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Events and Talks

Exhibition: The Fossil Swamp

18 May 2019 – 2 March 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Lily’s Fossil Footprint

Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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A young woman looking at the dinosaur collection

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 – 31 December 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Reframing Pictorn

Exhibition: Reframing Picton

1 August 2022 – 12 January 2025
The exhibition will be open until 9pm on 6 April, 4 May and 1 June
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Voices of The Red Wall

19 November 2022 – 26 November 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Portrait of Terrence Higgins made out of red and green heart shaped stamp

Exhibition: Wales is... remembering Terrence Higgins

1 December 2022 – 31 December 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Édouard Manet's portrait of Jules Dejouy.

Exhibition: Revealing Édouard Manet’s Portrait of Monsieur Jules Dejouy

17 January 2023 – 1 January 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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George Cross Medal

Exhibition: Wales is... grateful for its NHS

3 March 2023 – 5 March 2024
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Text saying 'Your story. Your museum'

Digital Event: Open Meeting of the Board of Trustees

23 March–14 December 2023
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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a young man in a rumble seat wearing a VR headset and with his arms outstretched

Event: Mission: Planet Earth - a VR Experience

From 1 April 2023
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 13+ years
Cost: £6
Booking: In advance on-line or at the museum (subject to availability)
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Event: Demonstrations

Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Standing on top of a quarry looking out over a blanket of clouds, there's a mountain in the background appearing through the clouds.

Exhibition: SLATE: A DIFFERENT VIEW!

18 May–31 December 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Underground Tours

27 June, 6 September & 17 October 2023
1.50pm-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Railways United

26 August 2023 – 25 February 2024
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Festive Afternoon Tea

4–7 & 11–14 December 2023
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £14.50 per person
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Event: Festive Sunday Lunch

13–10 & 17 December 2023
12:00; 1pm or 2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £20.00 per person
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Event: Festive Afternoon Tea

5, 8, 13, 15–16 & 20 December 2023
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £12.50
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Event: Festive Afternoon Tea

1, 8, 15 & 22 December 2023
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £15.00 per person
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Course: Half Day Courses: Introduction to Blacksmithing

Fully booked
2, 4 & 6 October 2023
10 - 12 OR 1 - 3
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

Fully booked
4, 11 & 13 October 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Swansea Fringe Festival - UNDER THE RAGING MOON

5 October 2023
7pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £3.50
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Digital Event: Museum Talks ONLINE : The Red Wall - ENGLISH

5 October 2023
7pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Pay What You Can - Suggested donation £5
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Event: New Heights: Caribbean Contributions

6 October 2023
6pm-9pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
6, 19, 25 & 27 October 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Unknown Wales Conference 2023

7 October 2023
10am - 1pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can. Suggested donation £5.
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Event: Swansea Fringe Festival - GRAFT Music Night

7 October 2023
7pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £8 on the day / Free with festival wristband
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Event: Children's Literature Festival

7 & 8 October 2023
10am - 5.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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naturaldyeing

Course: Natural Dyeing with Garden Plants

Fully booked
14 October 2023
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
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Enamelling

Course: Introduction to Enamelling

14 October 2023
10:30am - 3pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
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Course: Beginners Basketmaking: Zarzo Baskets

Fully booked
14 October 2023
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £80 | Concession £65
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Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum

15 October, 12 November & 17 December 2023
3-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Learn to Spin

17 October 2023
10am-12pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Dandiya Dancing

20 October 2023
7pm - 9.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Tickets £3.50 Adults / £2 Children
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Event: In Conversation: Voices from the Red Wall

20 October 2023
6:30pm - 10:30pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £12 | £10 Concession
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Artes Mundi logo in white text on a yellow background

Exhibition: Artes Mundi 10

20 October 2023 – 25 February 2024
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Come to Sing!

21 October 2023
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Image: Leatherwork course at St Fagans

Course: Introduction to Leatherwork

Fully booked
21–22 October 2023
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £85 |£70 Concession
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A combination of cakes, baked goods and sandwiches sit on a slate shelf

Event: Afternoon Tea

22 October & 26 November 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: £20 per person
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Swansea Science Festival logo

Event: Swansea Science Festival

28–29 & 31 October–2 November 2023
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Exhibition Hall - FREE, Bookable Events - £3 - £4.50
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Talk: Loving maggots!

28 October 2023
2.30pm
Suitability: Suitable for all, age 7 +
Cost: Free
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Event: Autumn Vintage & Makers Market

28 October 2023
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Giant Bubble Science Show!

28 October 2023
10.30am & 12.15pm
Suitability: Suitable for All
Cost: £3pp
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Talk: Mars, Fact & Fiction - Talk

28 October 2023
12pm
Suitability: Adults and children aged 8+
Cost: Free
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Event: The Dangerous Science Show

28 October 2023
2pm & 4pm
Suitability: Age 7+
Cost: £3pp
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Event: Science busker

28 October 2023
2.30pm & 4.15pm
Suitability: Age 7+
Cost: £3pp
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

28 October–3 November 2023
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: The Ocean Show

29 October 2023
10.30am - Welsh, 11.30am - English
Suitability: Age 5+
Cost: Free
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Event: The Royal Institution Presents...We've got the power!

29 October 2023
4pm
Suitability: Suitable for all, minimum age 7 +
Cost: £3pp
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Event: Real-Life Sea Monsters

29 October 2023
12pm
Suitability: Age 7+
Cost: £3pp
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Event: Rude Science

29 October 2023
3.30pm
Suitability: Addas i bawb, oedran 6 +
Cost: £4.50pp
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Event: Gastronaut Extreme: Eat My Science!

29 October 2023
1pm
Suitability: Age 6+
Cost: £3pp
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Event: Journey into the Deep

29 October 2023
2.30pm
Suitability: Suitable for all age 7 +
Cost: Free
Booking: £3pp
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Event: The Royal Institution Presents... Super Cells

29 October 2023
2pm
Suitability: Suitable for all, minimum age 7 +
Cost: £3pp
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Event: Halloween Nights

29 - 31 October 2023
6pm-9pm
Suitability: families with children between 6 - 12
Cost: £14 per child | £11 per adult
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Event: Decorate a Slate!

30 October–1 November 2023
12pm - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £1.50 per slate
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Event: Curses and Cures

30 October–3 November 2023
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Halloween Special: Fish Dissection

31 October 2023
11.30am & 2.30pm
Suitability: Age 9+
Cost: £4
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Event: Orca Skull Life Drawing 

1 November 2023
11.30am & 2.30pm
Suitability: Age 8+
Cost: £4
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Event: Autumnal Craft Activity in partnership with Jig-So

2 November 2023
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: Pre-school/Primary
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Naughty Nature! with Ben Garrod

2 November 2023
7.30pm
Suitability: Audience 18+
Cost: £4.50pp
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Event: Fireworks Craft Activity in partnership with Menter Gorllewin Sir Gâr

3 November 2023
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: Pre-school/ Primary +
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
3–24 November 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Diwail Decorations - Rangoli

4 & 5 November 2023
1-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

Fully booked
8–23 November 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Digital Event: Museum Talks ONLINE : Hitchhiking Caribbean molluscs in Wales? - ENGLISH

9 November 2023
6:00pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Pay What You Can - Suggested Donation £5
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Exhibition: Being Human Festival: Coming Home: Sharing Veterans’ Mental Health Stories

9–18 November 2023
Suitability: 18+
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop In
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Night Blowing Cactus

Course: Botanical Illustration

Fully booked
11 November 2023
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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Event: Being Human Festival: Archaeo-Animal Art

11 November 2023
10am - 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop In
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Event: Being Human Festival: In conversation with an AI

17 November 2023
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop In
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Event: Being Human Festival: Mapping the Metals – Community Heritage and Metal Detecting

18 November 2023
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop In
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Event: The Green Fair

18 & 19 November 2023
Sat 10am - 4pm, Sun 10am - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Christmas Crafts

25 November 2023
10am-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Siani Sionc

25 November 2023
11am and 1pm
Suitability: 3-7 year olds
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Gwili Pottery Personalised Christmas Baubles

25 November 2023
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Charges Apply
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

25 & 26 November 2023
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Elf Workshop

25–26 November & 2–3 December 2023
11am, 1pm & 3pm
Suitability: Age 6+
Cost: £6.50 per child
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Event: Festive Afternoon Tea

1, 8, 15 & 22 December 2023
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £15.00 per person
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Course: Christmas Willow Wreaths

2 December 2023
10:30 - 1pm & 1:30 - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £50 | £40 Concession
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Course: Christmas Botanical Illustration

2 December 2023
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 Concession
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Event: Festive Film Screening - 'The Snowman and the Snowdog'

2 & 3 December 2023
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £6
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

2 & 3 December 2023
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Christmas 2023 programme - Carols in the Chapel

Event: Carols in the Chapel

2–3, 9–10 & 16–17 December 2023
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £6
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Christmas 2023 programme - Father Christmas and Friends

Event: Father Christmas and Friends at St Fagans

2–3, 9–10 & 16–17 December 2023
10am-6pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £14
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Event: Big Waterfront Christmas

3 December 2023
12 - 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: A Cheery Little Christmas!

3 December 2023
11.30am - 3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Festive Sunday Lunch

3, 10 & 17 December 2023
12pm, 1pm or 2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £20.00 per person
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
6–8 & 15 December 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Digital Event: Museum Talks ONLINE: Building Sustainability - ENGLISH

7 December 2023
7pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Pay What You Can - Suggested Donation £5
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Event: Saturnalia

9 December 2023
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Carol Singing in the Longyard

9 December 2023
2pm-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Winter Vintage and Makers Market

9 & 10 December 2023
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

9 & 10 December 2023
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

Fully booked
14 December 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Christmas Craft Market

16 & 17 December 2023
10:30 - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Storytime with Santa

16 & 17 December 2023
10:45 - 16:30
Suitability: Families
Cost: 8.50
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Event: Festive Afternoon Tea

17 December 2023
11am, 12:30pm or 2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £25.00 per person
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
5–26 January 2024
7pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

Fully booked
11 January 2024
7pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

2–29 February 2024
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

28 February 2024
7pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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