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Exhibitions 5 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: 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 5 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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Event: Dylan's Park and Other Stories with Helen and Thomas Docherty 

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
10:15am - 11am
Suitability: Age 4+
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Event: Create a TV show in 45 minutes with Liz Hyder

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
11.30am - 12.15pm
Suitability: Age 12+
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Event: Finding your story with Emma Smith-Barton

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
12.45pm - 1.30pm
Suitability: Age 12+
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Event: Arwana Swtan a’r Sgodyn Od gan Angie Roberts

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
2pm - 2.45pm
Suitability: Age 8 -12
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Event: Writing about the things you love with Manon Steffan Ros

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
2pm - 2.45pm (English) & 3.15pm - 4pm (Welsh)
Suitability: Age 9 - 13
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Event: Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins with Claire Fayers

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
10:15am - 11am
Suitability: Age 7+
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Event: Creative Electricity with Alex Wharton

National Waterfront Museum
Cancelled
5 October 2025
11.30am - 12.15pm
Suitability: Age 7+
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Event: The Mysterious Suitcase - creating cool characters and fun stories with Liz Hyder

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
12.45pm - 1.30pm
Suitability: Age 10+
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Event: Do Penguins Like the Cold? with Huw Lewis-Jones

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
3.15pm - 4pm
Suitability: Age 6+
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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Book cover of 'I'm Going to Make a Friend' by Darren Chetty

Event: Darren Chetty - I'm Going to Make a Friend

National Waterfront Museum
5 October 2025
10.15am & 12.45pm
Suitability: Age 3 - 11
Cost: Drop in activities - FREE, Bookable Events - £0 - £5
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