What's On
Exhibitions
Exhibition
KIZUNA: Japan | Wales | Design
National Museum Cardiff
16 June–9 September 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Pirates: The Truth Behind the Tales
National Waterfront Museum
30 March–30 September 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Portraits of the Past – The Art of Michael Blackmore
National Waterfront Museum
10 March–24 June 2018
Last chance to see
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Who decides?
National Museum Cardiff
28 October 2017–2 September 2018
Suitability: all
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Women in Focus
National Museum Cardiff
5 May 2018–9 June 2019
Suitability: all
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Eisteddfod Chair and Crown
National Museum Cardiff
12 June–2 August 2018
Suitability: all
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Cerith Wyn Evans - Radiant fold (….the Illuminating Gas)
National Museum Cardiff
9 March–2 September 2018
Suitability: all
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Over the Pass - a photographic journey from Llanrwst to Llanberis
National Slate Museum
9 February–22 June 2018
Last chance to see
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Poppies for Remembrance
National Museum Cardiff
21 July 2018–3 March 2019
Suitability: all
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Curtain of Poppies
National Wool Museum
1–30 June 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
For Freedom and Empire
Big Pit National Coal Museum
17 April–24 June 2018
Last chance to see
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Year of the Sea Knitted Sea Grotto
National Wool Museum
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Working for Victory: Welsh Industry and the First World War
National Slate Museum
22 January–15 July 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Family of Miners
Big Pit National Coal Museum
1 September 2017–30 August 2018
9.30am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
For Better or Worse: Women at War
National Roman Legion Museum
2 March 2017–31 August 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Events and Talks
Event
Super Saturdays!
National Roman Legion Museum
Every Saturday
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Toddler Time
National Museum Cardiff
Every Friday
11am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Caerleon Discovery App
National Roman Legion Museum
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
The Knitting Club
National Wool Museum
1st and 3rd Tuesday each month
2-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: For more details contact the Museum on (029) 2057 3070
Event
Carmarthenshire Spinners & Ceredigion Spinners, Weavers and Dyers
National Wool Museum
Every Wednesday.
10.30am -3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: For details call (029) 2057 3070.
Event
Mid Teifi Textile Hooking Group
National Wool Museum
Saturdays fortnightly
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: For details call 01559 370824 - email littlebird07@aol.com
Event
Cwmpengraig Craft Circle
National Wool Museum
Every Wednesday
10.30am -3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: For details call (029) 2057 3070
Event
Traces App
St Fagans National Museum of History
Suitability: Age 12+
Cost: Free
Event
The Black Chair
St Fagans National Museum of History
26 February–31 August 2018
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Demonstrations -Dates during July & August 2018
National Wool Museum
Bilingual
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Not Required
Talk
Who Decides? Gallery Conversations
National Museum Cardiff
24 April, 29 May, 26 June & 28 August
1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans
St Fagans National Museum of History
10am-5pm
Suitability: Participants must be 110cm tall
Cost: £10
Course
Quilt Club
St Fagans National Museum of History
12 May, 16 June, 21 July, 22 September, 20 October & 17 November
10:30 - 12:30
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £5
Booking: Booking is essential as places are limited
Event
Wildlife Walks
St Fagans National Museum of History
20 May, 5 August & 2 September
2-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Explore Books
National Waterfront Museum
5, 12, 19 & 26 June
10:30am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking required - Tel 02920 573600
Event
St Fagans Dark Castle Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
15 & 22 June
10pm-11.40pm
Suitability: 10+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £12.50 adult, £10 ages 10-13
Booking: www.cardiffhistory.co.uk.
Event
St Fagans Museum Ghost Walk
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
16 & 29 June
9.45pm-11.55pm
Suitability: 13+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £15.50
Booking: www.cardiffhistory.co.uk
Event
Toddler Time at the Play Lab
Big Pit National Coal Museum
20 June 2018
1.30pm-2.45pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Talk
Wales and Japan: a friendship by design
National Museum Cardiff
22 June 2018
1.05pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Course
Dye and print an organic scarf
St Fagans National Museum of History
Cancelled
23 June 2018
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £90 / £70
Event
St Fagans Dark Castle Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
23 June 2018
10.30pm-12.10am
Suitability: 10+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £12.50 adult, £10 ages 10-13
Booking: www.cardiffhistory.co.uk.
Event
Historical Association Swansea Branch: Outreach Classes Information Day
National Waterfront Museum
23 June 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Summer Solstice Make and Take
National Waterfront Museum
23 & 24 June 2018
12:30pm-3:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Adult Learners' Week
St Fagans National Museum of History
24 June 2018
11am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Oriel Science Café
National Waterfront Museum
27 June 2018
7:30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Taith Iaith - Kizuna
National Museum Cardiff
28 June 2018
1pm
Suitability: Welsh Learners
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Event
Explore Classic Films: Some Like it Hot (PG, 1959)
National Waterfront Museum
29 June 2018
1:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Rhondda Rose Society Show
St Fagans National Museum of History
30 June & 1 July 2018
11am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Wales Airshow
National Waterfront Museum
30 June & 1 July 2018
11am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans' Birthday Celebration
St Fagans National Museum of History
1 July 2018
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Gardens Walk & Talk: Summer
St Fagans National Museum of History
4 July 2018
11am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £2 per person
Event
Toddler Time Monthly Movies: Paddington (PG, 2014)
National Waterfront Museum
4 July 2018
10:30am
Suitability: Preschool children and their parents or carers.
Cost: Free
Event
Little Mice Club – Summer Holidays
National Waterfront Museum
6 July 2018
10:30am-12:00pm
Suitability: Preschool children and their parents or carers.
Cost: Free
Event
Dewch i Ganu – Come to Sing!
National Waterfront Museum
7 July 2018
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Tanabata: Star Festival / 日本: 七夕祭り
National Museum Cardiff
7 & 8 July 2018
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
The NHS is 70!
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 July 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Marina Market
National Waterfront Museum
8 July 2018
10am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Dance Days
National Waterfront Museum
8 July 2018
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Course
Introduction to Enamelling
St Fagans National Museum of History
14 July 2018
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £65 / £55 concessions
Talk
Women in Focus
National Museum Cardiff
14 July 2018
1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Event
Museum Monthly Movies: Ferdinand (U, 2017)
National Waterfront Museum
15 July 2018
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Toddler Time at the Play Lab
Big Pit National Coal Museum
18 July 2018
1.30pm-2.45pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Dark Castle Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
19 July 2018
21.45pm-23.20pm
Suitability: 10+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £12.50 adult, £10 ages 10-13
Booking: www.cardiffhistory.co.uk
Event
Teddy Bears Picnic – Magical and Mystical
National Waterfront Museum
20 July 2018
10:30am-2:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Dark Museum Tour
St Fagans National Museum of History
20 July 2018
21.45pm-23.15pm
Suitability: 10+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £12.50 adult, £10 ages 10-13
Booking: www.cardiffhistory.co.uk
Talk
Swansea in the Great War: Sid Kidwell Memorial Lecture
National Waterfront Museum
21 July 2018
11am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Museum Ghost Walk
St Fagans National Museum of History
21 July 2018
21.30pm-23.40pm
Suitability: 13+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £15.50
Booking: www.cardiffhistory.co.uk
Event
Summer Holiday Museum Trail
National Museum Cardiff
21 July–2 September 2018
10am - 5pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Pirate Rat Trail
National Waterfront Museum
25 July–2 September 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Koto Performance
National Museum Cardiff
26 July 2018
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Book on arrival
Event
St Fagans Dark Castle Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
26 July 2018
21.30pm-23.10pm
Suitability: 10+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £12.50 adult, £10 ages 10-13
Booking: www.cardiffhistory.co.uk
Event
Model Show
National Wool Museum
26 & 27 July 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Scrappy Sheep Club- Botanical Felt Brooches
National Wool Museum
26 & 27 July 2018
12-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Paper Pirate Boats
National Waterfront Museum
26–29 July 2018
12:30pm-3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
27 July 2018
1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Event
Explore Classic Film: The Big Sleep (PG, 1946)
National Waterfront Museum
27 July 2018
1:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Dark Museum Tour
St Fagans National Museum of History
27 July 2018
Suitability: 10+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £12.50 adult, £10 ages 10-13
Booking: www.cardiffhistory.co.uk
Event
Open Meeting of the Board of Trustees
National Slate Museum
28 July 2018
10.30am - 1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
The Captain Barnacle Pirate Pantomime
National Waterfront Museum
28 July 2018
1pm & 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Flö – Music from the Collections
National Museum Cardiff
28 July 2018
1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Archaeology at St Fagans: Reconstructing History
St Fagans National Museum of History
28 & 29 July 2018
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Museum Monthly Movies: Paddington 2 (PG, 2017)
National Waterfront Museum
29 July 2018
2:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Course
Natural Dyeing Workshop
National Wool Museum
31 July 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £55 pp + materials
Booking: Essential
Event
Pirate School
National Waterfront Museum
31 July & 2–3 August
12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking required - (029) 2057 3600
Event
National Play Day!
National Waterfront Museum
1 August 2018
10:30am-2:00pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Bat Walks
St Fagans National Museum of History
1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 August
Dusk - see listing for detail
Suitability: Age 8+
Cost: £5 per head
Booking: Pre-booking essential
Event
Little Mice Club: Under the Sea
National Waterfront Museum
3 August 2018
10:30am-12:00pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Dewch i Ganu – Come to Sing!
National Waterfront Museum
4 August 2018
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Pop up Skate Park
National Waterfront Museum
4 August 2018
12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: Aged 7+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking required - (029) 2057 3600
Event
Maeda Kamari calligraphy performance and workshop / 書家 前田鎌利氏による書道パフォーマンス
National Museum Cardiff
4 August 2018
11am - 12.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Pre-loved Kilo Vintage Fair
National Waterfront Museum
5 August 2018
10am – 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Museum Monthly Movies: The Goonies (PG, 1985)
National Waterfront Museum
5 August 2018
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Toddler Time Monthly Movies: Muppet Treasure Island (U, 1996)
National Waterfront Museum
8 August 2018
10:30am
Suitability: Preschool children and their parents or carers.
Cost: Free
Event
Living Seas Live Roadshow!
National Waterfront Museum
8 August 2018
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Limited spaces – book on arrival.
Event
Scrappy Sheep Club- Bug Magnets
National Wool Museum
9 & 10 August 2018
12-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Spice Islands Scratch & Sniff
National Waterfront Museum
9–11 August 2018
12:00pm-3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Rope Making
National Waterfront Museum
10–12 August 2018
12:30pm-3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Museum Sleepover - Dino Nights!
National Museum Cardiff
11 August 2018
5:30pm - 9am
Suitability: Children aged 6 to 12 | Families
Cost: Adult: £48 | Child: £48
Booking: Advanced bookings required
Event
Explore Classic Film: The Black Swan (PG,1942)
National Waterfront Museum
11 August 2018
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Traditional Fishing
National Waterfront Museum
11 & 12 August 2018
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Marina Market
National Waterfront Museum
12 August 2018
10am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Full Steam Ahead
National Waterfront Museum
12 August 2018
12:00pm-3:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Storytime with Mr Trevithick
National Waterfront Museum
12 August 2018
2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Pirate Science
National Waterfront Museum
13–16 August 2018
11:30am, 1:00pm & 3:00pm
Suitability: Aged 7+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking required - (029) 2057 3600
Event
Obon:Lantern Festival Family Workshops / 日本：お盆 ファミリー ワークショップ
National Museum Cardiff
14–16 August 2018
11am - 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £2 a head
Booking: Pay at the shop on arrival.
Talk
Talk: The Japanese Tea Ceremony and the Tea Garden / 講演：茶道と日本庭園
National Museum Cardiff
18 August 2018
1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Killing Dreams: The 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy
National Waterfront Museum
18 August 2018
11am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Garden Gathering
National Waterfront Museum
18 August 2018
12pm-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Festival of Stitch: Makers and Traders Market
National Waterfront Museum
18 & 19 August 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Police Awareness Activity Day
St Fagans National Museum of History
19 August 2018
10AM - 5PM
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Pirate Decoders
National Waterfront Museum
22–25 August 2018
12:30pm-3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Scrappy Sheep Club- Print a Pirate Poster
National Wool Museum
23 & 24 August 2018
12-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Black Bart Pirate Show
National Wool Museum
24 August 2018
1pm & 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Rope Making
National Waterfront Museum
24–26 August 2018
12:30pm-3:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Pirate fun day
National Waterfront Museum
25 August 2018
12pm-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Black Bart Show
National Waterfront Museum
25 August 2018
1pm & 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Pirate School
National Waterfront Museum
29 August–1 September 2018
12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking required - (029) 2057 3600
Event
Talk with Marine expert Katie Mortimer-Jones
National Wool Museum
30 August 2018
12pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Explore Classic Film: Georgy Girl (12,1966)
National Waterfront Museum
31 August 2018
1:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
31 August 2018
1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Event
Dewch i Ganu – Come to Sing!
National Waterfront Museum
1 September 2018
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Explore Classic Film: Treasure Island (U,1950)
National Waterfront Museum
1 September 2018
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Museum Monthly Movies: The BFG (PG, 2016)
National Waterfront Museum
2 September 2018
2pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Explore Books
National Waterfront Museum
18 & 25 September
10:30am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking required - (029) 2057 3600
Event
Toddler Time Monthly Movies: Fantastic Mr Fox (PG, 2009)
National Waterfront Museum
5 September 2018
10:30am
Suitability: Preschool children and their parents or carers
Cost: Free
Event
Little Mice Club – Roald Dahl
National Waterfront Museum
7 September 2018
10:30am-12:00pm
Suitability: Exclusively for preschool children and their paren
Cost: Free
Event
Roald Dahl Show
National Wool Museum
8 September 2018
1pm & 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
National Veg Society - Welsh Branch Show
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 & 9 September 2018
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Food Festival
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 & 9 September 2018
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Marina Market
National Waterfront Museum
9 September 2018
10am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Swansea Vintage and Artisan Fair
National Waterfront Museum
9 September 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Full Steam Ahead
National Waterfront Museum
9 September 2018
12:00pm-3:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Audio Description Tour: Art
National Museum Cardiff
13 September 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking essential (029) 2057 3240
Event
Sketchbook walk and artists talk.
National Wool Museum
15 September 2018
10-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £30
Booking: Booking Essential
Talk
The Doge of Venice: Prince or Prisoner
National Waterfront Museum
15 September 2018
11am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Roald Dahl Day
National Waterfront Museum
15 September 2018
12pm-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Roald Dahl: Imagine That
National Waterfront Museum
15 September 2018
1pm-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Beverley Gertsman Piano Recital
National Museum Cardiff
21 September 2018
7PM - 10PM
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £21.50
Booking: Tickets available from Eventbrite
Event
Taith Yr Iaith
National Wool Museum
22 September 2018
11am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
History Day
National Waterfront Museum
22 September 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Museum Monthly Movies: Suffragette (12A, 2015)
National Waterfront Museum
23 September 2018
2pm
Suitability: 12A
Cost: Free
Event
Tea Dance
National Waterfront Museum
26 September 2018
12pm-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking required - tel: 02920 573600
Talk
Oriel Science Café
National Waterfront Museum
26 September 2018
7:30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Explore Classic Film: Rebel Without a Cause (PG,1955)
National Waterfront Museum
28 September 2018
1:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Celebrate the Hero
National Waterfront Museum
29 September 2018
12pm-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
The Haywood Sisters
National Waterfront Museum
29 September 2018
1pm & 2.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Course
Natural Dyeing Workshop
National Wool Museum
30 September 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £55 including materials
Booking: Essential
Event
Halloween Nights
St Fagans National Museum of History
29–31 October
6pm-9pm
Suitability: Age 4+
Cost: Details to follow
Event
Remembrance Service
St Fagans National Museum of History
10 November 2018
10.50am-1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Explore Your Archive
St Fagans National Museum of History
18 November 2018
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Christmas Nights
St Fagans National Museum of History
6–8 December
6pm-9pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Details to follow