Local museums in Wales

Chepstow Museum is conveniently located near the town centre, making it easily accessible for tourists. It is situated opposite Chepstow Castle on Bridge Street, and is also near the River Wye. This location not only provides easy access, but also offers a scenic view of the surrounding area.

Visitors walk 200 metres of the 3,500 year old underground passageways leading to the Bronze Age Cavern. On display are a selection of Bronze Age bone, stone and metal tools found both in the mine and the North Wales area, as well as other items relating to the narrative of the site. Displays and v

Mission Gallery, located in Swansea, is a contemporary visual and applied arts gallery. It hosts a variety of art forms including contemporary art, painting, installation, photography, and craft. This diverse range of exhibits offers visitors a chance to explore and appreciate different forms of artistic expression.

Usk Rural Life Museum is a museum in Usk, particularly focused on rural life across the years in our local area. We have exhibitions of rural trades from a bygone year as well as a cottage showing how we once lived. There are so many artefacts jammed into a little space you will be amazed! The m

Llandudno Museum and Art Gallery is responsible for a unique collection which tells the story of Llandudno over 340 million years. Llandudno museum was founded by Francis Edouard Chardon in 1925. Chardon bequeathed his home, Rapallo House, and his collection of decorative and fine arts and artefacts

Nantgarw China Works Museum is a museum in Nantgarw. The museum features exhibits related to Decorative and Applied Art, Science and Technology and Archaeology.

From the Celtic age to present day, we tell the fascinating stories of South Wales’ officers through the decades. Explore the kit of a Victorian constable; discover the tough duties of Glamorgan officers in World War I, and uncover some of the weapons used against police. Our galleries contain a ran

Come along to the Cynon Valley Museum to discover the history of the people who worked and lived here. The museum also displays wall-mounted and 3D art in two temporary exhibition spaces, all produced by locally based artists. The Shop sells handmade homeware, art and gifts. Our cafe is open everyd

Newtown Textile Museum is located in an 1830s hand-loom weaving 'factory'. The building consisted of six back-to-back cottages on the lower floors and two large rooms which housed up to 22 handlooms on the top two floors. It gives visitors a chance to see how the handloom weavers of the mid-19th ce

Penmaenmawr Museum takes you on a journey through the history of the landscape, the town and its people using stories and objects from the ancient past to the present. The museum spans two floors, with the main exhibition gallery situated on the ground floor and another exhibition room showing a rol

About Museum Of Welsh Textiles... The Old School Whitton is a Museum Gallery and Teaching Centre, and home of the Museum of Welsh Textiles. The Museum Has access to an extensive collection of Welsh Woven Textiles, Blankets, Quilts and Costume, Each year we select a different part of the collection f