Event:Fringe Events

Amgueddfa Cymru Food Festival 2022 will be held at St Fagans National Museum of History on 10 & 11 September. However, Amgueddfa Cymru has also programmed other foodie fringe events in September held at some of our other sites & online.

Museum Talks: A History of Cider Making in Wales 

Location: Online Event
Date and time: Thursday 8 September, 7-7:30pm
Cost: Pay what you can / Suggested donation £5

An illustrated history of making cider in Wales from the early vague references, its growth into a widespread rural activity during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, its decline, then its revival in the late 20th century. Cider is an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples. It was the staple drink of many of the rural inhabitants of the Welsh border counties until the early years of the twentieth century. Cider making was a skilled and ancient craft widely practised until the late 1950s, when it was largely replaced by factory produced cider. Traditional farmhouse cider continued to be produced on a small scale, however, keeping the craft alive, until a new crop of craft cider makers emerged in the 1990s onwards leading to its renaissance and development.

This session will be held in English.

More information and tickets found here.

GRAFT Supper Night

Location: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea 
Date and time: Friday 9 September, 6.30pm
Cost: £15

Join us at the GRAFT community garden on the 9th of September, as part of the Amgueddfa Cymru Food Festival, for a seasonal dinner cooked in our community built, wood-fired oven. We’ll be hosting inspiring local food producers, ambassadors and community projects from across the city for a community feast with a difference.

More information and tickets here

Oasis Supper Club at St Fagans

Location: St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff CF5 6XB
Date and time: Friday 9 September, 6pm arrival 
Cost: £30

Join us for a unique feasting experience in the historical setting of Llys Llywelyn.  

Fusing Welsh food heritage with the global culinary influences from the Oasis kitchen team, expect twists on Welsh classics and an evening of entertainment as we celebrate the unifying culture of food in this special Oasis Supper Club at St Fagans. 

More information and tickets here

Museum Talks: Hortus Culture 

Location: Online Event
15 September 2022 6 - 7pm 
Cost: Pay what you can / Suggested donation £5

Gardening for leisure and pleasure for wealthy Romans is a recognisable archaeological phenomenon within British Roman archaeology. The Latin word for garden is hortus, so Roman culture could be partly described as a ‘hortus’ culture.  This talk outlines the rationale for the creation and planting of a popular Roman-inspired garden at the National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon.  International and regional Roman evidence for gardens and gardening will be briefly considered.

This session will be held in English.

More information and tickets here

Exhibition: Keeping it Local

Location: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea 
Date and time: 2 April - 18 September 2022
Cost: Free

Discover some of our amazing food delivery vehicles from the past. Find out about some of the people, businesses and projects linked to shopping locally in the past and in the present. ‘Buying local’ can mean different things to different people. What does it mean for you?

More information here