What's On
Exhibitions - This Week
Exhibition
Poppies For Remembrance
National Slate Museum
3 July–31 December 2017
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Special Exhibition
Dinosaur Babies
National Museum Cardiff
27 May–5 November 2017
10am-4.45pm (last entry 4pm) Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays
Suitability: All
Cost: £7 adults, £5 concessions, £3 children, £17/£13 families
Exhibition
Swaps: Photographs from the David Hurn Collection
National Museum Cardiff
30 September 2017–11 March 2018
Suitability: all
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Bacon to Doig: Modern Masterpieces from a Private Collection
National Museum Cardiff
18 February 2017–31 January 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Wriggle! The wonderful world of worms
National Museum Cardiff
18 June 2016–3 June 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Who decides?
National Museum Cardiff
28 October 2017–2 September 2018
Coming Soon
Suitability: all
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Generation Games
National Waterfront Museum
21 October 2017–18 March 2018
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Textile taxidermy - Beasts of the Mabinogion
National Wool Museum
03.10.17-04.11.17
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Family of Blaenafon and Family of Miners
Big Pit National Coal Museum
1 September 2017–28 January 2018
9.30am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Chile and Swansea - A Journey of Copper
National Waterfront Museum
1 July–5 November 2017
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Exhibition
For Better or Worse: Women at War
National Roman Legion Museum
2 March 2017–28 February 2018
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Exhibition
Historical Slate by Bob Roberts
National Slate Museum
31 January–31 December 2017
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Events and Talks - This Week
Talk
Guided tour: Highlights of Art
National Museum Cardiff
Free daily tours at 12.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Clore Explorers
National Museum Cardiff
2pm (weekends during term time)
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Explorer Packs
St Fagans National Museum of History
Suitability: Families
Cost: £3.50
Event
Super Saturdays!
National Roman Legion Museum
Every Saturday
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Toddler Time
National Museum Cardiff
Every Friday
1.30pm - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Farming at St Fagans
St Fagans National Museum of History
Every Day
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
The Knitting Club
National Wool Museum
1st and 3rd Tuesday each month
2-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Carmarthenshire Spinners & Ceredigion Spinners, Weavers and Dyers
National Wool Museum
Every Wednesday.
10.30am -3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Mid Teifi Textile Hooking Group
National Wool Museum
Saturdays fortnightly
11am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Traditional Fairground
St Fagans National Museum of History
8 April–17 December 2017
10am-4pm
Suitability: Age 2-11
Cost: From £1
Event
Cwmpengraig Craft Circle
National Wool Museum
Every Wednesday
10.30am -3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Traces App
St Fagans National Museum of History
Suitability: Age 12+
Cost: Free
Event
Guided tour: Highlights of Science
National Museum Cardiff
1.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
DINO TRAIL
National Slate Museum
24 July–31 October 2017
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Course
The 1950s: The end of empire, the beginning of a social revolution
National Waterfront Museum
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 October, 6, 13, 20, 27 November & 4 December
2pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £30pp
Event
Explore Books
National Waterfront Museum
3, 10, 17 & 24 October
10.30am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Slate Splitting Demonstrations
National Slate Museum
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
St Fagans Museum Ghost Walk
St Fagans National Museum of History
6, 13 & 26 October
7.15pm
Suitability: 13+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £15 per ticket
Event
Late St Fagans Museum Ghost Walk
St Fagans National Museum of History
13 & 27 October
8.45pm & 9.45pm
Suitability: Age 13+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £15 per ticket
Event
St Fagans Museum Ghost Walk
St Fagans National Museum of History
20 & 24–25 October
7.30pm
Suitability: 13+ (Under 18s must be with an adult)
Cost: £15 per ticket
Event
Building the Wicker Man
St Fagans National Museum of History
21–22 & 28–29 October
12-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Welsh Wedding Showcase
St Fagans National Museum of History
22 October 2017
11am - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Talk
Science Café
National Waterfront Museum
25 October 2017
7.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Talk
Taith Iaith
National Museum Cardiff
26 October 2017
1.05pm
Suitability: Welsh Learners
Cost: Free
Talk
Refurbishment: engineering and sustainability in architecture
National Waterfront Museum
27 October 2017
10.30am-12.30am
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Talk
Friday talk:‘Are You Sitting Comfortably?’
National Museum Cardiff
27 October 2017
1.05pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Organ Recital
National Museum Cardiff
27 October 2017
3pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Explore Classic Films: The Third Man (PG, 1949)
National Waterfront Museum
27 October 2017
1.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Music in the Museum
National Museum Cardiff
27 October 2017
2.15pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: £5
Talk
Unknown Wales Event - a day to celebrate Welsh wildlife
National Museum Cardiff
28 October 2017
10am - 3.30pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Event
Diwali Mela
National Museum Cardiff
28 October 2017
10am - 4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
PowerUP show: The Science of Computer Games
National Waterfront Museum
28 October 2017
1pm & 3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Weird History – Smelly Old Bags!
National Waterfront Museum
28–30 October 2017
12pm – 3.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Hallowe'en Trail
National Slate Museum
28 October–3 November 2017
10am-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
Makers’ Market
St Fagans National Museum of History
28 October–3 November 2017
10am-5pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Small charge to cover materials for some activities
Event
Welsh Museums Festival
National Slate Museum
28 October–4 November 2017
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Event
October Half Term Fun
St Fagans National Museum of History
28 October–5 November 2017
12-4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Small charge to cover materials for some activities
Event
Trail of the Unexpected...
National Waterfront Museum
28 October–5 November 2017
10am – 4pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Music and the Animal Kingdom
National Museum Cardiff
29 October 2017
3pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: £5
Event
Half Term Movie:Frankenweenie (PG, 2012)
National Waterfront Museum
29 October 2017
2.30pm
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
Event
Halloween Nights
St Fagans National Museum of History
29–31 October 2017
6-9pm
Suitability: Age 4+
Cost: £15 adults, £8 children (child ticket under 16 years. Under 2 years free)