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A three year project to document, curate and digitise a selection of historic photography from Wales’s national collections, has culminated in a new exhibition Historic Photography Uncovered opening at National Museum Cardiff on Saturday 24 January. The Natural Images project was made possible thanks to a £600,000 gift received from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation in 2011 and the project was set out to digitise images spread across several disciplines from geology and botany to industrial history and art. Up to 10,000 images will have been digitised by the time the project ends in April 2015 and a selection of these images will be included in the new exhibition.

Chicago-based, contemporary-artist Theaster Gates has been chosen from a shortlist of 10 of the world’s most important artists to win the UK’s leading prize for international contemporary art, Artes Mundi 6.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, a new exhibition at the National Waterfront Museum explores the stories of Welsh men and women who worked in essential industries to support the war effort.

Back by popular demand, National Museum Cardiff will again be hosting a FREE fun-filled day of astronomical activities, shows and displays for all the family on Saturday 10 January, 10am-4pm.