This list of museums in Wales contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Those marked 'NMW' are part of the network of National Museum Wales.
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Name | Town/City | County/Borough | Region | Type | Summary |
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Beaumaris Castle | Beaumaris | Anglesey | North Wales | Historic house | Medieval castle |
Beaumaris Courthouse | Beaumaris | Anglesey | North Wales | Law enforcement | information, also known as Llys Biwmares Beaumaris Court, dates to 1614 |
Beaumaris Gaol | Beaumaris | Anglesey | North Wales | Prison | 19th century prison |
Cae'r Gors | Rhosgadfan | Gwynedd | North Wales | Literature | website, restored birthplace of author Kate Roberts |
Canolfan Ucheldre Centre | Holyhead | Anglesey | North Wales | Art | website, community arts centre with exhibit gallery for contemporary art and craft |
Haulfre Stables | Beaumaris | Anglesey | North Wales | Transportation | information, open by appointment only, Victorian harness and saddlery, carts and carriages |
Airworld Aviation Museum | Caernarfon | Gwynedd | North Wales | Aviation | website, open 7 days a week, Collection of retired aircraft, history of mountain rescue |
Holyhead Maritime Museum | Holyhead | Anglesey | North Wales | Maritime | Located in an 1858 lifeboat station, maritime and social history |
Y Lasynys Fawr | Harlech | Gwynedd | North Wales | Historical house | website, restored 15 century home of poet Ellis Wynne |
Llynnon Mill | Holyhead | Anglesey | North Wales | Mill | 18th century windmill |
Menai Bridges Exhibition | Menai Bridge | Anglesey | North Wales | Technology | website, history and construction of the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Britannia Bridge |
Moelfre Seawatch Centre | Moelfre | Anglesey | North Wales | Maritime | information, lifeboat, maritime artifacts, marine life and environment |
Museum of Childhood Memories | Beaumaris | Anglesey | North Wales | Toy | information |
Oriel Ynys Môn | Llangefni | Anglesey | North Wales | Multiple | Art, culture, social history of Anglesey |
Plas Newydd | Llanfairpwllgwyngyll | Anglesey | North Wales | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th century house with 1930s interior, military museum of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, garden, arboretum |
Sail Loft Visitor Centre | Amlwch | Anglesey | North Wales | Local | website, local history, copper and shipbuilding industry |
South Stack Lighthouse | Holy Island | Anglesey | North Wales | Maritime | Historic lighthouse, engine room and exhibits |
Stone Science | Pentraeth | Anglesey | North Wales | Natural history | information, dinosaurs, fossils, rocks, minerals |
Swtan Folk Museum | Rhydwyn | Anglesey | North Wales | Historic house | website, 16th century Welsh cottage with a thatched roof, early 20th century interior, exhibits of art and rural life |
Tacla Taid | Rhydwyn | Anglesey | North Wales | Transportation | information, cars, motorbikes, commercial and farm vehicles and static engines |
Abertillery & District Museum | Abertillery | Blaenau Gwent | South Wales | Multiple | website, local history, period room and farm displays, mining, culture, Roman artifacts |
Bedwellty House | Tredegar | Blaenau Gwent | South Wales | Historic house | Early 19th century ironmaster’s residence and gardens |
Blaina Heritage Action Group Museum | Tredegar | Blaenau Gwent | South Wales | Local | website, information, local history |
Brynmawr & District Museum | Brynmawr | Blaenau Gwent | South Wales | Local | website, local history, Brynmawr Furniture pieces made during the Brynmawr Experiment |
Tredegar Local History Museum | Tredegar | Blaenau Gwent | South Wales | Local | information, located in the town library, local history, industry |
Caerphilly Castle | Caerphilly | Caerphilly | South Wales | Historic house | Medieval castle, replica siege engines, exhibits on other castles in Wales |
Gelligroes Mill and Candle Workshop | New Tredegar | Caerphilly | South Wales | Multiple | information, 17th century mill with radio museum, exhibits about Artie Moore, who received the SOS transmission from the RMS Titanic |
Llancaiach Fawr | Nelson | Caerphilly | South Wales | Living | 1645 period home, at the height of the English Civil War when King Charles I of England visited the house to persuade its owner not to change his allegiance |
Winding House | New Tredegar | Caerphilly | South Wales | Local | website, local history, coal mining, winding engine |
Butetown History & Arts Centre | Butetown | Cardiff | South Wales | Multiple | website, local history, culture, art |
Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Local | Includes exhibits of local history, culture |
Cardiff Castle | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Historic house | Medieval castle and Victorian architecture Gothic revival mansion |
Cardiff Story | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Local | City's history, culture |
Castell Coch | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Historic house | Operated by Cadw, late 19th century "fairy-tale" Victorian Gothic castle with lavish furnishing |
Craft in the Bay | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Art | Contemporary crafts gallery |
Doctor Who Exhibition Centre | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Media | Artifacts from the Doctor Who television series |
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Military | Located at Cardiff Castle, history of the Welch Regiment |
The Gate | Roath | Cardiff | South Wales | Art | Arts centre with exhibit gallery |
Insole Court | Llandaff | Cardiff | South Wales | Historic house | Victorian mansion |
National Museum Cardiff | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Multiple | (NMW) Art, archaeology, natural history, dinosaurs, geology, decorative arts |
Norwegian Church Arts Centre | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Art | Arts centre with gallery |
Pierhead | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | History | Late 19th century building with Welsh history exhibits |
St Fagans National History Museum | St Fagans | Cardiff | South Wales | Open air | (NMW) Over forty buildings including a Celtic village, Elizabethan manor house, chapel, medieval church, schoolhouse, tollbooth, farm, |
Techniquest | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Science | Hands-on science exhibits |
Wales Millennium Centre | Cardiff | Cardiff | South Wales | Art | Arts centre with exhibit gallery |
Carmarthenshire County Museum | Carmarthen | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Multiple | Local history, culture, art gallery, furniture, decorative arts, 19th century schoolroom, the inside of a Carmarthenshire farmhouse a clogmaker’s workshop |
Dolaucothi Gold Mines | Pumsaint | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Mining | Operated by the National Trust, Roman surface and deep gold mines |
Dylan Thomas Boathouse | Laugharne | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Historic house | Final home of poet Dylan Thomas |
Kidwelly Industrial Museum | Kidwelly | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Industry | Tinplate industry buildings and equipment |
Museum of Speed | Pendine | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Automotive | Use of Pendine Sands for land speed record attempts |
National Coracle Centre | Cenarth | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Maritime | Collection of coracles |
National Woollen Museum | Llandysul | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Industry | (NMW) Woolen mill, textiles gallery |
Newton House | Llandeilo | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 1912 period house in extensive park, nearby Dinefwr Castle ruins |
Oriel Myrddin Gallery | Carmarthen | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Art | website, contemporary art gallery |
Parc Howard Museum | Llanelli | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Multiple | Local pottery, art, decorative arts, local history |
West Wales Museum of Childhood | Llangeler | Carmarthenshire | South Wales | Toy | Toys, dolls, model trains, model cars, teddy bears, toy soldiers, tin toys, costumes, pinball machines, games, period schoolroom, household items |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre | Aberystwyth | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Art | Part of Aberystwyth University, features exhibit galleries for art, ceramics |
Ceredigion Museum | Aberystwyth | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Local | Local history, archaeology, natural history, Welsh furniture, costumes, farming and agriculture items |
Internal Fire - Museum of Power | Tanygroes | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Technology | Internal combustion and steam engines |
Jen Jones Welsh Quilt Centre | Lampeter | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Art | website, quilts and textile exhibits |
Lampeter Museum | Lampeter | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Local | website, local history exhibits in the town library |
Llanerchaeron | Ciliau Aeron | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century Welsh minor gentry estate with dairy, laundry, brewery, salting house, walled kitchen gardens, organic farm |
Llanon Cottage | Llanon | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Historic house | website, Tudor cottage with original straw rope underthatch |
Llywernog Silver-Lead Mine | Ponterwyd | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Mining | website, 18th century silver mine, buildings, equipment, tramways |
New Quay Heritage Centre | New Quay | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Local | website, local history exhibits |
School of Art Gallery and Museum at Aberystwyth University | Aberystwyth | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Art | website, part of Aberystwyth University, fine art, photography, prints and drawings, crafts and decorative art |
Strata Florida Abbey | Pontrhydfendigaid | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Archaeology | Remains of a medieval Cisterian abbey |
Tregaron Kite Centre and Museum | Tregaron | Ceredigion | Mid Wales | Natural history | website, kites and other area birds, Tregaron Bog, local history, Victorian schoolroom |
Aberconwy House | Conwy | Conwy | North Wales | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust, medieval merchant's house with rooms from different periods |
Amgueddfa Llandudno Museum | Llandudno | Conwy | North Wales | Local | information, local history, culture, copper mining, Welsh kitchen, art |
Conwy Castle | Conwy | Conwy | North Wales | Historic house | Medieval castle |
Conwy Mussel Museum | Conwy | Conwy | North Wales | Maritime | information, pearl fishing |
Conwy Suspension Bridge | Conwy | Conwy | North Wales | Technology | Operated by the National Trust, 1826 version of the Menai Suspension Bridge, now a footbridge, 1890s period toll house |
Conwy Valley Railway Museum | Betws-y-Coed | Conwy | North Wales | Railway | Railway equipment, miniature and model railways, memorabilia |
Home Front Experience | Llandudno | Conwy | North Wales | Living | website, life in Britain during World War II |
Llanrwst Almshouse Museum | Llanrwst | Conwy | North Wales | Local | information, local history, culture, reconstructed early 17th century almshouse room |
New York Cottages | Penmaenmawr | Conwy | North Wales | Historic house | information, 1840s house for local quarry workers, local history, industry |
Oriel Mostym | Llandudno | Conwy | North Wales | Art | website, contemporary art gallery |
Plas Mawr | Conwy | Conwy | North Wales | Historic house | 16th century Elizabethan town house |
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art | Conwy | Conwy | North Wales | Art | Hosts 8-10 exhibits a year |
Sir Henry Jones Museum | Llangernyw | Conwy | North Wales | Historic house | website, Victorian childhood home of philosopher and academic Sir Henry Jones |
Smallest House in Great Britain | Conwy | Conwy | North Wales | Historic house | 16th century house measuring 3.05 metre by 1.8 metre (10 feet by 6 feet) |
Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant | Penmachno | Conwy | North Wales | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 16th century stone-built upland farmhouse, birthplace of Bishop William Morgan, the first translator of the Bible into Welsh, collection of bibles |
Bodelwyddan Castle | Bodelwyddan | Denbighshire | North Wales | Multiple | Historic house with Victorian period rooms, art exhibits from the National Portrait Gallery, gardens, parkland |
Llangollen Motor Museum | Llangollen | Denbighshire | North Wales | Automobile | Cars, motorcycles, memorabilia and artifacts |
Llangollen Museum | Llangollen | Denbighshire | North Wales | Local | website, local history, culture |
Nantclwyd y Dre | Ruthin | Denbighshire | North Wales | Historic house | website, 15th century timbered house with rooms from different periods up to the 1940s |
Plas Newydd | Llangollen | Denbighshire | North Wales | Historic house | Late 18th century Gothic cottage house |
Rhyl Miniature Railway | Rhyl | Denbighshire | North Wales | Railway | Miniature railway and museum |
Rhyl Museum | Rhyl | Denbighshire | North Wales | Local | website, local history, culture |
Ruthin Goal | Ruthin | Denbighshire | North Wales | Prison | website, 19th century Victorian prison dating back to the 17th century |
Ruthin Craft Centre | Ruthin | Denbighshire | North Wales | Art | Contemporary crafts centre with exhibit galleries, artist studios, retail gallery, education and residency workshops |
Wireless in Wales | Denbigh | Denbighshire | North Wales | Wireless radio | website, a collection of radios and information, displaying some very early and rare sets dating from 1920s to the 1960s. |
Greenfield Valley Heritage Park | Holywell | Flintshire | North Wales | Industry | Open air park with a farm museum, former factories for making cotton, brass items, copper sheets, wire |
Mold Library, Museum and Gallery | Mold | Flintshire | North Wales | Local | website, local history, author Daniel Owen |
St Winefride's Well | Holywell | Flintshire | North Wales | Religious | Shrine with museum about its history |
Caernarfon Castle | Caernarfon | Gwynedd | North Wales | Historic house | Medieval fortress castle, site of investiture of the Prince of Wales, houses the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum |
Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery | Bangor | Gwynedd | North Wales | Multiple | website, local history, art, culture, Welsh furniture, costumes, archaeology, |
Llechwedd Slate Caverns | Blaenau Ffestiniog | Gwynedd | North Wales | Mining | Slate mine quarry and tram |
Lloyd George Museum | Llanystumdwy | Gwynedd | North Wales | Historic house | Late 19th century boyhood home of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George |
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum | Tywyn | Gwynedd | North Wales | Railway | Locomotives and artifacts from over 80 British narrow gauge railways |
National Slate Museum | Llanberis | Gwynedd | North Wales | Industry | Formerly the Welsh Slate Museum, former slate quarry |
Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw | Pwllheli | Gwynedd | North Wales | Art | website, art gallery |
Porthmadog Maritime Museum | Porthmadog | Gwynedd | North Wales | Maritime | website, schooners built in the town and the men who sailed in them |
Quaker Heritage Centre | Dolgellau | Gwynedd | North Wales | Religious | website, history of the local Quaker community that later emigrated to Pennsylvania |
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum | Caernarfon | Gwynedd | North Wales | Military | Located at Caernarfon Castle, regimental uniforms, weapons, memorabilia |
Tŷ Siamas | Dolgellau | Gwynedd | North Wales | Music | National centre for Welsh folk music |
Cyfarthfa Castle | Merthyr Tydfil | Merthyr Tydfil | South Wales | Multiple | Local and social history, art, decorative arts |
Joseph Parry's Cottage | Merthyr Tydfil | Merthyr Tydfil | South Wales | Historic house | website, 1840s period ironworker's cottage, birthplace of composer Joseph Parry |
Abergavenny Museum | Abergavenny | Monmouthshire | South Wales | Local | Local history, culture, period saddlers shop, Victorian farmhouse kitchen, 1930s grocery shop, changing exhibits of art, history, culture |
Caldicot Castle | Caldicot | Monmouthshire | South Wales | Historic house | Medieval castle with Victorian furnishings, local history artifacts |
Chepstow Museum | Chepstow | Monmouthshire | South Wales | Local | Local history |
Monmouth Museum | Monmouth | Monmouthshire | South Wales | Biographical | Includes the former Nelson Museum about Admiral Horatio Nelson, local history, |
Priory Church of St Mary | Abergavenny | Monmouthshire | South Wales | Religious | Exhibits in the tithe barn about the priory, 24 foot tapestry of town history |
Usk Rural Life Museum | Usk | Monmouthshire | South Wales | Agriculture | website, farm tools, equipment, scale model horse-drawn vehicles, corn dollies, period household and trade displays |
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum | Crynant | Neath Port Talbot | South Wales | Mining | Former coal mine with buildings, equipment, tram |
Margam Stones Museum | Margam | Neath Port Talbot | South Wales | Religious | Cadw website entry, operated by Cadw, inscribed pre- Romanesque, Roman and Celtic stones and crosses |
Neath Museum & Art Gallery | Neath | Neath Port Talbot | South Wales | Local | website, local history, art, archaeology, natural history |
South Wales Miners' Museum | Cymmer | Neath Port Talbot | South Wales | Mining | Former coal mine with buildings, equipment, miner's cottage, stable, blacksmith |
Welsh Museum of Fire | Skewen | Neath Port Talbot | South Wales | Firefighting | website, fire engines, equipment, memorabilia, open by appointment |
Fourteen Locks Canal and Heritage Centre | Newport | Newport | South Wales | Transportation | Heritage of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal |
National Roman Legion Museum | Caerleon | Newport | South Wales | Archaeology | (NMW) Artifacts and excavations from the Roman legion fortress and settlement and other Roman sites in Wales |
Isca Augusta amphitheatre, barracks, fortress walls and Roman Baths Museum | Caerleon | Newport | South Wales | Archaeology | Artifacts and excavations from the Roman legion fortress and settlement, operated by Cadw |
Newport Museum | Newport | Newport | South Wales | Multiple | Local history, art gallery, local Roman history and archaeology, natural history, social history, industry |
Newport Ship | Newport | Newport | South Wales | Maritime | 15th sailing vessel undergoing restoration, viewed on open days |
Newport Transporter Bridge Visitor Centre | Newport | Newport | South Wales | Transportation | website, history and construction of the bridge and other transporter bridges |
Riverfront Arts Centre | Newport | Newport | South Wales | Art | Arts centre with gallery |
Tredegar House | Newport | Newport | South Wales | Historic house | 17th century Charles II country house mansion |
Blackpool Mill Museum | Narberth | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Mill | information, 19th century water mill |
Carew Castle | Carew | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Multiple | Medieval castle remains and 19th century tidal grinding mill |
Castell Henllys | Crymych | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Open air | Reconstructed Iron Age fort |
Gun Tower Museum | Pembroke Dock | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Multiple | website, located in a Martello tower, local history, military and maritime history |
Haverfordwest Town Museum | Haverfordwest | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Local | website, local history, industry, artifacts from Haverfordwest Castle |
Milford Haven Museum | Milford Haven | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Local | information, information, local and maritime history |
Narberth Museum | Narberth | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Local | information, local history, culture |
Oriel y Parc | St Davids | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Art | website, art gallery, focus is the landscapes of Pembrokeshire, houses the visitor centre for the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park |
Pembrokeshire Motor Museum | Simpson Cross | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Automobile | Vintage cars |
Penrhos Cottage | Maenclochog | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Historic house | Open by appointment, tiny early 19th century cottage |
Picton Castle | Haverfordwest | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Historic house | Medieval castle, art gallery, gardens |
Scolton Manor Museum | Haverfordwest | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Multiple | website, information, Victorian manor house with period rooms, exhibits on local history, agriculture, rural life, railways, industry, science |
Techniquest | Narberth | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Science | |
Tenby Museum and Art Gallery | Tenby | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Multiple | Local history, art, natural history, geology, archaeology, maritime heritage |
Tudor Merchant's House | Tenby | Pembrokeshire | South Wales | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust, Tudor period house |
Abbey-Cwm-Hir Hall | Machynlleth | Powys | Mid Wales | Historic house | 19th century neo-Elizabethan country house, gardens |
Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture | Berriew | Powys | Mid Wales | Art | website, works by Andrew Logan |
Brecon Cathedral Heritage Centre | Brecon | Powys | Mid Wales | Religious | Located in a 17th century tithe barn, history of the cathedral |
Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery | Brecon | Powys | Mid Wales | Multiple | Local history, culture, archaeology, rural life, art gallery |
Centre for Alternative Technology | Machynlleth | Powys | Mid Wales | Science | Exhibits about alternative technologies, sustainable living, the environment |
Cowbridge Museum | Cowbridge | Powys | Mid Wales | Prison | information, early 19th century prison, town hall and museum of local history |
Howell Harris Museum | Aberhonddu | Powys | Mid Wales | Religious | Life of eighteenth-century Methodist leader Howell Harris |
Judge's Lodging Museum | Presteigne | Powys | Mid Wales | Historic house | website, 1870s period house with restored judge’s apartments, servants’ quarters and courtroom |
Llanidloes Museum | Llanidloes | Powys | Mid Wales | Local | website, local history, industry, Victorian period rooms, natural history |
Minerva Arts Centre | Llanidloes | Powys | Mid Wales | Art | website, exhibits of quilts and textiles by the Quilt Association |
MOMA, Wales | Machynlleth | Powys | Mid Wales | Art | Contemporary art exhibits |
Newtown Textile Museum | Newtown | Powys | Mid Wales | Industry | website, typical early 19th century hand weaving shop |
Oriel Davies Gallery | Newtown | Powys | Mid Wales | Art | website, contemporary art and craft |
Owain Glyndwr Centre | Machynlleth | Powys | Mid Wales | Biographical | website, history of Owain Glyndŵr, 14th century Welsh ruler and the last native Welsh person to hold the title Prince of Wales |
Powis Castle | Welshpool | Powys | Mid Wales | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, castle with paintings, sculpture, furniture, tapestries, museum of 18th century artifacts from Indian, gardens |
Powysland Museum | Welshpool | Powys | Mid Wales | Local | website, local history, culture, farming, archaeology, military |
Radnorshire Museum | Llandrindod Wells | Powys | Mid Wales | Local | website, local history, archaeology, natural history including fossils, social history of the former county of Radnorshire |
Robert Owen Museum | Newton | Powys | Mid Wales | Biographical | website, social reformer Robert Owen |
South Wales Borderers Museum | Brecon | Powys | Mid Wales | Military | Uniforms, weapons, medal and artifacts of the South Wales Borderers (24th Foot) and the Welch Regiment (41st/69th Foot) |
Thomas Shop Museum | Penybont | Powys | Mid Wales | History | website, 1805 period general store |
Tretower Court | Crickhowell | Powys | Mid Wales | Historic house | Medieval unfurnished fortified manor house |
W H Smith Museum | Newton | Powys | Mid Wales | History | information, history of W H Smith booksellers, period shop |
Nantgarw Chinaworks Museum | Nantgarw | Rhondda Cynon Taf | South Wales | Industry | website, history of Nantgarw Pottery |
Rhondda Heritage Park | Trehafod | Rhondda Cynon Taf | South Wales | Mining | Former coal mine |
1940s Swansea Bay | Swansea | Swansea | South Wales | Military | website, military and civilian homefront life in Swansea during World War II |
Dylan Thomas Centre | Swansea | Swansea | South Wales | Biographical | Exhibits on author Dylan Thomas |
Gower Heritage Centre | Parkmill | Swansea | South Wales | Open air | Includes 12th century water powered corn and saw mill, restored woolen mill, outdoor exhibits of antique farming and cultivation, blacksmith, potter, farm |
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery | Swansea | Swansea | South Wales | Art | Includes work by Old Masters, contemporary art, porcelain, Swansea china |
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (Egypt Centre) | Swansea | Swansea | South Wales | Archaeology | Part of Swansea University, Ancient Egyptian artifacts |
National Waterfront Museum | Swansea | Swansea | South Wales | Multiple | (NMW) Welsh industrial and maritime heritage, social history, technology, science |
Swansea Museum | Swansea | Swansea | South Wales | Multiple | Three main locations with exhibits on city history and culture, boats and maritime artifacts, street trams and memorabilia |
Taliesin Arts Centre | Swansea | Swansea | South Wales | Art | Part of Swansea University, includes Oriel Ceri Richards Gallery |
Big Pit National Coal Museum | Blaenafon | Torfaen | South Wales | Industry | (NMW), former coal mine, underground tour, equipment, buildings |
Blaenavon Ironworks | Blaenafon | Torfaen | South Wales | Industry | Former iron works, remains of five early blast furnaces, restored late 18th century workers' housing at Stack Square |
Pontypool Museum | Pontypool | Torfaen | South Wales | Local | Local history, art, domestic life, culture, Japanware and decorative arts |
Art Central | Barry | Vale of Glamorgan | South Wales | Art | website, community art gallery |
Cosmeston Medieval Village | Lavernock | Vale of Glamorgan | South Wales | Living | Recreated 14th century peasant village |
Fonmon Castle | Rhoose | Vale of Glamorgan | South Wales | Historic house | Medieval castle home and gardens |
Nash Point Lighthouse | Nash Point | Vale of Glamorgan | South Wales | Maritime | Lighthouse tours |
Oriel Washington Gallery | Penarth | Vale of Glamorgan | South Wales | Art | website, contemporary art gallery |
Turner House Gallery | Penarth | Vale of Glamorgan | South Wales | Art | website, exhibition space for Ffotogallery, the national photography development agency for Wales, exhibits of photography, video, digital media |
Bersham Colliery Mining Museum | Rhostyllen | Wrexham | North Wales | Industry | website, former coalfield with headgear, equipment, miner family life |
Bersham Heritage Centre | Bersham | Wrexham | North Wales | Industry | Iron and steel making, historic schoolroom, area industry and culture |
Chirk Castle | Bersham | Wrexham | North Wales | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, medieval fortress with state rooms, towers and dungeons, gardens |
Erddig | Wrexham | Wrexham | North Wales | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, early 18th-century country house reflecting the upstairs downstairs life of a gentry family over 250 years, outbuildings, garden, landscape park |
Minera Lead Mines | Minera | Wrexham | North Wales | Industry | Former lead mine, equipment, miner family life |
Nant Mill Visitor Centre | Wrexham | Wrexham | North Wales | Natural history | website, located in a former corn mill in Nant Mill Country Park |
Oriel Wrecsam | Wrexham | Wrexham | North Wales | Art | website, formerly the Wrexham Arts Centre |
Techniquest Glyndwr | Wrexham | Wrexham | North Wales | Science | Hands-on science exhibits |
Wrexham County Borough Museum | Wrexham | Wrexham | North Wales | Local | website, local history, culture |
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