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

The Wrexham Tailor’s Quilt, 1842-52

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

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Charles Horace Watkins Inventor Extraordinaire

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The Gilbern – too good to be a ‘one-off’

Fire in the Mill

The Prince of Wales Investiture chair

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When Welsh ships sailed the seas

Wales – a modern maritime nation?

Wales - the first industrial nation of the World

'Miners lives at 5½p each': The Government Enquiry into the 1913 Senghenydd mine disaster

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

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Owain Glyndŵr and a timber from Sycharth

Welsh bard falls in the battle fields of Flanders

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Blogs and Articles

Spring Bulbs for Schools Virtual Workshops!

2 December 2025
Article

Welsh Dinosaurs

23 December 2024

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

by Dafydd Newton-Evans
26 November 2025

An extraordinary year! One year on since closing the National Slate Museum temporarily for redevelopment!

Helen Goddard, Project Director National Slate Museum Redevelopment Project
3 November 2025
Article

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

12 December 2024