Press Releases

We hope to bring this dispute to a conclusion as soon as possible. Representatives from the Museum have met with representatives from PCS on two occasions in recent weeks. These meetings were to explore the potential for a resolution.

While these discussions continue, we are progressing with individual consultation as planned, which provides all affected staff with an opportunity to have their say on the cessation of Premium Payments. We are pleased that staff are taking the opportunity to do so.

A separate meeting was held with our Trade Unions to discuss the number of weekends our staff work – a key issue raised through the individual consultation process.

We understand the cessation of Premium Payments is a sensitive issue for staff, however we have to make savings as an organisation. Our financial position remains the same. We are facing a 4.7% cut to our budget on top of a 25% real terms reduction in our income over the last five years.

We would like to reassure our visitors that we are doing all that we can to keep our museums open and services running during this time but would urge the public to check our website for the latest information before travelling to our Museums (www.museumwales.ac.uk).

Five national museums are open this week including St Fagans National History Museum, National Museum Cardiff, the National Waterfront Museum, National Slate Museum and the National Roman Legion Museum. Details are as follows:

National Roman Legion Museum

The National Roman Legion Museum is open as usual.

National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff remains open including the Evolution of Wales gallery, shop, café and restaurant but some galleries may be closed. For further information during the industrial action, please phone 029 20573 339 (10am – 5pm Tuesday to Sunday).

St Fagans National History Museum

St Fagans National History Museum’s grounds, shop and café remain open but some historic buildings may be closed. For further information regarding our buildings and events during the industrial action, please phone 029 20573 500.  The Battle event on 28 & 29 May will continue.

National Waterfront Museum

The National Waterfront Museum remains open including the café. The majority of galleries will be open and most planned events will continue to run apart from Murder at the Museum on 13 May and the Penydarren Steam Loco on 14 May.

National Slate Museum

The National Slate Museum is open from 9 until 13 May and 16 until 20 May (11am – 4pm) with limited services. There will be access to the exhibition areas, film, engineering workshops and static machinery. It will be closed on 14 & 15 May and 21 & 22 May.

Big Pit National Coal Museum and the National Wool Museum are temporarily closed. The Wool Museum will not open on 14, 18 and 20 May as previously advertised as unfortunately all events have been cancelled.