Press Releases

A special fun day to recognise and reward the efforts of young carers from across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan is being held on Saturday 26 July 2014 at National Museum Cardiff.

Have you ever wondered how scientists’ observations lead to new discoveries? I Spy... Nature - a brand new exhibition opening at National Museum Cardiff on Saturday 19 July 2014 is a hands-on, family exhibition allowing you to try your hand at observing and recording nature.

To celebrate the centenary anniversary of the birth of Swansea’s most famous poet, Dylan Thomas, the National Waterfront Museum will feature a number of short quotations, selected by poet and Dylan-scholar Peter Thabit Jones.

National Museum Cardiff hosts exhibition celebrating the life and work of the ‘father of British landscape painting’ Richard Wilson

Visitors to the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea are encouraged to relive holiday memories inspired by a new exhibition which tells the story of early caravanning in Wales.

A piece of horse’s head armour discovered in Caerleon priory field in 2010 has inspired a new display at the National Roman Legion Museum looking at the role of the horse in Roman warfare. The display Equus – The Horse at War which opens at the Museum in Caerleon on Friday 27 June tells how horses were used by the Roman army and draws parallels to the First World War almost 2,000 years later. The display which will include a replica horse’ head and a special reconstruction of the horse’s head armour, the chamfron, will be on display to see at the museum from 27 June – 30 January 2015.