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Amgueddfa Cymru awarded TEFAF museum restoration fund to restore priceless Manet

25 August 2021

The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) is pleased to announce that Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales is to receive €20,000, as the second recipient of this year’s TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund, an annual grant created in support of the international art community’s vital work to preserve artistic and cultural heritage. 

Culture belongs to all of us

19 August 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed Wales, the World and the way we live. We’re seeing a profound questioning and re-shaping of values across all aspects of public life. COVID -19 has highlighted and worsened inequalities, hitting hardest the most vulnerable of our society - whether through disability, social or financial poverty or in diverse and under-represented communities.

TREASURE FOUND IN MONMOUTHSHIRE AND NEWPORT

6 August 2021

Bronze Age hoards and Medieval silver brooch declared treasure

Welsh Slate Landscape UK's newest UNESCO World Heritage Site

28 July 2021

The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List

Prabhakar Pachpute wins Derek Williams Trust Artes Mundi Purchase Prize

26 July 2021

National Museum Wales to be first UK institution to collect the artist’s work

New display at St Fagans celebrates Wales’ Olympic stars

22 July 2021

A new display showcasing objects from Wales’ top Olympians and Paralympians will open at St Fagans National Museum of History on Friday 23 July to mark the beginning of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.