What's On
The museum is closed on this date.
Exhibitions
Events and Talks
Event: Antiques Roadshow
20 July 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking Essential
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Exhibition: Wales is… talking about empire
From 4 May 2024
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Visit The Vulcan Hotel
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Making Waves – RNLI Cymru 200
22 June 2024 – 13 June 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Family Museum Trail
16 August 2024 – 16 August 2025
Suitability:
Families
Cost: 50p
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Event: Little Lambs
15 July, 14 October & 2 December 2025
10.15am-12.15pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Exhibition: Ffoto Cymru: In Plain Sight (Miss Jenkins? - after Richard Wilson) by Holly Davey
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...our home
12 November 2024 – 12 November 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Audio Described Tours: at the National Roman Legion Museum.
Available Wednesday to Friday, please contact us in advance to arrange a booking
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: Caffi MINE - Big Pit’s Dementia Supportive Group
17 February, 31 March, 12 May & 23 June 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Event: GRAFT Garden - Volunteering Fridays
Every Friday
10-3
Suitability:
Everyone welcome
Cost: Free
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Event: Grŵp GLO - Big Pit’s Intergenerational Group
29 January, 12 March, 4 June & 16 July 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Several Stages of Purification
17 February–31 August 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: One Stop Info Shop
2 June, 7 July, 8 September, 3 November & 1 December 2025
11am - 1pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Gwaith Merched
8 March–7 September 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Underground Tours
10 March, 7 April, 12 May, 16 June & 8 September 2025
1.30pm-4pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Welsh Wool, Slavery and Identity
1 April–1 September 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Crafty Legs Craft Fair at National Museum Cardiff
13 April, 11 May & 8 June 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Calico Dress Cymru - Make your statement...in Stitches!
7 & 15 June 2025
10.30am and 2pm
Suitability:
Age 16+
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Calico Dress Cymru
13 April–20 June 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: A Frontier in Depth
16 April–1 August 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Honeybees
24 July 2025
1pm - 3.30pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Audio Described Tours at National Museum Cardiff
22 May & 10 July 2025
13:00
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Essential
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Exhibition: John Akomfrah’s Listening All Night to the Rain
24 May–7 September 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon
24 May–9 November 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Signals
31 May–31 August 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum
Every Monday (starting on 6 June)
3-4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Flower-making
5 June 2025
1:30 – 4pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Talk: Curator Tour: Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon
5 June 2025
12pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Songs of the Skies at National Museum Wales
5 June 2025
From 12.15pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
5–26 June 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
6–27 June 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Introduction to Mosaics
7 June 2025
10:00am - 4:30pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £90 | £75 Concession
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Event: Gŵyl Tawe
7 June 2025
11am - 9pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Behind the Scenes: Some Recent Prehistoric Treasure Finds from Wales
10 June 2025
2pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £8
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Talk: A Portrait of Britain? Personal & Professional Reflections on Picture Post and the Hulton Archive
12 June 2025
2.30pm - 4.30pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies
13 June 2025
10.30am – 11.15am | 11.45am – 12.30pm | 1pm – 1.45pm
Suitability:
0-5 years
Cost: £12.50
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Event: St Fagans Sketching Group
13 June, 11 July, 8 August & 12 September 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability:
16+
Cost: Free
Booking: Booking is essential.
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Event: Red Ribbon Project
14 June 2025
2.30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Ar Lafar- an event for adult learners of Welsh
14 June 2025
11am-2pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free.
Booking: Spaces are limited. Tickets must be booked in advance for the wet felting workshop.
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Exhibition: Sophie Mak-Schram and collaborators: To Shift a Stone
14 June 2025 – 15 February 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Talk: Artist Talk: Holly Davey in conversation with Bronwen Colquhoun and Adam Webster
19 June 2025
1pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: Step Into Welsh Through Play, Movement and Stories
20 June & 18 July 2025
10.30am - 1pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...for her
From 20 June 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Big Pit's Big Bash
21 June 2025
10am-7pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Gŵyl Ifan
21 June 2025
10.30am-12pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Gallery tour and drumming session
26 June 2025
1 – 3:30pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Festivals & Feasts
26 June & 10 October 2025
11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Event: Organ Recital - John Cheer
27 June 2025
13:00
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Musical Cream Tea!
28 June 2025
1.00pm-3.00pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free entry. £5.50 for cream tea and an Americano or Tea
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Event: Amgueddfa Cymru Producer Network Event - Cardiff
28 June 2025
1:00pm-3:00pm
Suitability:
Suitable for 16-25 year olds.
Cost: Free
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Event: Amgueddfa Cymru Producer Network Event - Swansea
28 June 2025
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Suitability:
Suitable for 16-25 year olds.
Cost: Free
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Event: Amgueddfa Cymru Producer Network Event - Caernarfon
28 June 2025
1:00-pm-3:00pm
Suitability:
Suitable for 16-25 year olds.
Cost: Free
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Event: Meet the Bees
28 June, 26 July & 30 August 2025
11am & 2pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: £4
Booking: Ticketed
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Event: Letterpress Print a Postcard!
21–22 July, 1–2, 11–12 & 25–26 August 2025
12.30 - 3.30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Dementia Friendly Activity: Wool weaving and walking
3 July 2025
1-4pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Talk: An Evening with a Druid
3 July 2025
7pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Pay what you can
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
3–24 July 2025
9.30pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
Fully booked
4–25 July 2025
9.30pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Botanical Printing
5 July 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
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Event: Teddy Bears Picnic
9 July 2025
10am - 2.30pm
Suitability:
Hands on
Cost: Free
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Course: Botanical Illustration - National Museum Cardiff
12 July 2025
10.30am-4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £75 | £60 concession
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Event: Celebration of Nature
12 July 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum on the Move: Llanberis
17-20 July
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Wondrous Oceans
18–20 July 2025
Sessions begin from 10:15am
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £12.50 Standard
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Course: Tataki zome – Flower pounding
19 July 2025
10:30am - 12:30pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £50 | £40 Concession
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Exhibition: Hip Hop: A Welsh Story
19 July 2025 – 22 February 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Meet a Roman Soldier
21–26 July 2025
11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
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Event: Museum on the Move: Dyffryn Nantlle
24-27 July
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Summer Cardboard Big Build
24, 31 July & 7 August 2025
12pm & 2pm
Suitability:
Age 7 +
Cost: £3.50 per child
Booking: Ticketed
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Event: Organ Recital - Jefferey Howard
25 July 2025
13:00
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Bluey's woolly visit to the National Wool Museum!
26 July 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Pre-booked workshop- £8. Meet & Greet Bluey, Story Time & Craft: Free
Booking: Booking tickets on-line in advance for the Bluey Workshop and Bluey Meet & Greet is essential
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Event: Roman Bootcamp
28–30 July 2025
10.30am-11.30am 11.30am -12.30pm 1.30pm-2.30pm 2.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Individual tickets: £3/ child or adult. Group ticket: £10 Can be 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children.
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
1–28 August 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Sunken treasures: a sea shell collector’s dream
5 August 2025
11am
Suitability:
11+
Cost: £8
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Event: National Play Day - Quiet Hour
6 August 2025
10am - 11am
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: National Play Day
6 August 2025
11am - 2pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
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Event: Gladiators
6, 13, 16, 20 & 27 August 2025
10.30am-11.30am 11.30am -12.30pm 1.30pm-2.30pm 2.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability:
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cost: £3/Child
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Event: Hands-on the past
7, 14, 21 & 28 August 2025
10.30am-12.30am & 1.30pm-3.30pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
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Event: Storytime with Babis Bach Babies
8 August 2025
10:30am; 12:30pm; 2:30pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: £12.50 (Adult & Child Ticket)
Booking: On Sale 13th June 10am
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Event: Roman Soldier in the Barrack Room
9, 23 & 30 August 2025
11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop-in
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Event: Museum on the Move: Bethesda
14-17 August
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: K'Nex Big Build Challenge
14, 21 & 28 August 2025
12.30 – 3.30pm
Suitability:
Age 6+
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Peppa Pig's Woolly Visit to the National Wool Museum!
16 August 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Pre-booked workshop- £8. Meet & Greet Peppa Pig, Story Time & Craft: Free
Booking: Booking in advance online for the meadow workshop and Meet & Greet Peppa Pig is essential
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Event: Art after dark: Museum paint along experience
21 August 2025
7pm - 10.30pm
Suitability:
18+
Cost: £28
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Event: Painting party: Family paint along
21 August 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: £13 per person
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Event: LEGO Batman's Woolly Visit to the National Wool Museum!
28 August 2025
Pre-booked workshop starts at 10.15am
Suitability:
Families
Cost: Pre-booked workshop- £8. Meet & Greet LEGO Batman, Story Time & Craft: Free
Booking: Booking in advance online for the animation workshop and Meet & Greet LEGO Batman is essential
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Event: Museum on the Move: Cwmystradllyn
28-31 August
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Course: Taster Session: Learn to Spin
Fully booked
2 September 2025
10.30am-12.30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: £10 per person
Booking: Booking is essential
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
4–25 September 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Swansea International Jazz Festival
5–7 September 2025
Afternoon and into the evening
Suitability:
All
Cost: Ticketed
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Event: Museum on the Road: Craft Festival Wales, Cardigan Castle
5th to the 7th of September 2025
Suitability:
All
Cost: £
Booking: Essential: purchase of ticket
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Event: St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
5–19 September 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: Dementia friendly art activity: Explore Roman patterns through mosaic making
12 September 2025
1:30-4:30pm
Suitability:
Anyone affected by dementia
Cost: Free
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Course: Woad – Fresh Leaves Workshop
13 September 2025
10:30am -1:30pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £55 / Concession £45
Booking: Essential
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Event: St Fagans Food Festival
13 & 14 September 2025
10am-6pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Museum on the Move: Tywyn & Abergynolwyn
13-14 September
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Waterfront Vintage and Makers Market
13 & 14 September 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Penydarren Locomotive Steam Day
14 September 2025
12pm - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
Booking: Drop in
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Event: Museum on the Move: Blaenau Ffestiniog
18-21 September
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: GRAFT Garden Harvest Supper
19 September 2025
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Suitability:
Adults
Cost: Tickets available soon - £26 - Standard, £18 - Accessible
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Course: Introduction to Spinning: From Fleece to Fabric
20 September 2025
10:30am - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £85 | £70
Booking: Essential
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Event: WONDERFEST!
21 September 2025
12 - 3pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: History and Heritage Fair
27 September 2025
10am - 4pm
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
Fully booked
9–24 October 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Course: Natural Dyeing with Garden Plants
18 October 2025
10:30 - 4pm
Suitability:
16+*
Cost: £80 | £65 Concession
Booking: Essential
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Exhibition: Artes Mundi 11
24 October 2025 – 1 March 2026
Coming Soon
Suitability:
All
Cost: Free
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Event: Halloween - St Fagans Castle Ghost Tours
29–31 October 2025
11pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: www.darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
6–27 November 2025
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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Event: St Fagans Ghost Tours
4–18 December 2025
8pm
Suitability:
12+
Cost: £20
Booking: darkwalestours.co.uk
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