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Exhibitions 26 July 2025

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
Last chance to see
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
Last chance to see
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
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
1 October 2024 – 26 October 2025
Last chance to see
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...our home

St Fagans National Museum of History
12 November 2024 – 30 June 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Several Stages of Purification

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

National Waterfront Museum
8 March–15 December 2025
Last chance to see
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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Wales football tops and programmes in a display case

Exhibition: Wales is...for her

St Fagans National Museum of History
21 June 2025 – 28 June 2026
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Calon Lan Five Senses Garden

National Waterfront Museum
14 July–1 October 2025
Last chance to see
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Events and Talks 26 July 2025

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: Family Museum Trail

National Museum Cardiff
16 August 2024 – 16 August 2025
Suitability: Families
Cost: 50p
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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: A Frontier in Depth

National Roman Legion Museum
16 April–31 July 2025
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
3-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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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: 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: Hide and Seek Trail

National Waterfront Museum
21 July–31 August 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: Families
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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Matron in a hospital ward

Event: Museum on the Move: Meet Margaret the Matron, Quarry Hospital

National Slate Museum
28 August, 4, 11, 17, 26 September
12 - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum on the Move: Dyffryn Nantlle

National Slate Museum
26 July
2:00-6:00pm
Suitability: All
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 (Fully Booked)
Booking: Advance online booking for the Bluey Workshop and Bluey Meet & Greet is essential
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