Workshops in our Museums

Discover the variety of workshops available for schools and groups across our seven National Museums. For specific workshops to a particular museum explore the offer at each Museum

Gwen John Strange Beauties

Gwen John: Strange Beauties

Ages: Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
Two LEGO minifigures

LEGO® Build the Change: Protect the Ocean

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14)

St Fagans Sketching Group

Ages: Pre-School (Age 0-3)
A person looking at a grand eighteenth century portrait in National Museum Cardiff

Wales, Empire and Colonialism

Ages: Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
A photo of a group of children roaring like a dinosaur

Sounds of the Dinosaurs

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8)

A Day in the Life of a Quarryman

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Wool visit

A visit to the National Wool Museum | Meet the Craftspeople

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8), Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
Coal in a dram

Coal Children: Working in Industrial Wales

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Codi Llais

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)

Cynefin | Our Wales

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
A photo of two children looking at a landscape painting

Cynefin: explore through art

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8), Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
Charles Horace Watkins

Dreams of the future | Exploring the science and art of flight at the turn of the 20th century

Ages: Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
Llys Llywelyn

Folklore and the Mabinogion | A Visit to Llys Llywelyn Medieval Court

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Two pupils looking at a miner's lamp

From Pit to Playground: Childhood in a Changing Wales

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8)
Children standing around an open fire in the 1861 house.

Fron Haul: A Journey Through Time

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
A girl with brown hair and a red sweater looks at a recreation of a collapsing mine tunnel

Into the Drift: An underground experience

Ages: Step 1 (Age 3-5), Step 2 (Age 5-8)

Lambing at St Fagans

Ages: Suitable for all
A young man looking as a display of photographs in a museum

Mindfulness

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)

Mindfulness and Creativity | A mindful walk around St Fagans

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Photo of five school children sitting on a bench in an art gallery

My First Art Gallery Visit

Ages: Step 1 (Age 3-5), Step 2 (Age 5-8)
Photo of a learning facilitator speaking to a group of children in an art gallery. On the wall are two large colourful abstract paintings.

Realism and Abstract Art

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Watkins monoplane Robin Gôch

Robin Goch | Words and Wings with Thomas Docherty

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8), Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Science of Welsh Industry | Explosions

Ages: Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
Gwalia

Shopping in Wales in the 1920s | A visit to the Gwalia Stores

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8)

Show and Tell Workshops at St Fagans

Ages: Step 1 (Age 3-5), Step 2 (Age 5-8), Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
Four pupils dressed in Victorian period clothing. The Big Pit head gear can be seen behind them

Small Coal: Colliers & Coal Owners in 30 minutes

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
The back of four pupils with their hands in the air. Big Pit head gear can been seen in the distance

Small Coal: Miners’ Strikes in Wales in 30 minutes

Ages: Step 4 (Age 11–14)
Photo of a young child holding a fossil claw and snarling like a dinosaur

The Wonderful World of Dinosaurs

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Traditional Toys

Toys and Games from the Past

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8)

Victorian School Lesson: A visit to Maestir School

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Bryn Eryr

Wales 2000 Years Ago | A visit to Bryn Eryr Iron Age Roundhouses

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Terra Nova

Wales and the Sea | Arctic Exploration

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Washday in Wales with Beti Bwt

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8)
Man dressed as a pirate showing children a treasure box.

Welsh Pirates | Barti Ddu

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8), Step 3 (Age 8–11)
A picture of a group of school children looking at a sculpture in the gallery

You Are the Curator

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)

Feasts & Slavery

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Medicus - Roman Medicine

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Roman Bootcamp

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Saturnalia: A Roman Christmas?

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Walking with Romans

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)

Weapons & Armour Session

Ages: Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)
Photo of a group of schoolchildren looking at an artwork on the gallery

Exploring Identity through Portraits

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
The moon

Explore the Moon!

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Photo of craters on the moon

The Moon, Maps and Meteorites

Ages: Step 4 (Age 11–14)
Photo of four young children looking at fossils

Museum Detectives in the Clore Discovery Centre

Ages: Step 2 (Age 5-8), Step 3 (Age 8–11)
Photo of two schoolchildren discussing the Reframing Picton exhibition with a staff member

Art and Activism

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11), Step 4 (Age 11–14), Step 5 (Age 14–16+)

Create a Character

Ages: Step 3 (Age 8–11)