What's On

The museum is closed on this date.

Exhibitions

Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon

National Museum Cardiff
24 May–9 November 2025

John Akomfrah’s Listening All Night to the Rain

National Museum Cardiff
24 May–7 September 2025

Ffoto Cymru: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson) by Holly Davey

National Museum Cardiff

unCHunASunEDunLOunSSunES - By Sean Edwards

National Museum Cardiff
From 24 May 2025

Events and Talks

Exterior of the National Waterfront Museum with a modern glass facade, the Museums' logo is in red at the top left corner, a tree partially obscuring the view, and a clear blue sky.

Event: 20 July - Museum Access

20 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking Essential
More information

Exhibition: Wales is… talking about empire

From 4 May 2024
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information
Interior of the public bar in The Vulcan Hotel

Event: Visit The Vulcan Hotel

Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Family Museum Trail

16 August 2024 – 16 August 2025
Suitability: Families
Cost: 50p
More information

Event: Little Lambs

14 October & 2 December 2025
10.15am-12.15pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
More information

Exhibition: Ffoto Cymru: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson) by Holly Davey

Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Exhibition: Wales is...our home

12 November 2024 – 12 November 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information
Finger tips touching grey stone engraved with red letters

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
More information

Event: GRAFT Garden - Volunteering Fridays

Every Friday
10-3
Suitability: Everyone welcome
Cost: Free
More information

Exhibition: Several Stages of Purification

17 February–31 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Exhibition: Gwaith Merched

8 March–7 September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Exhibition: Welsh Wool, Slavery and Identity

1 April–1 September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: A Frontier in Depth

16 April–31 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Honeybees

24 July 2025
1pm - 3.30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
More information
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
More information
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
More information

Exhibition: unCHunASunEDunLOunSSunES - By Sean Edwards

From 24 May 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Signals

31 May–31 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum

Every Monday
3-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information
Image of a Traditional Fairground

Event: Traditional Fairground

Every weekend and during school holidays
Suitability: Age 2-11
Cost: From £1
More information
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
More information
Shirt signed by the Cymru Women’s team, 2022

Exhibition: Wales is...for her

21 June–30 December 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Festivals & Feasts

26 June & 10 October 2025
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
More information
Bee keeping at Swansea Waterfront

Event: Meet the Bees

Fully booked
26 July & 30 August 2025
11am & 2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £4
Booking: Ticketed
More information

Event: Letterpress Print a Postcard!

21–22 July, 1–2, 11–12 & 25–26 August 2025
12.30 - 3.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
More information
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
More information

Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
3–24 July 2025
9.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information
St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

Fully booked
4–25 July 2025
9.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information
Lavender Bags

Event: Make and Take: Lavender Bags

6, 14 & 20 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Suggested donation of £5 on the day
Booking: Drop in
More information

Course: Half Day Courses: Introduction to Blacksmithing - Big Pit National Coal Museum

7, 11 July, 6, 8 & 10 October 2025
10am-12pm OR 1pm-3pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
More information

Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff

10 July & 18 September 2025
13:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
More information
Sketching group image

Event: St Fagans Sketching Group

8 August & 12 September 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability: 16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
More information

Exhibition: Calon Lan Five Senses Garden

14 July–1 October 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Wondrous Oceans

19 & 20 July 2025
Sessions begin from 10:15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: £12.50 Standard
More information
Logo for Nature Trail with images of bilberries, silver birch, daisies and buttercups with green background.

Event: Museum on the Move: Nature Trail, Quarry Hospital

19 July - 31 August, Tuesday - Saturday
10:30am - 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Vivian Incline Demonstrations

19 July–31 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information
A young boy on the high ropes course at St Fagans

Event: CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans

From 19 July 2025
10.15am, 11.30am, 12.45pm, 3pm, 4.15pm
Suitability: Participants must be at least 110cm tall
Cost: £15
More information
Hip Hop: A Welsh Story

Exhibition: Hip Hop: A Welsh Story

19 July 2025 – 22 February 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: More to Life than Work - Boxing

21 & 22 July 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Meet a Roman Soldier

21–26 July 2025
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
More information

Event: Butty Bear

21–22, 28–29 July, 4–5, 11–12, 18–19 & 26–27 August 2025
11.30am and 2pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information
A picnic box on a wall in the Castle gardens. In the background, you can see trees and lakes

Event: St Fagans Picnic Box

21 July–22 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £29.95
More information

Event: Hide and Seek Trail

21 July–31 August 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information

Talk: Owen Hatherley Talk

22 July 2025
1pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
More information

Event: Clore Discovery Centre | Summer 2025

Sessions run Tuesday to Friday between July 22 and August 29
Suitability: Clore Discovery Centre | Summer 2025
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Museum on the Move: Wild Garden Fest, Penygroes

23 July
1-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

24–31 July 2025
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Summer Cardboard Big Build

24, 31 July & 7 August 2025
12pm & 2pm
Suitability: Age 7 +
Cost: £3 per child
Booking: Ticketed
More information
Matron in a hospital ward

Event: Museum on the Move: Meet Margaret the Matron, Quarry Hospital

24 & 31 July, 7, 14, 21 & 28 August
12 - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Organ Recital - Jefferey Howard

25 July 2025
13:00
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Museum on the Move: Dyffryn Nantlle

26 July
2:00-6:00pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Bluey's woolly visit to the National Wool Museum!

26 July 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Pre-booked Bluey workshop- £7. Pre-booked Meet & Greet Bluey, Story Time & Craft booked: Free
Booking: Advance online booking for the Bluey Workshop and Bluey Meet & Greet is essential
More information
Young boy wearing a Roman helmet.

Event: Quiet Days at the National Roman Legion Museum

27 July, 24 August & 21 September 2025
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
More information
Children running from a Roman soldier in a garden setting.

Event: Roman Bootcamp

28–30 July 2025
10.30am-11.30am, 11.30am -12.30pm, 1.30pm-2.30pm & 2.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Individual tickets: £3/ child or adult. Group ticket: £10 Can be 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children.
More information

Event: More to Life than Work - Pin the tail on the Colliery Horse

28–29 July & 4–5 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information
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
More information

Event: Sounding the Hidden Thread

30 July 2025
2pm
Suitability: Age 10+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking required
More information

Talk: Humans, Mammoths and other Ice Age Animals from Welsh Caves

31 July 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay What You Can
More information

Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
1–28 August 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information

Event: Paint Alongs

1 & 29 August 2025
7.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £25 pp, or two for £45
More information

Event: Party Like a Roman: Join the 175th Celebrations!

2 August 2025
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information
A man dressed in Iron Age clothing holding a spear and shield standing outside the Iron Age roundhouse at St Fagans

Event: Meet the Celt

4–8 August 2025
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £6
Booking: Tickets must be booked in advance
More information
Four boys colouring in the Wales is...gallery

Event: St Fagans Art Cart

4–8, 11–15, 18–22 & 25–29 August 2025
10.30am - 3pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £4
More information

Event: Sunken treasures: a sea shell collector’s dream

5 August 2025
11am
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
More information

Event: National Play Day

6 August 2025
11am - 2pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information

Event: National Play Day - Quiet Hour

6 August 2025
10am - 11am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information
Poster

Talk: Hiroshima NEVER AGAIN

6 August 2025
3.30-5pm
Suitability: Drop In
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Gladiators

6, 13, 16, 20 & 27 August 2025
10.30am-11.30am 11.30am -12.30pm 1.30pm-2.30pm 2.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability: Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cost: £3/Child
More information

Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Paper coastal landscapes

7 August 2025
1:30 – 4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
More information
Hands-on history

Event: Hands-on the past

7, 14, 21 & 28 August 2025
10.30am-12.30am & 1.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
More information

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!
More information

Event: Roman Soldier in the Barrack Room

9, 23 & 30 August 2025
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
More information

Event: GRAFT FEST

10 August 2025
10.30am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: More to Life than Work - Wrestling

11 & 12 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information
Interior of Llys Llywelyn at St Fagans

Event: Explore the Medieval Court

11–15 August 2025
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £6
Booking: Tickets must be booked in advance
More information
St Fagans National Museum of History

Event: Audio Described Tours at St Fagans National Museum of History

14 August 2025
11:00am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
More information

Event: K'Nex Big Build Challenge

14, 21 & 28 August 2025
12.30 – 3.30pm
Suitability: Age 6+
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
More information

Talk: Meet our Mammoth

14 & 28 August 2025
12pm
Suitability: 7+
Cost: Pay what you can
More information

Event: Museum on the Move: Bethesda

15-16 August
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

15–28 August 2025
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Peppa Pig's Woolly Visit to the National Wool Museum!

16 August 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Pre-booked workshop- £7. Pre-booked Meet & Greet Peppa Pig, Story Time & Craft: Free
Booking: Advance online Booking for the meadow workshop and Meet & Greet Peppa Pig is essential
More information

Event: More to Life than Work - Jazz Bands

18 & 19 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information
A group of children standing in front of a woman. She is showing them an object in the church at St Fagans

Event: Meet the Tudor

18–22 August 2025
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £6
Booking: Tickets must be booked in advance
More information

Event: Art after dark: Museum paint along experience

21 August 2025
7pm - 10.30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £28
More information

Event: Painting party: Family paint along

21 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £13 per person
More information
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
More information

Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Summer-time Food and Harvest

21 August 2025
1pm-3.30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
More information

Talk: Behind the Scenes: Visit the Archaeology Stores

26 August 2025
2pm
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
More information

Event: More to Life than Work - Pigeon Racing

26 & 27 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
More information
A man wearing a suit and holding a cane standing outside Maestir School

Event: Meet the Victorian

26–29 August 2025
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £6
Booking: Tickets must be booked in advance
More information

Event: Robots for Kids

27 August 2025
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: Age 8 - 15
Cost: £2.50 per child
More information

Event: LEGO® Batman's Woolly Visit to the National Wool Museum!

28 August 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Pre-booked LEGO® workshop- £7. Pre-booked Meet & Greet LEGO® Batman, Story Time & Craft: Free
Booking: Advance online Booking for the LEGO® animation workshop and Meet & Greet LEGO® Batman is essential
More information

Event: Museum on the Move: Cwmystradllyn

28-31 August
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Organ Recital - Aaron Shilson

29 August 2025
13:00
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Family Paint Alongs

30 August 2025
10.30am & 2.30pm
Suitability: Age 5+
Cost: £16 pp / Family ticket: £55 (2 adults & 2 children)
More information

Course: Taster Session: Learn to Spin

Fully booked
2 September 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £10 per person
Booking: Booking is essential
More information

Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
4–25 September 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information

Event: Swansea International Jazz Festival

5–7 September 2025
Afternoon and into the evening
Suitability: All
Cost: Ticketed
More information

Event: Museum on the Road: Craft Festival Wales, Cardigan Castle

5th to the 7th of September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £
Booking: Essential: purchase of ticket
More information
St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

5–19 September 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information

Event: One Stop Info Shop

8 September, 3 November & 1 December 2025
11am - 1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information
A group of people standing near a large tree and a stone building with a thatched roof

Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Harvest

11 September 2025
1-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
More information
mosaic

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
More information
Woad

Course: Woad – Fresh Leaves Workshop

13 September 2025
10:30am -1:30pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £55 / Concession £45
Booking: Essential
More information
A crowd of people at the food festival

Event: St Fagans Food Festival

13 & 14 September 2025
10am-6pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Museum on the Move: Tywyn & Abergynolwyn

13-14 September
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Waterfront Vintage and Makers Market

13 & 14 September 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
More information

Event: The National Vegetable Society - Welsh Branch Championships

13 & 14 September 2025
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Penydarren Locomotive Steam Day

14 September 2025
12pm - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
More information

Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Gallery tour and drumming session

18 September 2025
1 – 3:30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
More information

Event: Museum on the Move: Blaenau Ffestiniog

18-21 September
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: GRAFT Garden Harvest Supper

19 September 2025
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £26 - Standard, £18 - Accessible
More information

Event: National Wool Museum Vintage & Makers Market

Cancelled
20 September 2025
10am-3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free entry
Booking: Drop in
More information
A group taking part in a Fleece to Fabric course

Course: Introduction to Spinning: From Fleece to Fabric

20 September 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £85 | £70
Booking: Essential
More information

Event: WONDERFEST!

21 September 2025
12 - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Talk: Behind the Scenes: Conservation of a 1st Century vessel hoard part 2

24 September 2025
11am
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
More information

Event: Organ Recital - Stephen Moore

26 September 2025
13:00
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
More information

Course: Introduction to Beekeeping Course: Start Your Beekeeping Journey

27 September 2025
10.30am - 4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £55 | £45 Concession
More information

Event: History and Heritage Fair

27 September 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

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
More information

Event: Mindfulness, Music & Craft

30 September 2025
1pm-3pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
More information

Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
9–24 October 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information
Image: Diwali celelbrations

Event: Diwali Mela 20th Celebration

11 October 2025
10:30am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Course: Natural Dyeing with Garden Plants

18 October 2025
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
Booking: Essential
More information

Exhibition: Artes Mundi 11

24 October 2025 – 1 March 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information
A giant wicker man engulfed in flames.

Event: Halloween Nights

29–31 October 2025
5.30-9pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £14 / Under 2s free
More information
St Fagans Castle

Event: Halloween - St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

29–31 October 2025
11pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
More information

Event: Organ Recital - Robin Baggs

31 October 2025
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
More information

Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

6–27 November 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information
St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

14–28 November 2025
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information

Event: Organ Recital - David Geoffrey Thomas

28 November 2025
13:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
More information

Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

5–19 December 2025
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information
St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

Fully booked
5–19 December 2025
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
More information

Exhibition: Gwen John: Strange Beauties

7 February–28 June 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Ticketing details to be confirmed
More information
A young girl in a blue dinosaur onesie, holding a pink dinosaur is jumping out from behind a pillar to scare a young boy in a green dinosaur onsie, his mouth is open as if he's screaming

Event: Museum Sleepover: March 2026

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