What's On

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Exhibitions

FAB 50 - Half a century of History!

Last chance to see
National Slate Museum
25 May–31 December 2022

Events and Talks

Exhibition: Lily’s Fossil Footprint

Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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A group of young girls wearing black stand by a reservoir in Merthyr Tydfil

Exhibition: The Rules of Art?

23 October 2021 – 4 June 2023
The exhibition will be open until 9pm on 6 April, 4 May and 1 June
Last chance to see
Suitability: All
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
Open until 9pm
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 – 3 September 2023
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 – 3 September 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: From Mine to Museum Exhibition

23 November 2022 – 1 September 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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Logo for the BBC 100 in Wales exhibition, showing the title of the exhibition in large font for half the image. The other half displays a television from the 1960s.

Exhibition: BBC 100 in Wales

10 December 2022 – 3 September 2023
The exhibition will be open until 9pm on 6 April, 4 May and 1 June
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Book your free ticket in advance
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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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Exhibition: Ghost Ships and Tides

28 January–4 June 2023
Last chance to see
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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A square photograph with the line where the sea meets the horizon in the centre of the image. The photograph shows a view of Wales from Bristol. The sky and the sea are a beautiful, deep colour blue

Exhibition: The Sea Horizon

18 February–10 September 2023
The exhibition will be open until 9pm on 6 April, 4 May and 1 June
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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Exhibition: Swansea Canal 225

1 April–17 September 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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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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Exhibition: Mike Parker’s On the Red Hill – A Love Story of Reg and George

27 April–24 September 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Story and Rhyme

11 May, 8 June & 13 July 2023
1:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Image of a Traditional Fairground

Event: Traditional Fairground

13–14, 20–21 & 27 May–4 June 2023
Suitability: Age 2-11
Cost: From £1
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Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing

Fully booked
13–15 May & 10–12 June 2023
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £150 | £125 concession
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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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Exhibition: UWTSD Illustration Degree Show - Look

20 May–29 June 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Story and Rhyme - Cymraeg i Blant

23 May, 18 June, 15 & 29 August 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

27 May–2 June 2023
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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A young boy on the high ropes course at St Fagans

Event: CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans

27 May–4 June 2023
10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.15pm
Suitability: Participants must be at least 110cm tall
Cost: £15
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Event: Decorate a Slate!

29–31 May 2023
12pm - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £1.50 per slate
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Event: Print-Tastic Make & Take

30 May–2 June 2023
12.30 - 3.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: drop in
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Event: Big Pit’s 40th Birthday – Badges and Bunting

Tuesday 30 May and Saturday 3 June
11am-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Butty Bear

30 May & 3 June 2023
11.30am & 2pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Two women smiling as they sit by a table in front of a roaring fire

Event: Volunteering taster sessions!

1–7 June 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
2, 9 & 16 June 2023
9.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Amleddau

Thursday 8th of June
7pm - 10pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Digital Event: Museum Talks: Hitchhiking Caribbean molluscs in Wales?

8 June 2023
6:00pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Pay What You Can - Suggested Donation £5
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Event: Gŵyl Tawe

10 June 2023
11am - 7pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Image: Spoon carving course at St Fagans National Museum of History

Course: Spoon Carving Course

10 June 2023
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £65 | Concession £55
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Event: Vintage & Makers Market

10 June 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: GRAFT Supper Night

16 June 2023
6.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £15pp
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Blue image of sea and sky, horizon line in the centre

Talk: In Conversation: The Sea Horizon

17 June 2023
14:00
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £15 | £12 Concession
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Event: Come to Sing!

17 June 2023
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Book Swap

17 & 18 June 2023
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Cardiff Farmers Market

Event: Cardiff Farmers Market

17 June, 15 July & 19 August 2023
10am - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Refugee Day Celebrations

18 June 2023
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Clay Restoration Project

22 June–8 July 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Gwyl Ifan

24 June 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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A combination of cakes, baked goods and sandwiches sit on a slate shelf

Event: Afternoon Tea

25 June 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: £20 per person
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Trees

Event: Celebration of Nature

1 July 2023
10am - 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Clay Restoration Project: Durga Idols Launch

8 July 2023
1pm-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
14, 21 & 28 July 2023
9.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Bat Walks

31 July–24 August 2023
Suitability: 8+
Cost: £6.50
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

Fully booked
4, 11, 18 & 25 August 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

1, 15 & 22 September 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

20 September 2023
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

4, 11 & 13 October 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

6, 19, 25 & 27 October 2023
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £18.50
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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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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