What's On
Exhibitions
Exhibition: Tides of Treasure
National Waterfront Museum
26 June 2026 – 26 June 2027
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Exhibition: Ffasiwn
National Museum Cardiff
23 May 2026 – 4 April 2027
Suitability:
All
Cost: Pay what you can. Minimum £1
Exhibition: Women and Sport: Wales
St Fagans National Museum of History
27 November 2025 – 27 November 2026
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Exhibition: Wales is...our home
St Fagans National Museum of History
12 November 2024 – 6 September 2026
Last chance to see
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Exhibition: Pembrokeshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers Exhibition
National Wool Museum
8–12 September 2026
10am-4pm
Coming Soon
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Events, Talks and Displays
Event: Summer Activities at the National Wool Museum
National Wool Museum
Tuesdays -Saturdays, 18 July- 6 September 2026
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Event: Museum ExplorAR: A living guide to the galleries
National Museum Cardiff
Suitability:
All
Cost: £7 per hour
Event: CREU Young Makers: Taster Session – Learn to Spin
National Wool Museum
19 September 2026
2pm or 3pm
Suitability:
Children 8+
Cost: £5 per child
Booking: Essential
Course: CREU Fibres: Taster Session: Peg loom weaving
National Wool Museum
22 September 2026
10.30am-1pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: Free.
Booking: Spaces are limited. Tickets must be booked in advance.
Course: CREU Signature Series: Sew a Crossback Apron
National Wool Museum
26 September 2026
9.30am-4.30pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £125 I £120 Concession
Booking: Essential
Talk: CREU Conversations: The Sustainability of Wool
National Wool Museum
2 October 2026
10.30am-11.30am
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £10pp
Booking: Essential
Course: CREU Fibres: Natural Dyeing with Garden Plants
National Wool Museum
10 October 2026
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70 Concession
Booking: Essential
Course: CREU Ffibrau: Taster Session- Learn to Spin
National Wool Museum
13 October 2026
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £20pp
Booking: Essential
Talk: CREU Conversations: Curatorial Archaeology – Tracing the Story of the Caernarfon Castle Blanket
National Wool Museum
15 October 2026
10.30am-11.30am
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £10pp
Booking: Essential
Course: CREU Tymor Collection: Make an Autumnal Wool Pumpkin
National Wool Museum
31 October 2026
10.30am-1pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: £15pp
Booking: Essential
Course: CREU Fibres: Create a Bobble Hat
National Wool Museum
7 November 2026
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £45 pp
Booking: Essential
Course: CREU Fibres: Introduction to Spinning: From Fleece to Fabric
National Wool Museum
28 November 2026
10.00am - 3.30pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70
Booking: Essential
Event: Cuppa and a Paper
National Wool Museum
Wednesdays- fortnightly
12pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: St Fagans Sketching Group
St Fagans National Museum of History
The second Friday of every month
10.30am-12pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
Event: Audio Described Tours: at the National Roman Legion Museum.
National Roman Legion Museum
Available Wednesday to Friday, please contact us in advance to arrange a booking
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
Event: Little Lambs
National Wool Museum
6 October, 1 December
10.30am-12pm
Suitability:
0-5 Years of Age
Cost: £5 per child
Booking: Essential
Event: Next Steps Tours - Hard Hat Tour
National Slate Museum
9 September
12:30pm, 1:45pm & 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: LEGO® Club
National Wool Museum
Every Thursday until 22 October
3.30pm-5pm
Suitability:
7-12 Years old
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Event: The Creative Cwtsh: Crafting and Chatting
National Wool Museum
The second Friday of each month
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Display: The Blacksmith at The Forge, Cei Llechi, Caernarfon
National Slate Museum
16 April–31 October 2026
10am - 5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Monthly Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
Last Friday of each month
13:00 - 14:00
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Event: Next Steps Tours: Collection Centre Tours
National Slate Museum
30 April–17 December 2026
Suitability:
5+
Cost: Free
Display: Y Môr a Ni
National Waterfront Museum
6 May 2026 – 6 May 2027
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Nature Trail, Quarry Hospital
National Slate Museum
20 July - 27 September
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Display: The 21 Shed Bed
National Waterfront Museum
8 July–31 October 2026
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Slate Carrying Incline Demonstrations
National Slate Museum
19 July–23 September 2026
11am - 12pm & 2pm - 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Bat Walks
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
13 August–19 September 2026
Suitability:
8+
Cost: £8
Event: Walking Tour: Traces of the Slate Industry, Parc Padarn
National Slate Museum
Tuesday 25 August, 8, 15, 22 & 29 September
11:30AM & 2:00PM
Suitability:
8+
Cost: With a minimum ticket price of £1, we are encouraging you to pay what you can.
Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum
National Waterfront Museum
Every Monday
3-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Swansea International Jazz Festival
National Waterfront Museum
5 & 6 September 2026
12 - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Ticketed
Event: Come to Sing!
National Waterfront Museum
8, 22 September, 6, 20 October, 3, 17 November, 1 & 15 December 2026
11am - 12pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Waterfront Wildings
National Waterfront Museum
9 & 30 September 2026
10.30am - 12pm
Suitability:
Under 5s
Cost: Pay what you can. Minimum £1 per child
Booking: Booking essential
Event: National Museum Cardiff Drawing Group
National Museum Cardiff
10 September 2026
1:00pm-3:00pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop In
Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff | Ffasiwn Exhibition
National Museum Cardiff
10 September 2026
1:00pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Talk: Behind the Scenes: New Accessions from St Patrick’s Chapel, Pembrokeshire; Revealing Early Medieval Wales and the World.
National Museum Cardiff
10 September 2026
2pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £8
Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
10–26 September 2026
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: Dark Wales Tours
Event: Adult Learners Week: Meet the Bees: Honey Extraction
National Waterfront Museum
12 September 2026
13:30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Adult £5
Booking: Ticketed
Event: St Fagans Food Festival
St Fagans National Museum of History
12 & 13 September 2026
10am-6pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Waterfront Vintage and Makers Market
National Waterfront Museum
12 & 13 September 2026
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
Event: The National Vegetable Society - National Championships 2026
St Fagans National Museum of History
12 & 13 September 2026
10am-5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
16–30 September 2026
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
Event: St Fagans Bore Dysgwr Cymraeg: The Hidden Stories of Kennixton Farm
St Fagans National Museum of History
18 September 2026
10am - 1pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
Event: GRAFT Garden - Harvest Supper Night
National Waterfront Museum
18 September 2026
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £26 - Standard, £18 - Accessible
Talk: The Future of our Past - New Perspectives on Caerleon and the Roman Conquest of Wales
National Roman Legion Museum
23 September 2026
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £5.00
Event: Anadlu Breathe
St Fagans National Museum of History
24 September & 29 October 2026
1pm to 4pm
Suitability:
For people affected by cancer.
Cost: Free
Course: Course: Introduction to Bee Keeping
National Waterfront Museum
26 September 2026
10.30am - 4pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £55 | £45 Concession
Event: History and Heritage Fair
National Waterfront Museum
26 & 27 September 2026
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Course: Course: Dyeing with Indigo
National Waterfront Museum
Fully booked
27 September 2026
11am - 4pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £55 | £45 Concession
Course: Sketch Along
National Museum Cardiff
30 September 2026
2pm - 5pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £40.00 Standard
Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
1–22 October 2026
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours
Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
Fully booked
7–21 October 2026
9.30pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
Event: Dementia Friendly activity: Ffasiwn
National Museum Cardiff
8 October 2026
1:30 – 4pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
Talk: Unknown Wales Conference 2026
National Museum Cardiff
10 October 2026
10am - 1pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £5.00 (In-person or Online)
Event: The Miners Lamp Collectors Society - 'Little Meet'
Big Pit National Coal Museum
11 October 2026
9.30am - 2.00pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: An Evening with Bleak Fabulous
National Museum Cardiff
16 October 2026
7pm (Exhibition open between 8pm - 10pm)
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £10.00 (Standard); £8.00 (Concession); £5.00 (Students); Free (Under 16s)
Booking: Tickets to this event also include entry to the exhibition for the evening only.
Event: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies
National Museum Cardiff
24 October 2026
10:30am; 12.30pm; 2.30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £12.50 (Adult & Child ticket); £8.00 (Additional Adult or Child ticket); HYNT tickets available
Booking: Welsh & English, BSL and Relaxed sessions
Event: South Wales Makers Market at St Fagans
St Fagans National Museum of History
24 October–1 November 2026
10am - 5pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Gods, Heroes, & Monsters: Become a Hero!
National Roman Legion Museum
26–30 October 2026
10.30am, 11.30am, 1:30pm & 2:30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £5/child (tickets to be released in September)
Event: One Stop Info Shop
National Waterfront Museum
26 October & 30 November 2026
11am - 1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Event: Halloween Nights
St Fagans National Museum of History
29–31 October 2026
5.30-9pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £16 / Under 2s free
Event: Halloween - St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
29–31 October 2026
11pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
Event: Movies at the Museum: The Birds and Psycho (15)
National Museum Cardiff
31 October 2026
2pm (The Birds); 7pm (Psycho)
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £12.00 Standard; Open Concessions available.
Course: Worn Stories: A Ffasiwn Creative Writing Workshop with Rosie Findlay
National Museum Cardiff
11 November 2026
2pm - 4pm
Suitability:
Adults 16+
Cost: £10.00
Booking: This workshop will take place in the "It's Called Ffasiwn" exhibition space
Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
12–25 November 2026
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
13–26 November 2026
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: Dark Wales Tours
Course: Facing Images: A Ffasiwn Creative Writing Workshop with Alix Beeston
National Museum Cardiff
25 November 2026
2pm - 4pm
Suitability:
Adults 16+
Cost: £10.00
Booking: This workshop will take place in the "It's Called Ffasiwn" exhibition space
Event: ‘A Faire Howse Within the Old Walls of a Castle’: A Special Lecture on St Fagans Castle
St Fagans National Museum of History
28 November 2026
11am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-3pm
Suitability:
11+
Cost: Pay what you can
Event: Santa Underground: 300ft of Christmas Magic
Big Pit National Coal Museum
28–29 November & 5–6 December 2026
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
1m+
Cost: 15.00
Event: Storytime with Mother Christmas
Big Pit National Coal Museum
28–29 November & 5–6 December 2026
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
2+
Cost: £10
Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
3–9 December 2026
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: Dark Wales Tours
Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
St Fagans National Museum of History
4–10 December 2026
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: Dark Wales Tours
Event: Saturnalia: Discover Roman Winter Traditions
National Roman Legion Museum
5 December 2026
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
Event: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies
National Museum Cardiff
Fully booked
5 December 2026
10:30am; 12.30pm: 2.30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £12.50 (Adult & Child); £8.00 (Additional Adult or Child); HYNT tickets available
Booking: Welsh & English, BSL and Relaxed sessions
Event: Movies at the Museum: Miracle on 34th Street (U)
National Museum Cardiff
13 December 2026
2pm and 7pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £12.00 Standard; Concessions available
Event: Movies at the Museum: Singin' in the Rain (U)
National Museum Cardiff
27 February 2027
2pm & 7pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: £12.00 (Standard); £10.00 (Concession); Limited HYNT tickets available