Press Releases

Following the official ceremony announcement that the National Eisteddfod will take place in Cardiff in 2018, we are already thinking towards the Chairing Ceremony. St Fagans National Museum of History celebrates its 70th birthday in 2018, and to help mark this the national institution has decided to sponsor the Chair. This week sees the beginning of the process of appointing a designer or maker to create the Chair.

After days of searching, the dinosaur on the loose has turned up at National Museum Cardiff, and it’s friendly after all says Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales. 

Magnum photographer, David Hurn is one of Britain’s most influential documentary photographers. Of Welsh descent, Hurn lives and works in Wales and now, his home country will benefit from his collection of photographs.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the Treasure Act 1996 the Sunday Telegraph is highlighting a ‘Top 20’ list of Treasures which the public are invited to vote on. From this ‘Top 20’ list of treasures – Treasure 20 - are two finds from Wales.

Second ever UK Heritage Volunteer Conference comes to Cardiff

For nearly seventy years, thousands of visitors have enjoyed visiting St Fagans National Museum of History. Now, new and old visitors can experience something different thanks to a new storytelling app. ‘Traces’ takes participants on a physical journey around the St Fagans Castle gardens, moving from fact to fiction, past and present.