What's On
Exhibitions
Exhibition
Photography Season
National Museum Cardiff
26 October 2019–1 March 2020
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Dippy on Tour: A Natural History Adventure
National Museum Cardiff
19 October 2019–26 January 2020
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Innovate
National Waterfront Museum
12 October 2019–20 April 2020
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Andrew Vicari - King of Painters, Painter of Kings
National Waterfront Museum
13 July–3 November 2019
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Dinorwig ’69 – The End of the Line
National Slate Museum
17 July–31 December 2019
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Yama - The mining art of Sakubei Yamamoto
Big Pit National Coal Museum
15 September 2019–30 September 2020
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Merched Chwarel Exhibition
National Slate Museum
17 July 2019–7 January 2020
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
The Fossil Swamp
National Museum Cardiff
18 May 2019–17 May 2020
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Family of Miners Exhibition
Big Pit National Coal Museum
1 September 2017–30 December 2019
9.30am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Events and Talks
Event
Traces App
St Fagans National Museum of History
Suitability: Age 12+
Cost: Free
Event
Museum ExplorAR: A living guide to the galleries
National Museum Cardiff
From 8 August 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: £10 per hour, with refundable deposit
Event
Toddler Time
National Museum Cardiff
Every Friday
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Jig-so
National Wool Museum
Every Friday except school holidays
10:30 - 12:30
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Craft Session: Quilting
St Fagans National Museum of History
19 January, 16 February, 23 March, 18 May, 22 June, 21 September, 19 October &, 23 November
10:30am - 12:30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £5
Booking: Booking essential as places are limited.
Event
Paned a Phapur
National Wool Museum
Every other Thursday
12:00 - 13:00
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Virtual Reality Experience
Big Pit National Coal Museum
2 April 2019–2 April 2020
9.30am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Little Lambs
National Wool Museum
First Thursday of the month
10:30am–12pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans
St Fagans National Museum of History
Open Thurs - Sunday
10.15am-4.30pm
Suitability: Participants must be at least 110cm tall
Cost: £12
Event
Drop in and Draw
National Museum Cardiff
Every Tuesday and Saturday
1pm - 2.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Meet in the Main Hall by the front desk
Event
Digi Dig 1926 Roman Discovery Trail
National Roman Legion Museum
16 September 2019–16 September 2020
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Explore Books
National Waterfront Museum
1, 8, 15 &, 22 October
10:30am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Museum Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
3–4, 17–18 &, 24–25 October
8-10pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £16
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk/
Talk
Seventh Quarry Poetry Evening
National Waterfront Museum
16 October 2019
7pm - 9pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Course
Wool to Cloth with the Ceredigion Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers
National Wool Museum
17 October
10:30 - 1:00pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Call 02920 573 030
Event
Welsh Somali Heritage Day
St Fagans National Museum of History
19 October 2019
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Real Food Market
St Fagans National Museum of History
19 October 2019
10am - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Natural Dye Display & Dye Garden Tour
National Wool Museum
19 October
10:30 - 3:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Call 02920 573 030
Talk
Talk: Meet Dippy
National Museum Cardiff
19 October 2019
1.30pm, 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £2
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Talk
Welsh Folklore Surrounding Hallowe'en
National Waterfront Museum
19 October 2019
11am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Diwail Decorations - Rangoli
National Waterfront Museum
19 October 2019
11am - 2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Diwali Mela
St Fagans National Museum of History
20 October 2019
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Hallowe'en Trail
National Slate Museum
24 October–1 November 2019
10am-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £1
Event
Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
25 October 2019
1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Talk
Museum Matinée: Heat and Dust (15, 1983)
National Waterfront Museum
25 October 2019
1:30pm
Suitability: Age 15+
Cost: Free
Talk
Panel Discussion and Film Screening of 'The Photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher'
National Museum Cardiff
25 October 2019
1pm-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £5 - £7.50
Booking: www.eventbrite.co,uk
Event
Unknown Wales – a day to celebrate Welsh wildlife
National Museum Cardiff
26 October 2019
10.30am - 3.30pm
Suitability: adults
Cost: Free, with a refundable deposit of £5
Booking: eventbrite
Event
Dylan Thomas Walking Tour – Uplands
National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2019
11am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £5 pp
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Event
Swansea Science Festival
National Waterfront Museum
26 &, 27 October 2019
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Book your place via: www.swansea.ac.uk/swanseasciencefestival
Event
Half term fun: Make a Halloween Offering
St Fagans National Museum of History
26–29 October 2019
12pm-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Spooky Halloween Crafts!
National Slate Museum
26–31 October 2019
Suitability: Families
Cost: £1 per craft
Event
Roman Doctor and Medicines
National Roman Legion Museum
26, 28–29 &, 31 October
11.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Roman Spooky Stories
National Roman Legion Museum
26, 28–29 &, 31 October
2.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Soft Play
Big Pit National Coal Museum
26 October–1 November 2019
11am-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Makers Market
St Fagans National Museum of History
26 October–3 November 2019
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Charges for some activities
Event
Traditional Fairground
St Fagans National Museum of History
26 October–3 November 2019
Suitability: Age 2-11
Cost: From £1
Event
Moon Trail
National Waterfront Museum
26 October–3 November 2019
10am - 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Dylan Thomas Walking Tour – Marina
National Waterfront Museum
27 October 2019
2pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Event
3 cool things to make with a Rubber Band
National Waterfront Museum
28–30 October &, 1–3 November
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Felin Dân - Lantern Workshop
National Wool Museum
29 October
10:00 - 4:00pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Call 02920 573 030
Event
Halloween Nights
St Fagans National Museum of History
29–31 October 2019
6pm-9pm
Suitability: Families with children age 4-12
Cost: £13 adults, £10 child, under 2s free
Event
CSI Swansea – Halloween Murder @ the Museum
National Waterfront Museum
30 October 2019
7pm
Suitability: Age 12+
Cost: £7.50
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Event
Halloween Bilingual Activity Day
National Roman Legion Museum
30 October 2019
11am-3.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Charge appplies to some activties
Talk
Oriel Science Café - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
National Waterfront Museum
30 October 2019
7:30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Taith Iaith
National Museum Cardiff
31 October 2019
12.30pm
Suitability: Welsh Learners
Cost: Free
Event
Halloween Morning Movie: The Book of Life (U,2014)
National Waterfront Museum
31 October 2019
10:30am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Halloween Spooky Funday
National Waterfront Museum
31 October 2019
12pm - 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Scrappy Sheep Club - Pompom Spiders & Friends
National Wool Museum
31 October–1 November
12:00 - 3:00pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Antefixa Clay Tile Making
National Roman Legion Museum
31 October &, 2 November
11am-1pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Charge will apply
Event
Meet a Roman Soldier
National Roman Legion Museum
31 October–2 November
2pm-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Little Mice Club – The Moon
National Waterfront Museum
1 November 2019
10:30am - 12pm
Suitability: Under 5's
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Event
Felin Dân -Lantern Parade
National Wool Museum
2 November
5:00pm till late
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Course
Course: Visible Mending
St Fagans National Museum of History
2 November 2019
11am-4pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £65/ £55 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course
Half Day Courses:Spooncarving
St Fagans National Museum of History
2 November 2019
10:15am - 12:45pm | 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £50 | £40
Booking: Eventbrite
Event
Half Term Movie: Toy Story 4 (U, 2019)
National Waterfront Museum
2 November 2019
10:30am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Dewch i Ganu – Come to Sing!
National Waterfront Museum
2 November 2019
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Half Term Movie: The Sectret Life of Pets 2 (U, 2019)
National Waterfront Museum
3 November 2019
2:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Quiet times with Dippy
National Museum Cardiff
3 November &, 8 December
9am - 10am
Suitability: 4-15
Cost: Free
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event
Explore Books
National Waterfront Museum
5, 12, 19 &, 26 November
10:30am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Remembrance Service
St Fagans National Museum of History
9 November 2019
10.50am-1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Course
Course: Introduction to Leatherwork
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
9 November 2019
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £85 | £70
Booking: Eventbrite
Event
Poppy Pins Workshop
National Wool Museum
9 November
12:00 - 3:00pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Sound Board Music Awards
National Waterfront Museum
9 November 2019
7pm-10pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £5 pp
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Event
Marina Market
National Waterfront Museum
10 November 2019
10am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Talk: Dinosaurs and Deserts in Wales
National Museum Cardiff
10 November 2019
12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm
Suitability: 8+
Cost: £2
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event
Tales from the Terrible Trenches
National Waterfront Museum
10 November 2019
12:30pm,1:30pm & 2:30pm
Suitability: Age 7+
Cost: Free
Event
Remembrance Sunday: Pop up Poppy Field
National Waterfront Museum
10 November 2019
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Dippy about Yoga!
National Museum Cardiff
14, 21 &, 28 November
7.30am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £10
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Talk
Exhibition Tour with Martin Parr
National Museum Cardiff
Fully booked
15 November 2019
1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free, with a refundable deposit of £5
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Course
Course: Botanical Illustration
National Museum Cardiff
Fully booked
16 November 2019
11am-4pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £55 / £45 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course
Letterpress Your Own Christmas Cards
National Waterfront Museum
16 November 2019
11am - 3pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £45 / £36 concession
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Event
St Fagans Real Food Market
St Fagans National Museum of History
16 November 2019
10am - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Museum Sleepover: Dippy Dino Night!
National Museum Cardiff
Fully booked
16 November 2019
5:30pm - 9am
Suitability: Children aged 6 to 12 | Families
Cost: £54 | £65 | £75
Booking: Eventbrite
Talk
A Poignant Tale in the Aftermath of the Great War
National Waterfront Museum
16 November 2019
11am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
HA Winter Open Day
National Waterfront Museum
16 November 2019
12.30pm-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Make a Snow Shaker
National Waterfront Museum
16 &, 17 November 2019
11:30am, 2pm and 3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £3.50 per child
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Course
Learn to Spin with the Ceredigion Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers
National Wool Museum
21 November
10:30 - 13:00
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Call 02920 573 030
Event
Festive Vintage Fair
National Wool Museum
23 November
11-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Green Fayre
National Waterfront Museum
23 &, 24 November 2019
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Track the Reindeer
National Wool Museum
23 November 2019–5 January 2020
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Talk
Oriel Science Café
National Waterfront Museum
27 November 2019
7:30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Taith Iaith
National Museum Cardiff
28 November 2019
12.30pm
Suitability: Welsh Learners
Cost: Free
Event
Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
29 November 2019
1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Event
Museum Matinée: The Graduate (15, 1967)
National Waterfront Museum
29 November 2019
1:30pm
Suitability: Age 15+
Cost: Free
Talk
Bernd and Hilla Becher: Industrial Visions
National Museum Cardiff
29 November 2019 &, 8 February
1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited. Book on arrival.
Course
Course: Christmas Willow
St Fagans National Museum of History
30 November 2019
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £70 | £50
Booking: Eventbrite
Talk
Talk: Meet Dippy
National Museum Cardiff
30 November 2019
12pm
Suitability: 7+
Cost: £2
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Talk
Talk: Dinosaurs and Deserts in Wales
National Museum Cardiff
30 November 2019
1.30pm
Suitability: 8+
Cost: £2
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Talk
Talk: Collecting Dinosaurs
National Museum Cardiff
30 November 2019
3pm
Suitability: 8+
Cost: £2
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event
HUSH: Family friendly silent disco
National Museum Cardiff
30 November 2019
6pm
Suitability: 5+
Cost: £12 per person
Booking: HUSH
Event
HUSH: Silent disco for adults
National Museum Cardiff
30 November 2019
8.30pm - 12pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £25
Booking: HUSH
Event
St Fagans Christmas Weekends
St Fagans National Museum of History
30 November–1, 7–8, 14–15 &, 21–22 December
10am-5pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Charges apply for activities
Event
Father Christmas and Friends at St Fagans
St Fagans National Museum of History
30 November–1, 7–8, 14–15 &, 21–22 December
10.15am-5.30pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: See details for each activity
Event
Cheeky Elf Trail
National Waterfront Museum
30 November 2019–5 January 2020
10am - 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Winter Fair
National Slate Museum
1 December 2019
11am - 3.45pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £3.50 charge to see Santa / £1 for craft- making
Event
Festive Film: The Grinch (U, 2018)
National Waterfront Museum
1 December 2019
2:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Elf Trail
National Slate Museum
1 December 2019–5 January 2020
Suitability: All
Cost: £1
Event
Little Mice Club – Santa Special
National Waterfront Museum
6 December 2019
10.30am–12pm
Suitability: Under 5’s
Cost: Free
Talk
Wine Tasting Talk Evening: Antipodean Wines for Christmas
National Waterfront Museum
6 December 2019
7pm
Suitability: Age 18+
Cost: £15pp / £12.50 Concessions
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Event
HUSH – Festive Silent Disco
National Waterfront Museum
6 December 2019
8pm - Midnight
Suitability: Age 18+
Cost: Tickets £10 - £16 via Eventbrite
Event
Dewch i Ganu - Come and Sing
National Waterfront Museum
7 December 2019
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Christmas at the Wool Museum
National Wool Museum
7 December
10:00 - 4:00pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Talk: No, I Don't Make it Up! How to Build Dinosaurs from the Inside-Out.
National Museum Cardiff
7 December 2019
5pm
Suitability: 7+
Cost: £4-£5
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event
Workshop: Drawing Dinosaurs from the Inside-Out.
National Museum Cardiff
7 December 2019
1pm - 3pm
Suitability: 7+
Cost: £8
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Talk
Big Bones, Big Politics, and High Culture: How Dippy Became the Poster child of Peace (and War)
National Museum Cardiff
7 December 2019
7pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £6
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
National Waterfront Museum
7 December 2019
12pm Welsh / 1pm English
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Stick Man
National Waterfront Museum
7 December 2019
2pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Swansea Winter Vintage & Makers Market
National Waterfront Museum
7 &, 8 December 2019
Sat: 12pm - 4pm / Sun: 10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Marina Market
National Waterfront Museum
8 December 2019
10am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Talk: Dinosaurs and Deserts in Wales
National Museum Cardiff
8 December 2019
12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm
Suitability: 8+
Cost: £2
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event
Carols around the Fire
National Waterfront Museum
8 December 2019
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
The Great Museum Christmas Quiz
National Waterfront Museum
12 December 2019
7pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £3.50pp
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Talk
Churchill and Roosevelt
National Waterfront Museum
14 December 2019
11am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Festive Film: It’s a Wonderful Life (U, 1946)
National Waterfront Museum
14 December 2019
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Festive Film Screening
National Museum Cardiff
14 &, 15 December 2019
10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £6
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event
Carols in the Chapel
St Fagans National Museum of History
14–15 &, 21–22 December
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £5
Event
Festive Film: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (PG, 2018)
National Waterfront Museum
15 December 2019
2:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Santa’s Christmas Film Night
National Waterfront Museum
20 December 2019
6:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £7.50pp (under 2's go free)
Booking: Book your place via Eventbrite
Event
Make and Take - Pop up Calendars
National Waterfront Museum
27–31 December 2019 &, 2–5 January
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Little Mice Club – Snow and Ice
National Waterfront Museum
3 January 2020
10:30am - 12pm
Suitability: Under 5's
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Event
Dewch i Ganu – Come to Sing!
National Waterfront Museum
4 January 2020
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
LATES: Dino
National Museum Cardiff
16 January 2020
6.15pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £17
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Talk
Talk: Meet Dippy
National Museum Cardiff
18 January 2020
12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm
Suitability: 7+
Cost: £2
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Course
½ Day Courses: St Dwynwen’s Day
St Fagans National Museum of History
25 January 2020
11am- 1pm OR 2-4pm
Suitability: 16+ *
Cost: See details for each activity
Event
Museum Sleepover: Dippy Dino Night!
National Museum Cardiff
Fully booked
25 January 2020
5:30pm - 9am
Suitability: Children aged 6 to 12 | Families
Cost: £54 | £65 | £75
Booking: Eventbrite
Course
Course: Intro to Hand Embroidery
National Wool Museum
1 February 2020
11am - 4pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £65 / £55 concessions
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course
Course: Beginner’s Basketmaking
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 February 2020
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £75 | £60
Booking: Eventbrite
Course
2-Day Course: Make a Wooden Stool
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 &, 9 February 2020
10.15am-4pm
Suitability: 16+ *
Cost: £190 /£160 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Event
Scrappy Sheep Club - Rainbows
National Wool Museum
20–21 February
12:00 - 3:00pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
St David's Day Party
National Wool Museum
29 February 2020
10am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Vintage & Makers Market
National Wool Museum
14 March
11:00 - 3:00pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Course
Course: Intro to Enamelling
St Fagans National Museum of History
14 March 2020
10:30am - 4:00pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £65 | £55
Booking: Eventbrite
Course
Course: Make a Rush Mat
St Fagans National Museum of History
21 March 2020
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £75 | £60
Booking: Eventbrite
Course
Course: Visible Mending
National Wool Museum
21 March 2020
11am - 4pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £65 / £55 concessions
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course
Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing
St Fagans National Museum of History
Saturday 2 May OR Sunday 3 May
10.30am-4.30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £120 / £95 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course
Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing
St Fagans National Museum of History
Saturday 16 May OR Sunday 17 May
10.30am-4.30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £120 / £95 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite