What's On
The museum is closed on this date.
Exhibitions
Last chance to see
National Museum Cardiff
23 October 2021 – 4 June 2023,
The exhibition will be open until 9pm on 6 April, 4 May and 1 June
Events and Talks

Exhibition: The Fossil Swamp
18 May 2019 – 2 March 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Lily’s Fossil Footprint
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Reframing Picton
1 August 2022 – 31 March 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Cuppa and a Paper
Wednesdays- fortnightly
12pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: STREIC! 1984-1985 STRIKE!
1 March 2024 – 31 March 2025
9.30am-4.30am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is… talking about empire
From 4 May 2024
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Visit The Vulcan Hotel
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: ARTIFEX Become a Roman Craftmaster!
During local school holidays and weekends.
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Making Waves – RNLI Cymru 200
22 June 2024 – 1 June 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Family Museum Trail
16 August 2024 – 16 August 2025
Suitability:
Families
Cost: 50p
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Event: Little Lambs
11 March, 15 July, 14 October & 2 December 2025
10.15am-12.15pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Exhibition: New Collections: 'The Dynamic' by Sebastián Bruno
From 28 September 2024
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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Event: Audio Described Tours: at the National Roman Legion Museum.
Available Wednesday to Friday, please contact us in advance to arrange a booking
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Exhibition: Streic! 84-85 Strike!
26 October 2024 – 27 April 2025
10:15am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Pay What You Can
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Exhibition: Welsh Wool, Slavery and Identity
Coming Soon!
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...our home
12 November 2024 – 12 November 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: A Bespoke Welsh Woollen Coat
16 November 2024 – 27 April 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Quiet Days at the National Roman Legion Museum
26 January & 2 March 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Come to Sing!
Every Tuesday (in term time)
11.30am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Caffi MINE - Big Pit’s Dementia Supportive Group
17 February, 31 March, 12 May & 23 June 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: Twts Tawe
Every Wednesday (in term time) - starts from 8 Jan 2025
12.30 - 1.30pm
Suitability:
0-3 years old
Cost: Free
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Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff
13 March 2025
13:00
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: GRAFT Garden - Volunteering Fridays
Every Friday
10-3
Suitability:
Everyone welcome
Cost: Free
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Event: Grŵp GLO - Big Pit’s Intergenerational Group
29 January, 12 March, 4 June & 16 July 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
6–21 February 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
Fully booked
7–28 February 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Half Day Courses: Introduction to Blacksmithing - Big Pit National Coal Museum
Fully booked
10 & 12 February 2025
10 - 12 OR 1 - 3
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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Course: Half Day Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing – Love Spoon
Fully booked
14 February 2025
10 - 12 OR 1 - 3
Suitability:
18+*
Cost: £125 | £100 Concession
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Event: Paint Alongs
Fully booked
14 February & 14 March 2025
7pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £25 pp, or two for £45
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Event: St Fagans Sketching Group
Fully booked
14 February & 14 March 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
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Event: Museum Little Mice
14 February, 14 March, 11 April, 9 May, 11 July, 8 August, 12 September, 10 October, 14 November & 12 December 2025
10.15am - 12.00pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Family Paint Alongs
Fully booked
15 February & 1 March 2025
10.30am & 2pm
Suitability:
Age 5+
Cost: £15 pp
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Event: The Vulcan Quiz
16 February, 2, 16 & 30 March 2025
5pm-10pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £5 per person
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Exhibition: Woven Memories of Ceredigion Shipwrecks
17 February–21 March 2025
Coming Soon
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Drawing on History
20 February 2025
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Audio Described Tours at St Fagans National Museum of History
20 February 2025
11:00am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: Step Into Welsh Through Play, Movement and Stories
21 February, 21 March, 11 April, 16 May, 20 June & 18 July 2025
10.30am - 1pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: South Wales Makers Market
22–28 February 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Family Film - Paddington in Peru (PG, 2024)
23 February 2025
1.30pm
Suitability:
Drop in
Cost: Free
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Event: Roman Soldier in the Barrack Room
24 February 2025
11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
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Event: Come & Draw a History Hero
24–25 & 27 February 2025
12pm, 1pm & 2.30pm
Suitability:
Drop in
Cost: Free
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Event: Hedgehog Crafts with Menter Gorllewin Sir Gâr
25 February 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Hands-on the past
26 February 2025
10.30am-12.30am & 1.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: After Dark: Science on Show
26 February 2025
6-9pm
Suitability:
3+
Cost: Free
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Event: Playtime with Jig-So: Colours!
27 February 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
Pre-school/Primary
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Organ Recital
28 February 2025
13:00
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Was It Worth It: Commemorating the end of the 1984-85 Miners' Strike
1 March 2025
11am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St David’s Day Twmpath
1 March 2025
12.30pm & 2pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St David's Day
1 March 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Virtual Reality Welsh Coal Mine
1 March 2025
9:45am - 4:15pm
Suitability:
10+
Cost: £5.00
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Event: St David’s Make and Take: Dragon Dress up
1 & 2 March 2025
12pm - 3pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Lambing at Llwyn yr Eos Farm
1–22 March 2025
10am-5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St David's Day Storytime
2 March 2025
12pm (Cymraeg), 1pm (English) & 1.45pm (English)
Suitability:
Drop in
Cost: Free
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Event: The Phoenix Choir of Wales
2 March 2025
2pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Clog dancing with Tudur
2 March 2025
12.30pm & 2.30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: One Stop Info Shop
3 March, 7 April, 2 June, 7 July, 8 September, 3 November & 1 December 2025
11am - 1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Course: Lambing Day Courses
Fully booked
5, 7 & 10 March 2025
8:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £150 | £120 Concession
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Welcoming the Spring
6 March 2025
1-4pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
7–28 March 2025
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Gŵyl Hwyl: St David's Day
8 March 2025
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £3 per child per session or £5 per child for both morning & afternoon sessions!
Booking: Essential
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Event: Museum Sleepover: Dinos
8 & 9 March 2025
17:30 - 09:15
Suitability:
Families. Children aged 6-12 years old
Cost: £70 / £75 / £95
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Course: Introduction to Leatherwork
Fully booked
8–9 March 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 |£70 Concession
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Event: Waterfront Vintage and Makers Market
8 & 9 March 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Gwaith Merched
8 March–1 September 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Robots for Kids - British Science Week
9 March 2025
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability:
Age 8 - 15
Cost: £2.50 per child
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Course: Art & Design Portfolio Practice (Accredited module - Level 3, 10 University credits)
Every Tuesday from 11 March until 3 June
10am-12pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
Fully booked
14–27 March 2025
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Spoon Carving Course
Fully booked
15 March 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £65 | Concession £55
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Course: Willow Trays and Trivets
15 March 2025
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70 Concession
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Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum
16 March, 6 April & 4 May 2025
2-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Spring-time food and bulbs
20 March 2025
1pm-3.30pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia friendly art activity: Explore Roman symbols through printmaking
21 March 2025
1:30pm-4:30pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Course: Botanical Illustration - St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
29 March 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 Concession
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Event: Silent Disco
29 March 2025
Family event: 6pm - 8pm | Adults-only event: 9pm - midnight
Suitability:
All
Cost: Family Event: £11.55 - £13.70 | Adults-only event: £20.21 - £22.38
Booking: Eventbrite
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Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing - St. Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
29–31 March 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £150 | £125 concession
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Creating felt images
Fully booked
3 April 2025
1:30-4pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Carmarthen School of Art @ the Wool Museum
5 April 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
10–24 April 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
Fully booked
11–25 April 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Cow & Ghost Vintage & Makers Market
12 April 2025
10am-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free entry
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Family Film - Wild Robot (U, 2024)
13 April 2025
2.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Learn to Spin
15 April 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £10 per person
Booking: Booking is essential
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Event: Easter Detectives - with Louby Lous
16–18 April 2025
11am, 12.30 & 2.30pm
Suitability:
Age 6+
Cost: £4.50 per child (includes a chocolate treat)
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Event: The Big Science Project - Using Wool for footpaths
17 April 2025
13:00-15:00
Suitability:
Primary/Secondary
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop In
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Honeybees
17 April 2025
1pm - 3.30pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum Eggstravaganza
18 April 2025
12 - 3.30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Bees are Awesome! Make and Take
22–24 April 2025
12.30pm - 3.30pm
Suitability:
Drop in
Cost: Free
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Event: Sbarc Science Party
24 April 2025
11am & 1pm
Suitability:
Age 4-7
Cost: Free
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Event: Textiles Inspired by St Fagans
25 & 26 April 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
1–31 May 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
2–23 May 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Waterfront Vintage and Makers Market
10 & 11 May 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Ceredigion Weavers, Spinners and Dyers: 50 years and still going strong!
13–17 May 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia friendly art activity: Explore Roman artefacts through clay
16 May 2025
1:30pm-4:30pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Fun Crafts with Menter Gorllewin Sir Gâr
29 May 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
Pre-School/ Primary
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Dance Days
31 May & 1 June 2025
11am - 5.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
5–26 June 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
6–27 June 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Festivals & Feasts
26 June & 10 October 2025
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia friendly art activity: Explore Roman patterns through mosaic making
12 September 2025
1:30-4:30pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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