What's On
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Events and Talks
Digital Event: Museum Talks
Suitability:
All
Cost: Pay What You Can - Suggested Donation: £5
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Exhibition: Lily’s Fossil Footprint
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: The Rules of Art?
23 October 2021 – 4 June 2023
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: FAB 50 - Half a century of History!
25 May–31 December 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Extra Time at National Museum Cardiff
First Thursday of each month - click for all dates
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...Proud
15 July 2022 – 5 March 2023
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Exhibition of Hope
23 July–6 November 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Reframing Picton
1 August 2022 – 3 September 2023
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dance to Health - The Falls Prevention Dance Programme
19 August 2022 – 31 March 2023
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Museum Ghost Tours
Fully booked
2 September–24 November 2022
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Exhibition: In So Many Words
6 September–6 November 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Yama: Sakubei Yamamoto Coal Mine Paintings
10 September 2022 – 2 January 2023
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Tip Girls
10 September 2022 – 5 March 2023
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Special Exhibition: Champions of Knitwear
13 September–3 November 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Cuppa and a Paper
28 September, 12, 26 October, 9, 23 November, 7 & 21 December 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Kings of the Underground
5 October 2022 – 19 March 2023
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Course: Natural Dyeing with Garden Plants
Fully booked
8 October 2022
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
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Event: National Wool Week 2022
8 October 2022
11am-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Unknown Wales Conference 2022
15 October 2022
10am - 1pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: Pay what you can. Suggested donation £5.
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Event: Cardiff Farmers Markets
15 October 2022
10am - 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Unknown Wales 2022
15 October 2022
10am - 1pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: Pay what you can - suggested donation £5
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Event: Restorative Yoga with Yogesh
16 October 2022
1-2pm, 2-3pm, 3-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: 2
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Event: Diwali Mela
16 October 2022
12-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Adult Learners Week: Inspiring Digital Activities with Digital Communities Wales and Museum Wales
17 October 2022
10.00am
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Adult Learners Week: Inspiring Digital Activities with Digital Communities Wales and Museum Wales
19 October 2022
2-3.30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Digital Event: Exploring Digital History with People’s Collection Wales
20 October 2022
10am - 11.30am
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Adult Learners Week - Leather stamping
20 October 2022
2-4pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Adult Learners week - Nature walk for Welsh Learners
20 October 2022
2-3pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Adult Learners' Week - Photography Workshops with Walter Waygood
20–22 October 2022
10am-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: learning.bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk or 029 2057 3650
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Event: Adult Learners Week - Life in the Roman Legion
21 October 2022
1pm to 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Adult Learners Week - Sketching at St Fagans
21 October 2022
2-4pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Museums Festival Riddle Me This
22–29 October 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Here Be Dragons
22–29 October 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Museums Festival Photo Competition for Teens
22 October–6 November 2022
Suitability:
13-19 years
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Museums Festival Photo Competition for Teens
22 October–6 November 2022
Suitability:
13-19 year
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Museums Festival Riddle Me This
22 October–6 November 2022
Suitability:
8+
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Museums Festival Riddle Me This
22 October–6 November 2022
Suitability:
8+
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Museums Festival Photo Competition for Teens
22 October–6 November 2022
Suitability:
13-19 years
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Museums Festival Photo Competition for Teens
22 October–6 November 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Here Be Dragons
22 October–6 November 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Museums Festival Photo Competition for Teens
22 October–6 November 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Course: Introduction to Leatherwork
22 October & 19 November 2022
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 |£70 Concession
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Digital Event: Museum Talks: Ritual house protection at St Fagans National Museum of History
27 October 2022
7:00 -7:45pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Pay What You Can - Suggested Donation: £5
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Event: Here be dragons!
29 October–1 November 2022
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans
29 October–6 November 2022
10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm
Suitability:
Participants must be at least 110cm tall
Cost: £15
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Event: Half Term Halloween Trail
29 October–6 November 2022
10am - 3pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £3.50
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Spooktacular Science Quiz Night
31 October 2022
6.30pm
Suitability:
Families age 7 +
Cost: Adults £6.50, Children £6.50
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Event: Butty Bear
31 October–4 November 2022
11.30am and 2.30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Roman Army Week
31 October–4 November 2022
10.30am-11.30am, 12pm-1pm, 1.30pm-2.30pm & 3pm-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Book on arrival.
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans
1–6 November 2022
10am - 5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Make a Rainbow Viewer
3 November 2022
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm
Suitability:
Age 6+
Cost: Children £2.50, Adults Free
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Event: Spectacular Bubbles
5 November 2022
10.30am
Suitability:
Age 4+
Cost: Adults £2.50, Children £2.50 / under 2's free
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Event: Exploding Water Science Show!
5 November 2022
12.30pm
Suitability:
Age 7+
Cost: Adults £2.50, Children £2.50 / under 2's free
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Event: Brainiac Astronaut Academy
5 November 2022
4pm
Suitability:
Families aged 6+
Cost: Adults £5, Children £5
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Event: Brainiac Detective Academy
5 November 2022
7pm
Suitability:
Families aged 6+
Cost: Adults £5, Children £5
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Event: Science Tricks
5 November 2022
11am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Adults £2.50, Children £2.50
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Event: Marvellous Matter!
5 November 2022
1pm
Suitability:
Age 7+
Cost: Adults £2.50, Children £2.50
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Talk: The Changing Face of Technology in Wales - panel discussion
5 November 2022
11am
Suitability:
Age 18+
Cost: Free
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Talk: You, Me and AI: What your internet searches tell about how you feel
5 November 2022
3pm
Suitability:
Age 12+
Cost: Free
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Talk: Telling our own stories: alcohol use in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
5 November 2022
1pm
Suitability:
Age 18+
Cost: Free
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Event: Swansea Science Festival
5 & 6 November 2022
10am - 5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free and charged
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Event: Shunting All Day Long
5 & 6 November 2022
10.30pm & 2pm
Suitability:
Age 8+
Cost: Free
Booking: Please book a ticket for both children and non participating adults
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Event: 5G Town of the Future
5 & 6 November 2022
12pm & 3.30pm
Suitability:
Age 8 - 14
Cost: Free
Booking: Please book a ticket for both children and non participating adults
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Event: Fantastic Forces!
6 November 2022
3pm
Suitability:
Age 7 - 11
Cost: Children £2.50, Adults Free
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Event: From the Moon to Mars
6 November 2022
2pm
Suitability:
Age 7+
Cost: £2.50pp / under 2's free
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Event: The Balloon Science Show
6 November 2022
4pm
Suitability:
Age 4+
Cost: Adults £2.50, Children £2.50 / under 2's free
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Event: Maths Madness
6 November 2022
10am
Suitability:
Age 8+
Cost: Adults £2.50, Children £2.50
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Event: Maths Tricks to Blow your Mind
6 November 2022
12pm
Suitability:
Age 12+
Cost: Adults £2.50, Children £2.50
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Event: Looking Up
6 November 2022
5pm
Suitability:
Age 7- 11
Cost: Children £2.50, Adults Free
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Event: Dinosaurs & Deserts in Wales
6 November 2022
11.30am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Please book a ticket for both children and adults
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Event: Exploring and Painting your Dreams
6 November 2022
2pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: 1 ticket per family
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Course: Introduction to Enamelling
12 November 2022
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £80 |£65 Concession
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Course: Spoon Carving
12 November 2022
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £65 | Concession £55
Booking: https://my.museum.wales/overview/391
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Event: Remembrance Service
12 November 2022
10.55am
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Bombs and Bandages - Medical care in the Great War
13 November 2022
1pm, 2pm & 3.30pm
Suitability:
Age 7+
Cost: Free
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Event: The Green Fair
19 & 20 November 2022
Sat 10am - 4pm, Sun 10am - 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Digital Event: Museum Talks: Celebrating a new book on Welsh ceramics
24 November 2022
6pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Pay what you can - suggested donation £5
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Event: A Big Waterfront Christmas
3 December 2022
12 - 4pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Course: Christmas Botanical Illustration
3 December 2022
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 Concession
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Course: Christmas Willow Wreaths
3–4 December 2022
10:30 - 1pm & 1:30 - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £50 | £40 Concession
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Event: CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans
3–4, 10–11 & 17–18 December 2022
10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm
Suitability:
Participants must be at least 110cm tall
Cost: £15
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Event: The Big Museum Winter Trail
3–23 December 2022
Daily, 10am - 3pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £1.50 per trail
Booking: Available from reception desk on arrival, or pre-bookable
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Event: The Big Museum Winter Trail
3–23 December 2022
Daily, 10am - 3pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £1.50 per trail
Booking: Available from Museum shop on arrival
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Event: The Big Museum Winter Trail
3–23 December 2022
Daily 10am - 3pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £1.50 per trail
Booking: Available from Museum shop on arrival
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Event: The Big Museum Winter Trail
3–23 December 2022
Daily 10am - 3pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £1.50 per trail
Booking: Available from Museum shop on arrival
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Event: The Big Museum Winter Trail
3–23 December 2022
Daily 10am - 3pm (Museum is closed on Mondays)
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £1.50 per trail
Booking: Available from Museum shop on arrival
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Event: The Big Museum Winter Trail
3–23 December 2022
Daily 10am - 3pm (Museum is closed on Sundays and Mondays)
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £1.50 per trail
Booking: Available from Museum shop on arrival
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Event: The Big Museum Winter Trail
3–23 December 2022
Daily 10am - 3pm (Museum is closed on Saturdays)
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £1.50 per trail
Booking: Available from Museum shop on arrival
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Event: Lates: Big Museum Quiz Night
9 December 2022
7pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £6.50pp
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Event: Little Mice Club – Christmas
9 December 2022
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Winter Vintage and Makers Market
9–11 December 2022
Friday 6 --8pm Sat & Sun 10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free Entry
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Event: Father Christmas and Friends at St Fagans
10 & 11 December 2022
Timeslots 10am-5pm
Suitability:
3+
Cost: £12.50 per child
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Digital Event: Open Meeting of the Board of Trustees
15 December 2022
10.30am-1pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Please register your attendance by e-mailing Board@museumwales.ac.uk by 5pm of the Monday before the meeting.
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Event: Carols in the Chapel
17–18 December 2022
Suitability:
All
Cost: £6
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
6, 13, 20 & 27 January 2023
7pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Plygain Service
15 January 2023
2pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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