County Borough Museum |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history, culture |