What's On
Exhibitions
Exhibition: Cartŵn Cymru
National Waterfront Museum
9 November 2019 – 29 March 2020
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Exhibition: Photography Season
National Museum Cardiff
26 October 2019 – 1 March 2020
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Exhibition: Dippy on Tour: A Natural History Adventure
National Museum Cardiff
19 October 2019 – 26 January 2020
Last chance to see
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Exhibition: Imagine a Castle: Paintings from the National Gallery, London
National Museum Cardiff
28 January–10 May 2020
Coming Soon
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Exhibition: Innovate
National Waterfront Museum
12 October 2019 – 20 April 2020
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: 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 June 2020
9.30am-5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Events and Talks
Event: Caerleon Discovery App
National Roman Legion Museum
Suitability:
All
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: Paned a Phapur
National Wool Museum
Every other Thursday
12-1pm
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: Drop in and Draw
National Museum Cardiff
Every Tuesday
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
Event: Mission: Planet Earth
National Museum Cardiff
From 4 November 2019
Suitability:
10+ years
Cost: £10
Booking: Buy tickets on the day of your visit
Talk: Bernd and Hilla Becher: Industrial Visions
National Museum Cardiff
29 November 2019 & 8 February 2020
1pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited. Book on arrival.
Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing
National Slate Museum
9 February 2020
10am-12pm OR 1pm-3pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £60 (£50 concessions)
Booking: via Eventbrite
Event: St Fagans Museum Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
10, 16–17, 24 & 31 January 2020
8pm-10pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £16
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk/
Course: Half Day Courses: Intro to Blacksmithing
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Fully booked
13, 15, 17, 20, 22 & 24 January 2020
10am-12pm OR 1-3pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £60 | £50 concession
Booking: via Eventbrite
Event: Explore Books
National Waterfront Museum
14, 21 & 28 January 2020
10:30am
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking Required Tel: 02920 573600
Event: Amser Chwarae Toddler Time
St Fagans National Museum of History
Every Monday during term
1.30-3.30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Talk: The Battle for Slate Quarrymen's Dust Compensation // A lecture by Lord Dafydd Wigley
National Slate Museum
23 January 2020
7pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: FREE BUT BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Event: Photography Conference: Consumerism/Capital/Culture
National Museum Cardiff
24 January 2020
9am - 5pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: £20 - £30
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Talk: STEM Talk: Bionema - Saving our soils around the world
National Waterfront Museum
24 January 2020
10.30am
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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
Event: Meet the Objects: St Dwynwen’s Day
St Fagans National Museum of History
25 January 2020
11am English, 1pm Welsh, 3pm English
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Vintage Tea for Two
National Wool Museum
25 January & 15 February 2020
3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: £15
Booking: Call (029) 20573 030
Event: Wedding Showcase
St Fagans National Museum of History
26 January 2020
10am-4pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Event: Make and Take – Cwtch Crafts
National Waterfront Museum
26 January 2020
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Event: Lap Harp workshop
National Waterfront Museum
26 January 2020
12:30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Book on Arrival
Event: Love Harps - with Shelley Fairplay
National Waterfront Museum
26 January 2020
1:30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Love Songs - with Bronwen Lewis
National Waterfront Museum
26 January 2020
2:30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Santes Dwynwen Stories
National Waterfront Museum
26 January 2020
1pm, 2pm and 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Learn to Spin
National Wool Museum
28 January 2020
10.30-12.00pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Call 02920 573 070
Event: Gardens Walk and Talk: Winter
St Fagans National Museum of History
29 January 2020
11am
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £2
Talk: Oriel Science Café - FAMELAB
National Waterfront Museum
29 January 2020
7:30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Event: Taith Iaith
National Museum Cardiff
30 January 2020
12.30pm
Suitability:
Welsh Learners
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
31 January 2020
1pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Places limited, book on arrival
Event: Museum Matinée: From Here to Eternity (PG, 1953)
National Waterfront Museum
31 January 2020
1:30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Course: Course: Intro to Hand Embroidery
National Wool Museum
1 February 2020
11am - 4pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £65 / £55 concessions
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Event: Chinese New Year – Family Fun
National Waterfront Museum
1 February 2020
11am - 3pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Event: Fashion in the Frame
National Museum Cardiff
2 February 2020
11:30AM - 1PM & 2PM - 4PM
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Event: St Fagans Museum Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
7, 21 & 29 February 2020
8pm-10pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £16
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk/
Event: Swishing Party
National Wool Museum
8 February 2020
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Course: Course: Beginner’s Basketmaking
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
8 February 2020
10:30am - 4:30pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £75 | £60
Booking: Eventbrite
Event: National Storytelling Week: Discover traditional tales from Wales
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 February 2020
11.30am Welsh, 1.30pm-3.30pm English
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Course: 2-Day Course: Make a Wooden Stool
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
8 & 9 February 2020
10.15am-4pm
Suitability:
16+ *
Cost: £190 /£160 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Event: Traditional Fairground
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 & 9 February 2020
Suitability:
Age 2-11
Cost: From £1
Event: St Fagans Real Food Market
St Fagans National Museum of History
15 February 2020
10am-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Weimar's Dark Cabaret
National Museum Cardiff
15 February 2020
3.30pm - 4.30pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: Free
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event: CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans
St Fagans National Museum of History
15–23 February 2020
10.15am-4.30pm
Suitability:
Participants must be at least 110cm tall
Cost: £12
Event: St Fagans Makers Market
St Fagans National Museum of History
15–23 February 2020
10am-5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: After Dark
National Museum Cardiff
19 February 2020
6pm - 9pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event: Scrappy Sheep Club - Rainbows
National Wool Museum
20–21 February 2020
12:00 - 3:00pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
28 February 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: St David's Day Duathlon
St Fagans National Museum of History
29 February 2020
6.45-9.30am
Suitability:
Suitable age: 15 years +
Cost: £10 per competitior
Course: Introduction to Natural Dyeing - Indigo & Shibouri
National Waterfront Museum
29 February 2020
10am - 3pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: £65 | £55 concession
Booking: via Eventbrite
Event: St David's Day Party
National Wool Museum
29 February 2020
10am-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Instagram: A Symposium
National Museum Cardiff
29 February 2020
12pm - 4.45pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: £5
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Course: Hedgelaying – Day Courses
St Fagans National Museum of History
29 February–1 March 2020
9am-4pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £120 / £95 concession
Booking: via Eventbrite
Event: Craft Session: Quilting
St Fagans National Museum of History
29 February, 28 March, 23 May, 27 June, 18 July, 26 September, 17 October & 21 November 2020
10:30am - 12:30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £5
Booking: Booking essential as places are limited.
Event: St David’s Day
St Fagans National Museum of History
1 March 2020
10am-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Charges apply for some activities
Event: #Lambcam
St Fagans National Museum of History
1–31 March 2020
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Course: Introduction to Geology
National Museum Cardiff
5, 12, 19, 26 March & 2 April 2020
1pm - 4pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £75 - £90
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Course: Lambing Day Courses
St Fagans National Museum of History
6, 9 & 13 March 2020
8.30am-4pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: £120 | £95 concession
Booking: via Eventbrite
Event: Vintage & Makers Market
National Wool Museum
14 March 2020
11:00 - 3:00pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Course: Half Day Courses:Spooncarving
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
14 March 2020
10.15am-12.45pm or 1.30pm-4pm
Suitability:
16+ *
Cost: £50 / £40 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course: Course: Introduction to Enamelling
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
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: Dyeing - Intro to Indigo
St Fagans National Museum of History
21 March 2020
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £65 | £55
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Event: Star Attractions at the Museum
National Museum Cardiff
21 March 2020
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Event: St Fagans Real Food Market
St Fagans National Museum of History
21 March 2020
10am-3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Talk: In Conversation: Martin Parr and Michael Sheen
National Museum Cardiff
27 March 2020
7pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £16 + Eventbrite admin fee
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
27 March 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Quiet Hour
National Waterfront Museum
11 April & 17 May 2020
3pm-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Museum Sleepover - Dino Nights!
National Museum Cardiff
18 April 2020
5:30pm-9am
Suitability:
Children aged 6 to 12 | Families
Cost: Adult: £50 - £60 | Child: £50 - £60
Booking: Advanced bookings required
Course: Introduction to the Marine World
National Museum Cardiff
23, 30 April, 7, 14 & 21 May 2020
1pm - 4pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £75 - £90
Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
24 April 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Ar Lafar: Welsh Learners’ Festival
St Fagans National Museum of History
25 April 2020
11am-4pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Course: Course: Introduction to Leatherwork
St Fagans National Museum of History
26 April 2020
10.30am-4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Event: Gardens Walk and Talk: Late Spring
St Fagans National Museum of History
29 April 2020
11am
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £2
Course: Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
Saturday 2 May OR Sunday 3 May
10.30am-4.30pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £120 / £95 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course: Course: Improve Your Photography
St Fagans National Museum of History
3 May 2020
10.30am-4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £80 / £65 concession
Booking: via Eventbrite
Course: Course: Visible Mending
St Fagans National Museum of History
16 May 2020
11am-4pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £65 / £55 concessions
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course: Botanical Illustration
National Museum Cardiff
16 May 2020
10.30am-4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £55 | £45 concession
Booking: via Eventbrite
Course: Course: Introduction to Blacksmithing
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
Saturday 16 May OR Sunday 17 May
10.30am-4.30pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £120 / £95 concession
Booking: Booking via Eventbrite
Course: Introduction to Natural Dyeing
National Wool Museum
17 May 2020
10am-4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £65 | £55 concession
Booking: via Eventbrite
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
29 May 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: St Fagans Craft Weekend
St Fagans National Museum of History
6 & 7 June 2020
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
26 June 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Gardens Walk and Talk: Summer
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 July 2020
11am
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £2
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
31 July 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
28 August 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: St Fagans Food Festival
St Fagans National Museum of History
12 & 13 September 2020
10am-6pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Course: Natural Dyeing with Garden Plants
National Wool Museum
19 September 2020
10am-4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £65 | £55 concession
Booking: via Eventbrite
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
25 September 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
30 October 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Gardens Walk & Talk – Autumn
St Fagans National Museum of History
11 November 2020
11am
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £2
Event: Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
27 November 2020
1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free