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A firm favourite in Wales foodie calendar, the Amgueddfa Cymru Food Festival is set to return to St Fagans National Museum of History on 9 and 10 September with an exciting line-up of the finest food stalls, live music and lots of fun for all ages.

Perspective(s) is a new collaboration between the Arts Council of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, which seeks to bring about a step change in how the visual arts and heritage sector reflects the cultural and ethnic diversity of our society. The project is supported by the Welsh Government as part of a collective effort to meet the culture and heritage goals of the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan.

• In partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery and York Art Gallery
• Offering five extraordinary early-career artists and makers a significant commission to be exhibited in England and Wales throughout 2025

Amgueddfa Cymru has acquired work by one of the most exciting contemporary Welsh artists working today. Blod (2022), by Welsh Ghanaian artist Anya Paintsil, portrays Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogi. The work was presented by the Contemporary Art Society with additional support from the Derek Williams Trust. 

On Saturday 29 April the museum will be proudly celebrating its Four-Millionth Visit Day, when all visitors will be offered a complimentary Welsh Cake when they buy a drink in its café.

Amgueddfa Cymru –Museum Wales thanks players of People’s Postcode Lottery for their continued support