What's On

Exhibitions

A close-up of 1.45m repurposed glass slumped over details of collection items

Exhibition: Sophie Mak-Schram and collaborators: To Shift a Stone

National Museum Cardiff
14 June 2025 – 15 February 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Hip Hop: A Welsh Story

Exhibition: Hip Hop: A Welsh Story

National Museum Cardiff
19 July 2025 – 22 February 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Artes Mundi 11

National Museum Cardiff
24 October 2025 – 1 March 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Gwaith Merched

National Waterfront Museum
8 March–15 December 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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An abstract image of a face all made of different fabric, there's pink background, the face is made of striped material and the eyes are green with a triangular orange note

Exhibition: Ancestral Libations Pt II-Welsh Wool, Slavery and Identity

National Wool Museum
1 April 2025 – 28 February 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: unCHunASunEDunLOunSSunES - By Sean Edwards

National Museum Cardiff
From 24 May 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Gold frames with three turners works mounted on a blue wall

Exhibition: Celebrating Turner 250

National Museum Cardiff
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Community Shawl

Exhibition: The Community Shawl Project - connecting the stories of our communities

National Wool Museum
4–29 November 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Richard Burton

Exhibition: Richard Burton Centenary

National Waterfront Museum
7 November 2025 – 5 February 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Gwen John: Strange Beauties

National Museum Cardiff
7 February–28 June 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Ticketing details to be confirmed
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Events and Talks

Paned a Phapur

Event: Cuppa and a Paper

National Wool Museum
Wednesdays- fortnightly
12pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Interior of the public bar in The Vulcan Hotel

Event: Visit The Vulcan Hotel

St Fagans National Museum of History
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Little Lambs

National Wool Museum
2 December 2025
10.15am-12.15pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Finger tips touching grey stone engraved with red letters

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: GRAFT Garden - Volunteering Fridays

National Waterfront Museum
Every Friday
10-3
Suitability: Everyone welcome
Cost: Free
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AR

Event: Museum ExplorAR: A living guide to the galleries

National Museum Cardiff
From 1 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £7 per hour
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Event: One Stop Info Shop

National Waterfront Museum
1 December 2025
11am - 1pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Manequins with textile brooches

Course: Make a Corsage Brooch

National Wool Museum
29 November 2025
01.11.25: 10.30am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-3.30pm. 29.11.25: 1.30-3.30pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £15pp
Booking: Essential
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Christmas NWM

Event: Create a Bobble Hat

National Wool Museum
29 November, 3 & 9 December 2025
29.11.25: 10.30am-1pm; 03.12.25 & 09.12.25: 10.30am-1pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £45 pp
Booking: Essential
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To Shift a Stone: Held Fast Running Club

Event: To Shift a Stone: Held Fast Running Club

National Museum Cardiff
15 November, 6 December 2025, 3 & 10 January 2026
10:30am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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group tour behind scenes at National Slate Museum

Event: Next Steps Tours: Collection Centre Tours

National Slate Museum
30 October, 1 November, 18 December, 29 & 31 January, 26 February, 26 & 28 March.
1:00pm - 2:30pm & 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Suitability: 5+
Cost: Free
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Perspective - Reading Circle

Event: To Shift a Stone: Reading Circle

National Museum Cardiff
2 & 16 November 2025
2pm - 4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential - perspectives@museumwales.ac.uk
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Event: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Concert Series 2025

National Museum Cardiff
From 5 November 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free event
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
6–27 November 2025
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Miner guide with visitor standing in front of Big Pit's Headgear

Event: Guided Surface Tours

Big Pit National Coal Museum
10 November–19 December 2025
10am-3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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A close-up of 1.45m repurposed glass slumped over details of collection items

Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
13 November 2025
13:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
14–28 November 2025
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Sketching group image

Event: St Fagans Sketching Group

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
14 November & 12 December 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability: 16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
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A women banging a drum on a beach while being filmed by a man with a mobile phone.

Course: Capturing Creative Content on a Smartphone

National Waterfront Museum
16 November 2025
11am to 4pm
Suitability: 16+
Cost: Free
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Coin from the Caerwent Siliqua Hoard, made at the end of the Roman Empire.

Event: The Fall of Rome; Inspired by Civilisation

National Roman Legion Museum
18 November 2025
6pm-8pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Honeybees

National Waterfront Museum
20 November 2025
1pm - 3.30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Beacon Light

Talk: Turner at 250 - Gallery Talk

National Museum Cardiff
20 November 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what You Can
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A group of women and their babies participating in a baby class

Event: Little Movers, Little Speakers

St Fagans National Museum of History
21 November & 12 December 2025
10.30am - 11.30am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Rosette

Event: Make a Rosette-Brooch

National Wool Museum
22 November 2025
10.30am-12.30pm ; 1pm-3pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20pp
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Event: The Green Fair

National Waterfront Museum
22 & 23 November 2025
Sat 10am - 4pm, Sun 10am - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Organ Recital - David Geoffrey Thomas

National Museum Cardiff
28 November 2025
13:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Post your letter to Father Christmas

St Fagans National Museum of History
29 November 2025
10.30am – 1pm and 2pm-3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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A park with water lagoons and snowflake images

Event: Christmas in the Park

National Slate Museum
29 November 2025
11am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Mother Christmas beside a fire

Event: Storytime with Siân Corn

National Slate Museum
29 November 2025
12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £7
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People making wreaths out of old pieces of fabrics

Event: Rag Wreath Workshop

National Slate Museum
29 November 2025
12pm & 2pm
Suitability: 3+
Cost: £5
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Event: Christmas Makers Market

St Fagans National Museum of History
29 & 30 November 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Print it Stamp It Print it - Letterpress Print Christmas Cards

National Waterfront Museum
29 November & 6 December 2025
12.30 - 3.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Christmas Trail: Runaway Reindeer

St Fagans National Museum of History
29 November–23 December 2025
10am - 3pm
Suitability: 4+
Cost: £1
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Course: Christmas Willow Wreaths

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
30 November 2025
10.30am - 1pm & 1.30pm - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £35 | £30 Concession
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Woolly Mammoth

National Museum Cardiff
4 December 2025
1:30-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

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

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
5–19 December 2025
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Saturnalia: Discover Roman Winter Traditions

National Roman Legion Museum
6 December 2025
11am-1pm & 2-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
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A woman in a maid outfit in a 1900s kitchen.

Event: A Servant's Christmas

National Slate Museum
Saturday 6 December
11am - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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An illustration from 'The Gruffalo's Child'

Event: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies

National Museum Cardiff
Fully booked
6 December 2025
10:30am, 12:30pm & 2.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £12.50 (Adult & Child); £6.00 (Additional Adult or Child)
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Bluey

Event: Gŵyl Hwyl Christmas: Bluey

National Wool Museum
6 December 2025
10.30am or 1.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Meet & Greet, Story Time & Crafts: Free. Optional present from Bluey: £7.99
Booking: Essential
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Event: The Lost Gift / Yr Anrheg Coll

National Waterfront Museum
6 December 2025
12.30pm & 2.30pm
Suitability: Session for children under 7
Cost: Free
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Event: Christmas Makers Market

St Fagans National Museum of History
6 & 7 December 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Christmas Traditions: The Mari Lwyd & Hunting of the Wren Performances

St Fagans National Museum of History
6–7 & 13–14 December 2025
11am & 2pm (Sat) / 1pm & 3pm (Sun)
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Carols in the chapel

Event: Carols in the Chapel

St Fagans National Museum of History
6–7, 13–14 & 20–21 December 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £6
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Three decorated cookies on a plate surrounded by festive decorations.

Event: Decorate your own Christmas Cookies at National Wool Museum

National Wool Museum
Multiple dates available between
Suitability: All
Cost: £10
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Three decorated cookies on a plate surrounded by festive decorations.

Event: Decorate your own Christmas Cookie at the National Waterfront Museum

National Waterfront Museum
Multiple dates available
Suitability: Families
Cost: £10
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Three decorated cookies on a plate surrounded by festive decorations.

Event: Decorate your own Christmas Cookie at Big Pit

Big Pit National Coal Museum
Available on multiple dates between
Suitability: Families
Cost: £10
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Three decorated cookies on a plate surrounded by festive decorations.

Event: Decorate your own Christmas Cookies! at National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
Multiple dates available between
Suitability: Families
Cost: £10
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Three decorated cookies on a plate surrounded by festive decorations.

Event: Decorate your own Christmas Cookies at St Fagans National Museum of History

St Fagans National Museum of History
Multiple dates available
Suitability: Families
Cost: £10
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Event: Big Waterfront Christmas

National Waterfront Museum
7 December 2025
12- 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Elf Show

National Waterfront Museum
7 December 2025
12pm, 1pm & 2.30pm
Suitability: Age 3 +
Cost: £3.00 per child
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Roman Brooches

Talk: Behind the Scenes: Roman Brooches: more than just pretty objects

National Museum Cardiff
9 December 2025
2pm
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Event: Audio Described Tour at St Fagans National Museum of History

St Fagans National Museum of History
11 December 2025
11:00am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum Little Mice - Christmas Special

National Waterfront Museum
12 December 2025
10.15am - 12.00pm
Suitability: Ideal for under 5’s
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Clapper Board

Event: Movies at the Museum: It's a Wonderful Life (U)

National Museum Cardiff
13 December 2025
2pm & 7pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £12.00
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Event: Preparing for Christmas at Llwyn-yr-Eos Farmhouse

St Fagans National Museum of History
13 December 2025
10.30am-1pm and 2pm-3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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BSL Tour at St Fagans

Event: BSL Tour: Exploring Wales' Industrial Heritage through the Historic Buildings at St Fagans National Museum of History

St Fagans National Museum of History
13 December 2025
11:00am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Silent Disco Promotional Poster

Event: Festive Silent Disco

National Museum Cardiff
13 December 2025
Family Friendly (6pm - 8pm) // Adult Only (9pm - 12am)
Suitability: All
Cost: From £11.27
Booking: Please see the links in the bio to book tickets!
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Storytime with Santa

Event: Storytime with Santa

Big Pit National Coal Museum
13 & 14 December 2025
10:45 - 16:30
Suitability: Families
Cost: 10.00
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Event: Winter Vintage and Makers Market

National Waterfront Museum
13 & 14 December 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Christmas Makers Market

St Fagans National Museum of History
13 & 14 December 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Christmas snacks

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

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
8–29 January 2026
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
9–30 January 2026
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: Dark Wales Tours
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Event: Santes Dwynwen Sunday

National Waterfront Museum
25 January 2026
12pm-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Two men sat with a selection on bongo style drums

Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Gallery tour and drumming session

National Waterfront Museum
29 January 2026
1 – 3:30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
5–27 February 2026
8pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: Dark Wales Tours
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
6–26 February 2026
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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A group taking part in a Fleece to Fabric course

Event: Introduction to Spinning: From Fleece to Fabric

National Wool Museum
Fully booked
14 February 2026
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 16+
Cost: £85/£70
Booking: Essential
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A young boy on the high ropes course at St Fagans

Event: CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans

St Fagans National Museum of History
From 14 February 2026
10.15am, 11.30am, 12.45pm, 3pm, 4.15pm
Suitability: Participants must be at least 110cm tall
Cost: £15
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Event: Painting Party: Family Paint Along

National Museum Cardiff
19 February 2026
3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £13.00
Booking: Tickets now on sale!
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Event: Art After Dark: Museum Paint Along Experience

National Museum Cardiff
19 February 2026
7pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £28.00
Booking: Tickets now on sale!
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
4–27 March 2026
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
5–26 March 2026
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours
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A young girl in a blue dinosaur onesie, holding a pink dinosaur is jumping out from behind a pillar to scare a young boy in a green dinosaur onsie, his mouth is open as if he's screaming

Event: Museum Sleepover: Dinos

National Museum Cardiff
7 & 8 March 2026
Suitability: Families
Cost: Tickets from £75.00 per person
Booking: On Sale Now!
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A group taking part in a Fleece to Fabric course

Event: Introduction to Spinning: From Fleece to Fabric

National Wool Museum
21 March 2026
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £85 | £70
Booking: Essential
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
2–30 April 2026
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
10–24 April 2026
Suitability: 12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours
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Course: Introduction to Spinning: From Fleece to Fabric

National Wool Museum
18 April 2026
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £85 | £70
Booking: Essential
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