Adult Learners Week at Amgueddfa Cymru | 2024
This September Amgueddfa Cymru will be celebrating Adult Learners Week again across all seven of our museums with a diverse programme of opportunities for adult learners.
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National Wool Museum | Learn to Spin | September 3 and 10, 10:30am-12:30pm
Try your hand at learning to spin here at the National Wool Museum. Booking is essential.
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Join our informal sketching group and explore National Museum Cardiff through drawing. All skill levels are welcome, and drawing materials are available if you need. Drop in.
National Museum Cardiff | Audio described tour - The Fossil Swamp | September 12, 10:30am
Join us for an audio described tour of the exhibition 'The Fossil Swamp' and find out more about the tropical swamp that covered what is now Wales around 300 million years ago.
This free tour for blind and visually impaired visitors will explore the beautifully preserved fossils that tell us about these ancient tropical wetlands.
1 ticket entitles you to bring an accompanying companion. Please let us know if you intend to do so, or to bring a guide dog or would like a museum guide provided. Booking is essential.
National Museum Cardiff | Clore Discovery Centre | September 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
This interactive gallery is filled with hundreds of objects from the museum collection that you can touch. Museum staff will be on hand to answer your questions and share some of their favourite objects. Drop in, no need to book.
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St Fagans | Enameling | September 10, 11:00am-12:30pm
Fully Booked! Come along for this introduction to the traditional craft of enameling. Learn how to kiln fire enamel on copper. Booking is essential.
St Fagans | St Fagans Mindful Tour | September 10, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Join us for a mindful walk around St Fagans exploring the natural world. Booking is essential.
St Fagans | Leather stamping and painting | September 11, 10:30am-11:30am & 2:00pm-3:00pm
Fully Booked! Using metal stamps create a simple leather wrist cuff or bookmark and add colour with paints. Booking is essential.
St Fagans | Willow Weaving Bird Feeders | September 12, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Fully Booked! Learn how to use willow to weave a small bird feeder for your garden. Booking is essential.
St Fagans | Welsh Learner Morning | Medieval Food in Llys Llewelyn | September 12, 10:00am-12:00pm
Come along and join us at the Gweithy for a morning or conversation for Welsh Learners. We will also be taking guided walks to our replica Medieval Hall Llys Llewelyn to learn more about the building and it's history.
Practice your Welsh, learn about Wales during the Medieval era, discover the Welsh Learners Resources available at St Fagans, meet others learning the language and find out about opportunities for Welsh learners. Drop in, no need to book.
In partnership with the National Centre for Learning Welsh, Dysgu Cymraeg Caerdydd and Menter Caerdydd.
St Fagans | St Fagans Sketching Group | September 13, 10:30am-12:00pm
Join our informal sketching group and explore the sights of St Fagans National Museum of History through drawing. All skill levels are welcome, and drawing materials are available if you need. Booking is essential.
St Fagans | English Learner Day | September 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Drop in and join us in St Fagans for an afternoon for adults learning English (ESOL).
Practice your English, play board games, discover the English Language Learner Resources available at St Fagans, meet others learning the language and find out about other learning opportunities. Drop in, no need to book.
In partnership with Addysg Oedolion Cymru Adult Learning Wales.
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Join our GRAFT garden Bee Keeper to discover more about our Museum bee's and see the first extraction of honey this year. Booking is essential.
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Our learning spaces are fully accessible. Please contact events@museumwales.ac.uk before booking to discuss any accessibility requirements.
Supported by the Learning and Work Institute as part of the national Adult Learners Week campaign in Wales. Never Stop Learning - Adult Learners Week
