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Gwen John: Part 1 ‘It’s tone that matters’

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Charles Horace Watkins Inventor Extraordinaire

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Dinorwig '69: End of the line for one of the largest slate quarries in the world

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Welsh bard falls in the battle fields of Flanders

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Blogs and Articles

Weather Data for November

by Megan Naish
5 December 2025
Article

Welsh Dinosaurs

23 December 2024

Spring Bulbs for Schools Virtual Workshops!

2 December 2025

Winter Warmer at the National Wool Museum: Wrap Yourself in the Magic of Wool

by Dafydd Newton-Evans
26 November 2025
Article

John Gwyn Jeffreys: Wales’s Pioneer of Deep-sea Exploration

12 December 2024