Name
|
Town/City
|
Principal area
|
Region
|
Type
|
Summary
|
Beaumaris Castle |
Beaumaris |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle
|
Beaumaris Courthouse |
Beaumaris |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Law enforcement |
website, 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
|
Copper Kingdom Centre |
Amlwch |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history, copper and shipbuilding industry
|
Haulfre Stables |
Beaumaris |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Transport |
Open by appointment only, Victorian harness and saddlery, carts and carriages[1]
|
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 Heritage 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 |
Also known as RNLI Gwylfan Seawatch Centre, includes a lifeboat, maritime artifacts, marine life and environment[2][3]
|
Oriel Ynys Môn |
Llangefni |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Multiple |
Art, culture, social history of Anglesey
|
Penmaenmawr Museum |
Penmaenmawr |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history museum and community archive for Penmaenmawr
|
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
|
South Stack Lighthouse |
Holy Island |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Maritime |
Historic lighthouse, engine room and exhibits
|
Stone Science |
Pentraeth |
Anglesey |
North Wales |
Natural history |
Dinosaurs, fossils, rocks, minerals[4]
|
Swtan Heritage 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 |
Transport |
website, also known as Anglesey Transport and Agriculture Museum, 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, 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 |
Located in the town library, local history, industry[5]
|
Cefn Junction Signal Box |
Cefn Cribwr |
Bridgend County Borough |
South Wales |
Local |
website, located in a 1898 signal box, local history with an emphasis on rail and coal mining heritage,
|
Porthcawl Museum |
Porthcawl |
Bridgend County Borough |
South Wales |
Local |
website, local history
|
St John's House |
Bridgend |
Bridgend County Borough |
South Wales |
Local |
website, local history
|
Caerphilly Castle |
Caerphilly |
Caerphilly |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle, replica siege engines, exhibits on other castles in Wales
|
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 and Arts Centre |
Butetown |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Multiple |
Local history, culture, art
|
Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Local |
Includes exhibits of local history, culture, located in the Wales Millennium Centre
|
Cardiff Castle |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle and Victorian architecture Gothic revival mansion
|
Cardiff Story |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Local |
City's history, culture
|
Castell Coch |
Tongwynlais |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by Cadw, late 19th-century "fairy-tale" Victorian Gothic castle with lavish furnishings
|
Chapter Arts Centre |
Canton |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Art |
Arts centre for international art, performance and film
|
Craft in the Bay |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Art |
Contemporary crafts gallery of the Makers Guild in Wales
|
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 |
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
|
Third Floor Gallery |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Photography |
Photography gallery of national and international contemporary photography
|
Wales Millennium Centre |
Cardiff |
Cardiff |
South Wales |
Art |
Performing arts centre with exhibit gallery
|
Bro Aman Heritage Room |
Ammanford |
Carmarthenshire |
South Wales |
Local history |
Located in the Ammanford Town Library[6]
|
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 Wool 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 |
Internal combustion and steam engines
|
Lampeter Museum |
Lampeter |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Local |
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, fine art, photography, prints and drawings, crafts and decorative art
|
Strata Florida Abbey |
Pontrhydfendigaid |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Archaeology |
Remains of a medieval Cistercian abbey
|
Tregaron Kite Centre and Museum |
Tregaron |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Natural history |
website, kites and other area birds, Tregaron Bog, local history, Victorian schoolroom
|
Welsh Quilt Centre |
Lampeter |
Ceredigion |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, quilts and textile exhibits
|
Aberconwy House |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
website, operated by the National Trust, medieval merchant's house with rooms from different periods
|
Conwy Castle |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle
|
Conwy Mussel Museum |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Maritime |
website, 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
|
Llandudno Museum |
Llandudno |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history, culture, copper mining, Welsh kitchen, art
|
Mostyn |
Llandudno |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Art |
Contemporary art gallery
|
New York Cottages |
Penmaenmawr |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
website, 1840s house for local quarry workers, local history, industry
|
Plas Mawr |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Historic house |
16th-century Elizabethan town house
|
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art |
Conwy |
Conwy |
North Wales |
Art |
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 |
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 |
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 Gaol |
Ruthin |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Prison |
19th-century Victorian prison dating back to the 17th century
|
Ruthin Craft Centre |
Ruthin |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Art |
Contemporary crafts centre with exhibit galleries, artist studios, retail gallery, education and residency workshops
|
Wireless in Wales Museum |
Denbigh |
Denbighshire |
North Wales |
Wireless radio |
website, collection of radios and information, displaying some very early and rare sets dating from the 1920s to the 1960s
|
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
|
Bocs |
Caernarfon |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Art |
website, Creative Industries Centre for young artists, art gallery
|
Cae'r Gors |
Rhosgadfan |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Literature |
website, restored birthplace of author Kate Roberts
|
Caernarfon Airworld Museum |
Caernarfon |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Aviation |
website, collection of retired aircraft, history of mountain rescue, located at Caernarfon Airport, the airfield of the former RAF Llandwrog
|
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
|
Lasynys Fawr |
Harlech |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Historical house |
website, restored 15th-century home of poet Ellis Wynne
|
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
|
National Slate Museum |
Llanberis |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Industry |
(NMW) Formerly the Welsh Slate Museum, former slate quarry
|
Oriel Pendeitsh |
Caernarfon |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Art |
website[permanent dead link], exhibition space
|
Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw |
Pwllheli |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Art |
website, art gallery
|
Penrhyn Castle |
Llandygai |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Historic house |
19th-century fantasy castle, operated by the National Trust
|
Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum |
Llandygai |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Railway |
Industrial railway locomotives
|
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 |
History of the local Quaker community that later emigrated to Pennsylvania[7]
|
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum |
Caernarfon |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Military |
Located at Caernarfon Castle, regimental uniforms, weapons, memorabilia
|
Segontium |
Caernarfon |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Archaeology |
Excavated Roman fort and visitor center with artifacts
|
Sygun Copper Mine |
Beddgelert |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Mining |
Underground tours of the Victorian copper mine
|
Storiel |
Bangor |
Gwynedd |
North Wales |
Multiple |
website, local history, art, culture, Welsh furniture, costumes, archaeology, formerly the Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery
|
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,
|
Monmouth Regimental Museum |
Monmouth |
Monmouthshire |
South Wales |
Military |
History of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
|
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 Stones Museum |
Margam |
Neath Port Talbot |
South Wales |
Religious |
Operated by Cadw, inscribed pre- Romanesque, Roman and Celtic stones and crosses
|
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 |
Transport |
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 Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths |
Caerleon |
Newport |
South Wales |
Archaeology |
Artifacts and excavations from the Roman legion fortress and settlement, operated by Cadw
|
Newport Museum and Art Gallery |
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-century sailing vessel undergoing restoration, viewed on open days
|
Newport Transporter Bridge Visitor Centre |
Newport |
Newport |
South Wales |
Transport |
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, operated by the National Trust
|
Carew Castle |
Carew |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
Medieval castle remains and 19th-century tidal grinding mill
|
Carew Cheriton Control Tower |
Carew |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Military |
History of RAF Carew Cheriton including the World War II RAF control tower (Watch Office), Avro Anson aircraft and air raid shelter[8]
|
Castell Henllys |
Crymych |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Open air |
Reconstructed Iron Age fort
|
Fleets to Flying Boat Centre |
Pembroke Dock |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
website, Sunderland flying boats, area WWII history
|
Haverfordwest Town Museum |
Haverfordwest |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Local |
Local history, industry, artifacts from Haverfordwest Castle
|
Milford Haven Museum |
Milford Haven |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Local |
Local history, maritime history, industries, railroads
|
Narberth Museum |
Narberth |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Local |
website, 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
|
Pembrock Dock Heritage Centre |
Pembroke Dock |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
website, located in a Martello tower, local history, military and maritime history
|
Pembrokeshire Motor Museum |
Simpson Cross |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Automobile |
Vintage cars, currently closed
|
Penrhos Cottage |
Maenclochog |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Open by appointment, tiny early 19th-century cottage
|
Picton Castle |
Haverfordwest |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle, art gallery, gardens
|
Scolton Manor |
Haverfordwest |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Multiple |
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 |
Local history, art, natural history, geology, archaeology, maritime heritage
|
Tudor Merchant's House |
Tenby |
Pembrokeshire |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, late 15th-century Tudor period house
|
Abbey-Cwm-Hir Hall |
Nr. Llandrindod Wells |
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
|
Centre for Alternative Technology |
Machynlleth |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Science |
Exhibits about alternative technologies, sustainable living, the environment
|
Howell Harris Museum |
Aberhonddu |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Religious |
Life of 18th-century Methodist leader Howell Harris, known as Trefeca
|
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
|
Mid Wales Arts Centre |
Caersws |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, includes collection of works by Stefan Knapp
|
Minerva Arts Centre |
Llanidloes |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, exhibits of quilts and textiles by the Quilt Association
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MOMA, Wales |
Machynlleth |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Art |
Contemporary art exhibits
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National Cycle Museum |
Llandrindod Wells |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Transport |
Features over 260 bicycles
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Newtown Textile Museum |
Newtown |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Industry |
website, typical early 19th-century hand weaving shop, open on special occasions
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The Old Bell Museum |
Montgomery |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Local history |
Housed in a 16th-century inn
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Oriel Davies Gallery |
Newtown |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Art |
website, contemporary art and craft
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Owain Glyndwr Centre |
Machynlleth |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Biographical |
History of Owain Glyndŵr, 14th-century Welsh ruler and the last native Welsh person to hold the title Prince of Wales
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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 India, gardens
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Powysland Museum |
Welshpool |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Local |
website, local history, culture, farming, archaeology, military
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Radnorshire Museum |
Llandrindod Wells |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Local |
website, local history, archaeology, natural history including fossils, social history of the former county of Radnorshire
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Rhayader Museum & Gallery |
Rhayader |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Local |
website
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Robert Owen Museum |
Newtown |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Biographical |
website, social reformer Robert Owen
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Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh |
Brecon |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Military |
Uniforms, weapons, medal and artifacts of the South Wales Borderers (24th Foot) and the Welch Regiment (41st/69th Foot)
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Thomas Shop Museum |
Penybont |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
History |
website, 1805 period general store
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Tretower Court |
Crickhowell |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval unfurnished fortified manor house
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W H Smith Museum |
Newtown |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
History |
Original location of the W H Smith chain of booksellers, period shop[9]
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Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum |
Nantgarw |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
South Wales |
Industry |
History of Nantgarw Pottery
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Rhondda Heritage Park |
Trehafod |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
South Wales |
Mining |
Former coal mine
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1940s Swansea Bay |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Military |
website, military and civilian homefront life in Swansea during World War II
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Dylan Thomas Centre |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Biographical |
Exhibits on author Dylan Thomas
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Egypt Centre Museum of Egyptian Antiquities |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Archaeology |
Part of Swansea University, Ancient Egyptian artifacts[10]
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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
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Glynn Vivian Art Gallery |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Art |
Includes work by Old Masters, contemporary art, porcelain, Swansea china
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Mission Gallery |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Art |
Exhibitions of visual arts, applied arts and craft
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National Waterfront Museum |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Multiple |
(NMW) Welsh industrial and maritime heritage, social history, technology, science
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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
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Taliesin Arts Centre |
Swansea |
Swansea |
South Wales |
Art |
Part of Swansea University, includes Oriel Ceri Richards Gallery
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Big Pit National Coal Museum |
Blaenafon |
Torfaen |
South Wales |
Industry |
(NMW), former coal mine, underground tour, equipment, buildings
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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
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Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre |
Cwmbran |
Torfaen |
South Wales |
Art |
Exhibitions of applied and visual art
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Pontypool Museum |
Pontypool |
Torfaen |
South Wales |
Local |
Local history, art, domestic life, culture, Japanware and decorative arts
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Art Central |
Barry |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Art |
website, community art gallery in the old town hall
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Cosmeston Medieval Village |
Lavernock |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Living |
Recreated 14th-century peasant village
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Cowbridge Museum |
Cowbridge |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Prison |
information, located in Cowbridge Town Hall, early 19th-century prison, town hall and museum of local history
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Fonmon Castle |
Rhoose |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Historic house |
Medieval castle home and gardens
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Nash Point Lighthouse |
Nash Point |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Maritime |
Lighthouse tours
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Oriel Washington Gallery |
Penarth |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery
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Penarth Pier Pavilion |
Penarth |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Art |
Hosts exhibits of art, photography and crafts
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Turner House Gallery |
Penarth |
Vale of Glamorgan |
South Wales |
Art |
Exhibition space for Ffotogallery, the national photography development agency for Wales, exhibits of photography, video, digital media
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Bersham Colliery Mining Museum |
Rhostyllen |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Industry |
website, former coalfield with headgear, equipment, miner family life
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Chirk Castle |
Bersham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, medieval fortress with state rooms, towers and dungeons, gardens
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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
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Minera Lead Mines |
Minera |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Industry |
Former lead mine, equipment, miner family life
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Nant Mill Visitor Centre |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Natural history |
Located in a former corn mill in Nant Mill Country Park
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Tŷ Pawb |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Art |
website, formerly the Wrexham Arts Centre and Oriel Wrecsam
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Xplore! |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Science |
website, hands-on science exhibits, run by North Wales Science (formerly operated Techniquest Glyndŵr)
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Wrexham County Borough Museum |
Wrexham |
Wrexham |
North Wales |
Local |
website, local history, culture
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Y Gaer |
Brecon |
Powys |
Mid Wales |
Multiple |
Local history, culture, archaeology, rural life, art gallery
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