What's On

Exhibitions

A black and white photograph showing several people of West Indian descent, dressed smartly in suits, ties and wearing hats in a 1950s fashion, against railings in Victoria Station.

Exhibition: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon

National Museum Cardiff
24 May–9 November 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Red seats on the top deck of a boat, there are individuals in raincoats sat on random seats. At the front of the boat there's an individual stood on their own looking out to sea

Exhibition: John Akomfrah’s Listening All Night to the Rain

National Museum Cardiff
24 May–7 September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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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
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Artes Mundi 11

National Museum Cardiff
24 October 2025 – 1 March 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: 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: unCHunASunEDunLOunSSunES

National Museum Cardiff
From 24 May 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...for her

St Fagans National Museum of History
21 June–30 December 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Our Place | An exhibition of student work

National Museum Cardiff
24–27 June 2025
10:00-16:00
Coming Soon
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Gwen John: Strange Beauties

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

Event: Antiques Roadshow

National Waterfront Museum
20 July 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking Essential
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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: 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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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: 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
7 July, 8 September, 3 November & 1 December 2025
11am - 1pm
Suitability: All
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: 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
3-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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St Fagans Castle

Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
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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Image of a Traditional Fairground

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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St Fagans National Museum of History

Event: Audio Described Tours at St Fagans National Museum of History

St Fagans National Museum of History
19 June & 14 August 2025
11:00am
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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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: Dementia Friendly Activity: Gallery tour and drumming session

National Waterfront Museum
26 June & 18 September 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: Organ Recital - John Cheer

National Museum Cardiff
27 June 2025
13:00
Suitability: Adults
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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Logo for the Amgueddfa Cymru Bloedd network.

Event: Amgueddfa Cymru Producer Network Event - Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
28 June 2025
1:00pm-3:00pm
Suitability: Suitable for 16-25 year olds.
Cost: Free
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Logo for the Amgueddfa Cymru Bloedd network.

Event: Amgueddfa Cymru Producer Network Event - Swansea

National Waterfront Museum
28 June 2025
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Suitability: Suitable for 16-25 year olds.
Cost: Free
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Logo for the Amgueddfa Cymru Bloedd network.

Event: Amgueddfa Cymru Producer Network Event - Caernarfon

National Slate Museum
28 June 2025
1:00-pm-3:00pm
Suitability: Suitable for 16-25 year olds.
Cost: Free
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Bee keeping at Swansea Waterfront

Event: Meet the Bees

National Waterfront Museum
28 June, 26 July & 30 August 2025
11am & 2pm
Suitability: All
Cost: £4
Booking: Ticketed
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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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St Fagans Castle

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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Botanical Printing

Course: Botanical Printing

National Wool Museum
5 July 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
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Course: Half Day Courses: Introduction to Blacksmithing - Big Pit National Coal Museum

Big Pit National Coal Museum
7, 9, 11 July, 6, 8 & 10 October 2025
10am-12pm OR 1pm-3pm
Suitability: 18+
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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A group of tiles with images of animals

Talk: Behind the Scenes: Archaeology of the Mabinogion

National Museum Cardiff
8 July 2025
2pm
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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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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Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
10 July & 18 September 2025
13:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Sketching group image

Event: St Fagans Sketching Group

St Fagans National Museum of History
11 July, 8 August & 12 September 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability: 16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
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Two individuals observing plants displayed on a table at an indoor event at St Fagans National History Museum

Event: Celebration of Nature

St Fagans National Museum of History
12 July 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Carica papaya

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: Silent Disco

National Museum Cardiff
12 July 2025
6pm - 8pm / 9pm - 12am
Suitability: All
Cost: Family Event: £8/£10 | Adults only Event: £16/£20
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Event: Museum on the Move: Llanberis

National Slate Museum
17-20 July
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Wondrous Oceans

National Museum Cardiff
18–20 July 2025
Sessions begin from 10:15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: £12.50 Standard
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Tataki zome

Course: Tataki zome – Flower pounding

National Wool Museum
19 July 2025
10:30am - 12:30pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £35 | £30 Concession
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Event: More to Life than Work - Boxing

Big Pit National Coal Museum
21 & 22 July 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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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: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

St Fagans National Museum of History
24–31 July 2025
10am - 5pm
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 per child
Booking: Ticketed
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Event: Organ Recital - Jefferey Howard

National Museum Cardiff
25 July 2025
13:00
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Bluey's woolly visit to the National Wool Museum!

National Wool Museum
26 July 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Pre-booked Bluey workshop- £7. Pre-booked Meet & Greet Bluey, Story Time & Craft booked: Free
Booking: Advance online booking for the Bluey Workshop and Bluey Meet & Greet is essential
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Children running from a Roman soldier in a garden setting.

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: More to Life than Work - Pin the tail on the Colliery Horse

Big Pit National Coal Museum
28–29 July & 4–5 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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A close-up of several rocks

Talk: Behind the Scenes: Henry Stopes' collection of prehistoric stone tools

National Museum Cardiff
29 July 2025
2pm
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Talk: Humans, Mammoths and other Ice Age Animals from Welsh Caves

National Museum Cardiff
31 July 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay What You Can
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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: Party Like a Roman: Join the 175th Celebrations!

National Roman Legion Museum
2 August 2025
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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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: Dementia Friendly Activity: Paper coastal landscapes

National Museum Cardiff
7 August 2025
1:30 – 4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Hands-on history

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: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies

National Museum Cardiff
8 August 2025
10:30am; 12:30pm; 2:30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £12.50 (Adult & Child Ticket); £6.00 (Additional Adult Ticket)
Booking: Now on Sale!
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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: More to Life than Work - Wrestling

Big Pit National Coal Museum
11 & 12 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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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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Talk: Meet our Mammoth

National Museum Cardiff
14 & 28 August 2025
12pm
Suitability: 7+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Peppa Pig's Woolly Visit to the National Wool Museum!

National Wool Museum
16 August 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Pre-booked workshop- £7. Pre-booked Meet & Greet Peppa Pig, Story Time & Craft: Free
Booking: Advance online Booking for the meadow workshop and Meet & Greet Peppa Pig is essential
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Event: More to Life than Work - Jazz Bands

Big Pit National Coal Museum
18 & 19 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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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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A lake in a grassy mountainous area.

Talk: Wales in the age of Mammoths

National Museum Cardiff
21 August 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Summer-time Food and Harvest

National Waterfront Museum
21 August 2025
1pm-3.30pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Talk: Behind the Scenes: Visit the Archaeology Stores

National Museum Cardiff
26 August 2025
2pm
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Event: More to Life than Work - Pigeon Racing

Big Pit National Coal Museum
26 & 27 August 2025
11am-3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Robots for Kids

National Waterfront Museum
27 August 2025
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: Age 8 - 15
Cost: £2.50 per child
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Event: LEGO® Batman's Woolly Visit to the National Wool Museum!

National Wool Museum
28 August 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability: Families
Cost: Pre-booked LEGO® workshop- £7. Pre-booked Meet & Greet LEGO® Batman, Story Time & Craft: Free
Booking: Advance online Booking for the LEGO® animation workshop and Meet & Greet LEGO® Batman is essential
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Event: Museum on the Move: Cwmystradllyn

National Slate Museum
28-31 August
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Course: Taster Session: Learn to Spin

National Wool Museum
Fully booked
2 September 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £10 per person
Booking: Booking is essential
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
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: Museum on the Road: Craft Festival Wales, Cardigan Castle

National Wool Museum
5th to the 7th of September 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: £
Booking: Essential: purchase of ticket
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St Fagans Castle

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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A group of people standing near a large tree and a stone building with a thatched roof

Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Harvest

St Fagans National Museum of History
11 September 2025
1-4pm
Suitability: Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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mosaic

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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Woad

Course: Woad – Fresh Leaves Workshop

National Wool Museum
13 September 2025
10:30am -1:30pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £55 / Concession £45
Booking: Essential
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A crowd of people at the food festival

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 Steam 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: £26 - Standard, £18 - Accessible
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Course: Introduction to Spinning: From Fleece to Fabric

National Wool Museum
20 September 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £85 | £70
Booking: Essential
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Event: WONDERFEST!

National Waterfront Museum
21 September 2025
12 - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Talk: Behind the Scenes: Conservation of a 1st Century vessel hoard part 2

National Museum Cardiff
25 September 2025
11am
Suitability: 11+
Cost: £8
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Talk: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon - gallery talk with Melanie Llewelyn and Emma Lowe (Curator and Conservator at the Hulton Archive, London)

National Museum Cardiff
25 September 2025
12pm
Suitability: 12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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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: Mindfulness, Music & Craft

National Wool Museum
30 September 2025
1yp-3yp
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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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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Course: Natural Dyeing with Garden Plants

National Wool Museum
18 October 2025
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability: 16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
Booking: Essential
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St Fagans Castle

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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