Event:Museum ExplorAR: A living guide to the galleries

National Museum Cardiff

Explore the Museum with the magic of augmented reality (AR)! Pick up a handset from the welcome desk to get started.

Let your virtual guide Lwna lead you around each experience:

  • Underwater Life

    Become immersed in an underwater world and see our collection of sea creatures come to life in the marine gallery. Look out for virtual clams with surprises inside, explore the wonders of the deep and watch out for the shark!

  • Dinosaurs and Pre-historic Creatures

    Discover our dinosaurs as you’ve never seen them before! Seek out virtual dinosaur eggs as you explore the gallery, watch prehistoric creatures come to life on land and under Jurassic seas!

  • Meet our Mammoth

    See our majestic mammoth skeleton ‘in the flesh’ and discover what his bones tell us about how he lived and died.

Units are available to hire for £7 per hour.

Approximate time to allow per experience: 20 minutes.

  • AR handsets are Bilingual
  • Age suitability: 2+
  • Each device can be hired for one hour
  • Each device hire can be either individual or shared amoung a family group
  • Pick up a handset from the welcome desk to get started.

Information

From 1 July 2025
Cost £7 per hour
Suitability All
View of a visitor holding a device in the gallery showing augmented reality on the screen

Museum ExplorAR: Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures Experience

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Tickets

Date Time slots available
12 July 2025 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
13 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
15 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
16 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
17 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
18 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
19 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
20 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
22 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets
23 July 2025 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 View Tickets

Plan your visit

Opening Hours

10am–5pm. Galleries close at 4.45pm.

Open for 6 days a week Tuesday to Sunday. Closed Mondays but open Bank Holiday Monday.

Admission is free, however a charge may apply for some exhibitions, events and activities.

Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Parking

A Visitor Car Park is situated behind the Museum, off Museum Avenue. Visitors parking here will receive a ticket at the point of entry and need to pay £6.50 for the day at a pay-station located at the rear of the car park. Please note that the pay-stations only accept card payments – no cash payments are accepted. Visitors can use any credit/debit cards (except for American Express), or Apple or Android Pay.

Parking is free to blue badge holders. Please use the intercom at the exit barrier to verify your blue badge permit. Disabled parking is also available at the front of the Museum, on Gorsedd Gardens Road.

Visting by public transport, bike or foot?

You can plan your journey using the Traveline Cymru website or by calling their helpline on 0800 464 0000.

Eat, Drink, Shopping

  • The Museum café in the Main Hall is open every day 10am-4pm offering a range of drinks and snacks.
  • The restaurant is open weekends and bank holidays at 11am-3pm.

Accessibility

If you prefer to visit when we’re less crowded, there are usually fewer people on our site from 3pm each day.

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