Press Releases

The Vulcan Hotel will open to visitors at St Fagans National Museum of History on 11 May 2024. 

A pair of Roman bracelets were declared treasure on Wednesday 13^th March by H.M. Acting Coroner for North Wales (East & Central), Kate Robertson.

Two copper alloy bands (Treasure Case 23.68) were found by Mr Andrew Hutchinson whilst metal detecting in Llanddyfnan Community, Anglesey, in September 2023. As a treasure find, the bracelets were handed in to Sean Derby with Dyfed Archaeological Trust, before being taken in for identification and interpretation by expert curators from Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales at National Museum Cardiff.

Four treasure finds, including a Post Medieval silver pendant and a Post Medieval silver thimble, were declared treasure on Wednesday 13^th March by H.M. Acting Senior Coroner for Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, Paul Bennett.  

A Post Medieval silver pendant (Treasure Case 20.12) was found by Mr Nicholas Davies while metal detecting in Llansteffan Community, Carmarthenshire in July 2020.  As a treasure find, the pendant was safely deposited to Amgueddfa Cymru for identification and reporting by Sian Iles, Curator of Medieval and Later Archaeology.  

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales is welcoming five new trustees to its board to help drive forward its work for the next few years.

The five trustees, two of whom are appointed by Welsh Government and three by Amgueddfa Cymru, will serve for a period of four years.

To mark International Women’s Day, a new exhibition at St Fagans National Museum of History highlights the stories of the women of Wales who demanded a future free from war. 

A group of sixteen artefacts of Iron Age and Roman date were declared treasure on Wednesday 28th February 2024 by H.M. Senior Coroner for North-West Wales, Ms. Kate Robertson.