What's On

Exhibitions

A black and white photograph showing several people of West Indian descent, dressed smartly in suits, ties and wearing hats in a 1950s fashion, against railings in Victoria Station.

Exhibition: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon

24 May–9 November 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Red seats on the top deck of a boat, there are individuals in raincoats sat on random seats. At the front of the boat there's an individual stood on their own looking out to sea

Exhibition: John Akomfrah’s Listening All Night to the Rain

24 May–7 September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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A close-up of 1.45m repurposed glass slumped over details of collection items

Exhibition: Sophie Mak-Schram and collaborators: To Shift a Stone

14 June 2025 – 15 February 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Hip Hop: A Welsh Story

Exhibition: Hip Hop: A Welsh Story

19 July 2025 – 22 February 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Artes Mundi 11

24 October 2025 – 1 March 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Ffoto Cymru: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson) by Holly Davey

Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: unCHunASunEDunLOunSSunES - By Sean Edwards

From 24 May 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Gwen John: Strange Beauties

7 February–28 June 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Ticketing details to be confirmed
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Events and Talks

Event: Family Museum Trail

16 August 2024 – 16 August 2025
Suitability: Families
Cost: 50p
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a device held up to a dinosaur skeleton showing augmented reality of the dinosaurs skin.

Event: Museum ExplorAR: A living guide to the galleries

From 1 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £7 per hour
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A group of tiles with images of animals

Talk: Behind the Scenes: Archaeology of the Mabinogion

8 July 2025
2pm
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Event: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Concert Series

9 July 2025
1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: This event is free. No ticket is required.
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Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff

10 July & 18 September 2025
13:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Carica papaya

Course: Botanical Illustration - National Museum Cardiff

12 July 2025
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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Event: Silent Disco

12 July 2025
6pm - 8pm / 9pm - 12am
Suitability: All
Cost: Family Event: £8/£10 | Adults only Event: £16/£20
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Event: Wondrous Oceans

18–20 July 2025
Sessions begin from 10:15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: £12.50 Standard
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Talk: Owen Hatherley Talk

22 July 2025
1pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Organ Recital - Jefferey Howard

25 July 2025
13:00
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
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A close-up of several rocks

Talk: Behind the Scenes: Henry Stopes' collection of prehistoric stone tools

29 July 2025
2pm
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Talk: Humans, Mammoths and other Ice Age Animals from Welsh Caves

31 July 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay What You Can
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Event: Sunken treasures: a sea shell collector’s dream

5 August 2025
11am
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Paper coastal landscapes

7 August 2025
1:30 – 4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies

8 August 2025
10:30am; 12:30pm; 2:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £12.50 (Adult & Child Ticket); £6.00 (Additional Adult Ticket)
Booking: Now on Sale!
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Talk: Meet our Mammoth

14 & 28 August 2025
12pm
Suitability: 7+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Art after dark: Museum paint along experience

21 August 2025
7pm - 10.30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £28
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Event: Painting party: Family paint along

21 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £13 per person
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A lake in a grassy mountainous area.

Talk: Wales in the age of Mammoths

21 August 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Talk: Behind the Scenes: Visit the Archaeology Stores

26 August 2025
2pm
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Talk: Behind the Scenes: Conservation of a 1st Century vessel hoard part 2

24 September 2025
11am
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Talk: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon - gallery talk with Melanie Llewelyn and Emma Lowe (Curator and Conservator at the Hulton Archive, London)

30 September 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Museum Sleepover: March 2026

7 & 8 March 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: On Sale Soon!
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