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Encyclopedia > Museums in Wales

Museums in Wales is a link page for any museum in Wales. Those marked 'NMGW' are part of the network of National Museums and Galleries of Wales. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... The National Museums and Galleries of Wales are as follows: National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans, Cardiff Big Pit National Mining Museum of Wales, Blaenafon National Woollen Museum, Dre-fach Felindre Welsh Slate Museum, Caerleon National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (opening 2005) Categories: Stub ...


See: List of museums, Museums in England, Museums in Scotland, Museums in Northern Ireland, Museums in the Republic of Ireland, Conservation in the United Kingdom. The list of museums is a link page for any museum anywhere. ... Museums in England is a link page for any museum in England. ... Museums in Scotland is a link page for any museum in Scotland. ... Museums in Northern Ireland is a link page for any museum in Northern Ireland. ... This is a list of any museum in the Republic of Ireland. ... With the advent of devolved government for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and of evolving regional government for England, the responsibilities for environment and conservation in the United Kingdom have become more complicated. ...


Cardiff Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd is the capital and largest city of Wales. ...

Monmouthshire The Manor House of St Fagans castle. ... St Fagans is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ... The National Museum and Gallery of Wales (Welsh: Amgueddfa ac Oriel Genedlaethol Cymru) is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. ... Cardiff Castle in Wales was founded by the Normans in 1091, on the site of a Roman fort whose remains can still be seen. ... Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a traditional county and principal area in south-east Wales. ...

  • Chepstow Museum

Newport Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is the third largest city in Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea). ...

  • Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon (NMGW)

Powys Caerleon is a village situated on the river Usk on the northern outskirts of Newport. ... Powys is an administrative county in Wales, over 2000 sq. ...

  • Brecknock Museum, Brecon
  • Celtica, Machynlleth
  • Llandrindod Wells Museum
  • Llanidloes Museum
  • Newtown Textile Museum
  • Powysland Museum, Welshpool

Neath Port Talbot Brecon is a historic market town in south Wales, with a population of roughly 8000 with around 6000 in the surrounding area. ... Machynlleth is a town in the traditional county of Montgomeryshire, north Powys in Wales. ... Welshpool (Welsh: Y Trallwng) is a town in Powys, traditional county of Montgomeryshire, in western-mid Wales, less than 10 km from the border with England. ... Neath Port Talbot (Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales. ...

Swansea Arms of Port Talbot Port Talbot is an industrial town in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, UK, with a population of approximately 50,000. ... Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe - aber river-mouth + river Tawe) is a city and county in South Wales, situated on the coast immediately to the east of the Gower peninsula. ...

Torfaen The National Waterfront Museum, Swansea or NWMS (Welsh:Amgueddfa genedlaethol y glannau) is a museum situated in Swansea, Wales, forming part of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales (NMGW). ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ...

  • Big Pit National Mining Museum, Blaenafon (NMGW)

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