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Exhibitions 26 October 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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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: 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: 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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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 26 October 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: 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: Museum on the Move: Blaenau Ffestiniog

National Slate Museum
Postponed
18 September
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Hamza Yassin

Event: Hamza's Wild World

National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2025
2pm
Suitability: Age 5-99
Cost: £6.50pp
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Hamza Yassin stands on top of a mountain, against a blue sky. He's wearing a long waterproof coat and black trousers and holds a walking stick.

Event: Hamza Yassin - Life through the Lens

National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2025
11am
Suitability: Older children, Teens and Adults
Cost: £6.50pp
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Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans

St Fagans National Museum of History
25 October–1 November 2025
10am - 5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Pumpkin Hunt

Event: Half Term Halloween Trail at St Fagans

St Fagans National Museum of History
25 October–2 November 2025
10am - 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Logo for Nature Trail with images of bilberries, silver birch, daisies and buttercups with green background.

Event: Museum on the Move: Nature Trail, Quarry Hospital

National Slate Museum
25 October - 2 November
10:30am - 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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Image of a Traditional Fairground

Event: Traditional Fairground

St Fagans National Museum of History
25 October–2 November 2025
Suitability: Age 2-11
Cost: From £1
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Event: The Splendiferous Science of Roald Dahl + BSL

National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2025
4pm
Suitability: Age 6 - 99
Cost: £3.50 pp
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Event: Fish Dissection - LIVE!

National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2025
3pm
Suitability: Older children, Teens and Adults
Cost: £3.50pp
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Event: Rap Science Workshop: Our Space Environment

National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2025
1pm
Suitability: Age 7 - 99
Cost: £3.50 per child
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Event: Sweet shop Science!

National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2025
10.30am
Suitability: Age 7 - 99
Cost: £3.50pp
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Event: Explosive! The science of mining

National Waterfront Museum
Fully booked
26 October 2025
10.30am
Suitability: Age 7 - 99
Cost: Free
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Event: My Favourite Whale

National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2025
12.30pm
Suitability: Age 3+
Cost: Free
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Event: Science Tricks

National Waterfront Museum
26 October 2025
1pm
Suitability: Age 7 - 99
Cost: £3.50pp
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Event: States of Matter

National Waterfront Museum
Fully booked
26 October 2025
3.30pm
Suitability: Age 7 - 99
Cost: £3.50pp
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