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The Judge's Lodging was once called 'the most commodious and elegant apartments for a judge in all England and Wales' (Lord Chief Justice Campbell, 1855), decay beckoned Radnorshire's disused Shire Hall into obscurity. Now, aided by an interior hardl...
Late 15th-century town house. Located near the harbour in this historic walled town, the house is characteristic of the area at the time when Tenby was a thriving trading port. On the ground floor at the rear of the house is a fine example of a 'Flem...
Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery houses exhibitions from local prehistory to the Dark Ages, Brecknockshire town and country life, natural history, art and historical objects....
Howell Harris Museum is a small museum with displays on life of Howell Harris, founder of Welsh Methodism, and of the 'Trefeca Family' community he founded in the old house in 1752....
The Radnorshire Museum, part of Powys County Council Museum Service, can be found in the centre of Llandrindod Wells, holds artefacts relating to the former county of Radnorshire and is housed in the old Carnegie Library. Llandrindod Wells, one of t...
The Cambrian Woollen Mill is on the outskirts of the smallest town in Britain, Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys Mid Wales, the smallest town in Britain. The mill lies beside the River Irfon on the edge of the Eppynt and Cambrian Mountains, with the Brecon Be...
The Owain Glyndwr Centre is built on the site of the famous parliament held in 1404 at which Owain was crowned Prince of Wales. The Centre hosts a new interactive and informative exhibition on the life, times and vision of Owain Glyndwr. The Owain G...
The Powysland Museum displays illustrate the history and development of life in Montgomeryshire from the earliest prehistoric settlers to the 20th century population. Within the entrance hall to the museum the visitor is reminded of the initial purpo...
Ceredigion Museum is housed in a restored Edwardian Theatre. It has been described as 'one of the most beautiful museum interiors in Britain'. Ceredigion Museum is a vibrant, welcoming institution which through well thought out displays and exhibiti...
Here at the Carmarthenshire County Museum you can find out more about Carmarthenshire's past in the county museum. A range of fascinating artefacts from mammoth bones and Roman gold are on show along with treasures like Welsh dressers and paintings p...
The Museum of Speed in Pendine was opened in 1996. The museum focuses on the use of the sands at Pendine for land speed attempts and racing. The main exhibit for the summer season is 'Babs', the motor car used by Parry Thomas on his fatal attempt at...
Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort is nestled deep in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, there's really no other place like it. Step back in time at Castell Henllys, a unique Iron Age hill fort recreated with fantastic replica Iron Age roundhouses, b...
Scolton Manor Museum and Visitor Centre is set in a traditional Victorian country house, Scolton Manor was designed, built and furnished by the local firm of architects William and James Owen. Completed in 1842 the house cost just under 3,000 pounds ...
Blackpool Mill Museum is a 19th Century water mill on the banks of the Eastern Cleddau River. It retains many original features and associated tools are on display. There are Local crafts and gifts available and the cafe serves meals / snacks....
The National Coracle Centre is a Museum and Workshop of Coracles from around the world set in the grounds of a 17th Century Flour Mill beside the beautiful Cenarth falls famed for its Salmon Leaps and 200 year old Bridge over the Teifi River. The Mu...
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. ...
Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier exhibits artifacts from 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, 1st King's Dragoon Guards, The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards). 24th Foot ( South Wales Borderers), The Welch Regiment (41st & 69th Foot), and The Ro...
The Firing Line Museum is located in Cardiff Castle. Firing Line is a World-Class exhibition commemorating over 300 years of proud and distinguished history including the Battle of Waterloo 1815, Rorke's Drift against the Zulus 1879 as well as rec...
The Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery houses the first steam whistle, the first voting ballot box and dresses by Laura Ashley and Julien McDonald. The surroundings, Cyfarthfa Castle, home to William Crawshay II and family, serve as a reminder ...
The Winding House in New Tredegar is THE museum for the Caerphilly County Borough. Newly opened, with an exciting and varied exhibitions and events programme, fully equipped research room, coffee shop and gift shop. It tells the history of the Cou...
Cosmeston Lakes Country Park The country park has a variety of habitats covering over 100 hectares of land and water, with some areas designated a S.S.S.I (Site of Special Scientific Interest) protecting the rare and diverse plant and animal spe...
Set in a Georgian Stable Block, with central courtyard, the stone archway and cobbled walkway gives a wonderful ambience to the start of your visit. Pontypool MuseumThe Museum houses a collection of local artefacts with an outstanding display of J...
The Rhondda Heritage Park based at the former Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Trehafod, is one of the top heritage and cultural visitor attractions in South Wales and provides a fun and interesting day out for individuals, groups, school children and student...
The first in Wales. Award winning from 1976. It's located in the Afan Valley only six miles from the town of Port Talbot, among beautiful hills where men once tunnelled for coal. They hacked away to fill the trams hauled by horses to daylight. Then f...
The Egypt Centre is the largest collection of Egyptian Antiquities in Wales and is open to all Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm. Hands-on activities are available as well as an exciting display of Egyptian artefacts including weapons, jewellery, c...
Housed in an early church schoolhouse, the collection includes a number of important pre-Conquest early Christian memorials....
Llandrindod Wells, Powys: The National Cycle Museum is one of Europe's premier cycle collections. Over 250 machines displayed in an art nouveau building. Bicycles, tricycles and machines from 1820 to the present and a wide range of cycling related ar...
Find out about this historic market town from prehistory to the present. Displays include a Victorian kitchen, saddler's workshop and a 1950s grocery shop. Housed in a hunting lodge within the ruins of the Norman castle, it also has special exhibitio...
Chepstow Museum reveals the rich and varied past of this ancient town, once an important port and market centre. The wine trade, shipbuilding and salmon fishing are among Chepstow's many industries featured in displays with atmospheric settings. Phot...
Horatio Nelson was born in Norfolk, died at sea and is buried in London. However, Monmouth is home to one of the best collections about the famous admiral in the world. Find out about Nelson's life, loves, death and commemoration. The museum moved ...
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! Although not the oldest of Amgueddfa Cymru - Nation...
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 tradit...
With facilities to educate and entertain all ages, Big Pit is an exciting and informative day out. Enjoy a multi-media tour of a modern coal mine with a virtual miner in the Mining Galleries, exhibitions in the Pithead Baths and Historic colliery bui...
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 Wa...
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 regio...
The South Wales Borderers Museum has a collection of artefacts obtained from worldwide sources that reflect the history and character of a regiment that has existed for over 300 years. We are reputed to have the finest collection of weapons to be fo...
The Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture is the only museum in Europe dedicated to a living artist. Andrew had always dreamed of opening a museum to share with the world his unique approach to life and art. He wanted the museum to be a vibrant space to d...
Tenby Museum is the oldest independent museum in Wales, serving the community since 1878, when the National School (built in the 1830s) became vacant, allowing the museum trustees to acquire the building for the collections. The former school buildin...
Margam Abbey Church, founded in 1147 is the only Cistercian Foundation in Wales whose nave is still intact and used for Christian worship. Other remains of the Monastery include a twelve-sided Chapter House in early English style located within Marga...
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