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Exhibitions

Exhibition: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon

National Museum Cardiff
24 May–9 November 2025
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: John Akomfrah’s Listening All Night to the Rain

National Museum Cardiff
24 May–7 September 2025
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Sophie Mak-Schram and collaborators: To Shift a Stone

National Museum Cardiff
14 June 2025 – 15 February 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is… talking about empire

St Fagans National Museum of History
From 4 May 2024
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Making Waves – RNLI Cymru 200

National Waterfront Museum
22 June 2024 – 13 June 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Ffoto Cymru: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson) by Holly Davey

National Museum Cardiff
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...our home

St Fagans National Museum of History
12 November 2024 – 12 November 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Several Stages of Purification

National Waterfront Museum
17 February–31 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Gwaith Merched

National Waterfront Museum
8 March–7 September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Welsh Wool, Slavery and Identity

National Wool Museum
1 April–1 September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Calico Dress Cymru

National Waterfront Museum
13 April–20 June 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Events and Talks

Event: Cuppa and a Paper

National Wool Museum
Wednesdays- fortnightly
12pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Antiques Roadshow

National Waterfront Museum
20 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking Essential
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Event: Visit The Vulcan Hotel

St Fagans National Museum of History
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: ARTIFEX Become a Roman Craftmaster!

National Roman Legion Museum
During local school holidays and weekends.
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Family Museum Trail

National Museum Cardiff
16 August 2024 – 16 August 2025
Suitability: Families
Cost: 50p
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Event: Little Lambs

National Wool Museum
15 July, 14 October & 2 December 2025
10.15am-12.15pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: Audio Described Tours: at the National Roman Legion Museum.

National Roman Legion Museum
Available Wednesday to Friday, please contact us in advance to arrange a booking
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: Caffi MINE - Big Pit’s Dementia Supportive Group

Big Pit National Coal Museum
17 February, 31 March, 12 May & 23 June 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: GRAFT Garden - Volunteering Fridays

National Waterfront Museum
Every Friday
10-3
Suitability: Everyone welcome
Cost: Free
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Event: Grŵp GLO - Big Pit’s Intergenerational Group

Big Pit National Coal Museum
29 January, 12 March, 4 June & 16 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: One Stop Info Shop

National Waterfront Museum
2 June, 7 July, 8 September, 3 November & 1 December 2025
11am - 1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Underground Tours

Big Pit National Coal Museum
10 March, 7 April, 12 May, 16 June & 8 September 2025
1.30pm-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Crafty Legs Craft Fair at National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
13 April, 11 May & 8 June 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Calico Dress Cymru - Make your statement...in Stitches! 

National Waterfront Museum
31 May, 7 & 15 June 2025
10.30am and 2pm
Suitability: Age 16+
Cost: Free
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Event: A Frontier in Depth

National Roman Legion Museum
16 April–1 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Honeybees

National Waterfront Museum
24 July 2025
1pm - 3.30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
1–31 May 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
2–23 May 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Traditional Fairground

St Fagans National Museum of History
Every weekend and during school holidays
Suitability: Age 2-11
Cost: From £1
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Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
22 May & 10 July 2025
13:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: GRAFT Garden Supper

National Waterfront Museum
23 May 2025
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Tickets - £26 - Standard, £18 - Accessible
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

St Fagans National Museum of History
24–30 May 2025
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Art Cart

St Fagans National Museum of History
26–30 May 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £3
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Event: Gods, Heroes, & Monsters: Become a Hero!

National Roman Legion Museum
26–31 May 2025
10.30am, 11.30am, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £3/child
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Event: Pit Portraits

Big Pit National Coal Museum
27 & 28 May 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Butty Bear

Big Pit National Coal Museum
27 & 28 May 2025
11.30am & 2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Family Nature Prints

National Waterfront Museum
27–29 May 2025
12.30pm - 3.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Family Workshop - LEGO® Build the Change: Protect the Ocean

National Museum Cardiff
27–30 May 2025
11am – 12.00pm | 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Suitability: Age 7+
Cost: Free
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Event: Dinomania at National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
28 May–1 June 2025
11am – 12.30pm | 1.30pm – 3pm
Suitability: Families. 3+
Cost: GENERAL ADMISSION: £15
Booking: Sessions with BSL: 11am 31 May & 1 June
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Event: Fun Craft with Menter Gorllewin Sir Gâr

National Wool Museum
Cancelled
29 May 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: Pre-School/ Primary
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Drawing on History

National Waterfront Museum
29 May 2025
1pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Organ Recital

National Museum Cardiff
30 May 2025
13:00
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Dance Days

National Waterfront Museum
31 May & 1 June 2025
11am - 6pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Signals

Big Pit National Coal Museum
31 May–31 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum

National Waterfront Museum
Every Monday (starting on 6 June)
3-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Flower-making

National Museum Cardiff
5 June 2025
1:30 – 4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Talk: Curator Tour: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon

National Museum Cardiff
5 June 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Songs of the Skies at National Museum Wales

National Museum Cardiff
5 June 2025
From 12.15pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
5–26 June 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
6–27 June 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Introduction to Mosaics

National Roman Legion Museum
7 June 2025
10:00am - 4:30pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £90 | £75 Concession
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Event: Gŵyl Tawe

National Waterfront Museum
7 June 2025
11am - 9pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Behind the Scenes: Some Recent Prehistoric Treasure Finds from Wales

National Museum Cardiff
10 June 2025
2pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £8
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Event: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies

National Museum Cardiff
13 June 2025
10.30am – 11.15am | 11.45am – 12.30pm | 1pm – 1.45pm
Suitability: 0-5 years
Cost: £12.50
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Event: St Fagans Sketching Group

St Fagans National Museum of History
13 June, 11 July, 8 August & 12 September 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability: 16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
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Event: Red Ribbon Project

National Museum Cardiff
14 June 2025
2.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Ar Lafar- an event for adult learners of Welsh

National Wool Museum
14 June 2025
11am-2pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free.
Booking: Spaces are limited. Tickets must be booked in advance for the wet felting workshop.
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Talk: Artist Talk: Holly Davey in conversation with Bronwen Colquhoun and Adam Webster

National Museum Cardiff
19 June 2025
1pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Step Into Welsh Through Play, Movement and Stories

St Fagans National Museum of History
20 June & 18 July 2025
10.30am - 1pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Big Pit's Big Bash

Big Pit National Coal Museum
21 June 2025
10am-7pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Gŵyl Ifan

St Fagans National Museum of History
21 June 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Gallery tour and drumming session

National Waterfront Museum
26 June 2025
1 – 3:30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Festivals & Feasts

National Roman Legion Museum
26 June & 10 October 2025
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Musical Cream Tea!

National Wool Museum
28 June 2025
1.00pm-3.00pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free entry. £5.50 for cream tea and an Americano or Tea
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Event: Letterpress Print a Postcard!

National Waterfront Museum
21–22 July, 1–2, 11–12 & 25–26 August 2025
12.30 - 3.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Wool weaving and walking

St Fagans National Museum of History
3 July 2025
1-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Talk: An Evening with a Druid

National Museum Cardiff
3 July 2025
7pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
3–24 July 2025
9.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
4–25 July 2025
9.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Botanical Printing

National Wool Museum
5 July 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
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Event: Teddy Bears Picnic

National Waterfront Museum
9 July 2025
10am - 2.30pm
Suitability: Hands on
Cost: Free
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Course: Botanical Illustration - National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
12 July 2025
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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Event: Celebration of Nature

St Fagans National Museum of History
12 July 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum on the Move: Llanberis

National Slate Museum
17-20 July
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Course: Tataki zome – Flower pounding

National Wool Museum
19 July 2025
10:30am - 12:30pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £50 | £40 Concession
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Event: Meet a Roman Soldier

National Roman Legion Museum
21–26 July 2025
11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
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Event: Museum on the Move: Dyffryn Nantlle

National Slate Museum
24-27 July
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Summer Cardboard Big Build

National Waterfront Museum
24, 31 July & 7 August 2025
12pm & 2pm
Suitability: Age 7 +
Cost: £3.50 per child
Booking: Ticketted
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Event: Roman Bootcamp

National Roman Legion Museum
28–30 July 2025
10.30am-11.30am 11.30am -12.30pm 1.30pm-2.30pm 2.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Individual tickets: £3/ child or adult. Group ticket: £10 Can be 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children.
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
1–28 August 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Sunken treasures: a sea shell collector’s dream

National Museum Cardiff
5 August 2025
11am
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Event: National Play Day - Quiet Hour

National Waterfront Museum
6 August 2025
10am - 11am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: National Play Day

National Waterfront Museum
6 August 2025
11am - 2pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Gladiators

National Roman Legion Museum
6, 13, 16, 20 & 27 August 2025
10.30am-11.30am 11.30am -12.30pm 1.30pm-2.30pm 2.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability: Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cost: £3/Child
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Event: Hands-on the past

National Roman Legion Museum
7, 14, 21 & 28 August 2025
10.30am-12.30am & 1.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
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Event: Roman Soldier in the Barrack Room

National Roman Legion Museum
9, 23 & 30 August 2025
11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
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Event: Museum on the Move: Bethesda

National Slate Museum
14-17 August
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: K'Nex Big Build Challenge

National Waterfront Museum
14, 21 & 28 August 2025
12.30 – 3.30pm
Suitability: Age 6+
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Art after dark: Museum paint along experience

National Museum Cardiff
21 August 2025
7pm - 10.30pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £28
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Event: Painting party: Family paint along

National Museum Cardiff
21 August 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £13 per person
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Event: Museum on the Move: Cwmystradllyn

National Slate Museum
28-31 August
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
4–25 September 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Swansea International Jazz Festival

National Waterfront Museum
5–7 September 2025
Afternoon and into the evening
Suitability: All
Cost: Ticketed
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
5–19 September 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Dementia friendly art activity: Explore Roman patterns through mosaic making

National Roman Legion Museum
12 September 2025
1:30-4:30pm⁠
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Food Festival

St Fagans National Museum of History
13 & 14 September 2025
10am-6pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum on the Move: Tywyn & Abergynolwyn

National Slate Museum
13-14 September
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Waterfront Vintage and Makers Market

National Waterfront Museum
13 & 14 September 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Penydarren Locomotive Seam Day

National Waterfront Museum
14 September 2025
12pm - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Museum on the Move: Blaenau Ffestiniog

National Slate Museum
18-21 September
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: GRAFT Garden Harvest Supper

National Waterfront Museum
19 September 2025
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Tickets available soon - £26 - Standard, £18 - Accessible
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Event: WONDERFEST!

National Waterfront Museum
21 September 2025
12 - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: History and Heritage Fair

National Waterfront Museum
27 September 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
9–24 October 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Halloween - St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
29–31 October 2025
11pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
6–27 November 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
4–18 December 2025
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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