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Exhibitions 28 August 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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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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Events and Talks 28 August 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: GRAFT Garden - Volunteering Fridays

National Waterfront Museum
Every Friday
10-3
Suitability: Everyone welcome
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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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: Hide and Seek Trail

National Waterfront Museum
21 July–31 August 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability: Families
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: 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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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: K'Nex Big Build Challenge

National Waterfront Museum
28 August 2025
12.30 – 3.30pm
Suitability: Age 6+
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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A woolly mammoth skeleton, featuring large, curved tusks. Behind it is a mural of an icy, mountainous landscape.

Talk: Meet our Mammoth

National Museum Cardiff
14 & 28 August 2025
12pm
Suitability: 7+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

St Fagans National Museum of History
15–28 August 2025
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Bat

Event: Bat Walks

St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
20 August–27 September 2025
Suitability: 8+
Cost: £8
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A man wearing a suit and holding a cane standing outside Maestir School

Event: Meet the Victorian

St Fagans National Museum of History
26–29 August 2025
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
Suitability: 6+
Cost: £6
Booking: Tickets must be booked in advance
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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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