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Two Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales sites win top travel-trade tourism awards

15 May 2019

The National Slate Museum Llanberis and St Fagans National History Museum have both received  top tourism accolades for group travel and visitor service.  

 

 

St Fagans National Museum of History shortlisted for £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019

26 April 2019

St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff has been selected as one of five finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019, regarded as the most prestigious museum prize in the world. The annual award celebrates innovation and exceptional achievement in museums and galleries across the UK.

Iron Age chariot fittings declared treasure

31 January 2019

First group of artefacts with Celtic art decoration discovered in Pembrokeshire

WINNER OF THE ARTES MUNDI 8 PRIZE

25 January 2019

Palme d’Or award winning artist and film maker Apichatpong Weerasethakul from Thailand has been named as the winner of Artes Mundi 8, the UK’s leading prize for international contemporary art. Weerasethakul has been chosen from a shortlist of five of the world’s most important artists to win the UK’s biggest art prize, and is awarded a sum of £40,000.

 

 

Major new exhibition by David Nash at National Museum Cardiff

8 January 2019

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales is delighted to announce a major exhibition of the work of sculptor and land artist David Nash, opening at National Museum Cardiff on 3 May 2019.