St Fagans National Museum of History is an open-air attraction that chronicles the traditional lifestyle, culture and architecture of Wales. Located in St Fagans, just outside Cardiff, the museum consists of more than 40 buildings from various locations in Wales, and is set in the grounds of St Fagans Castle, an Elizabethan manor house. The…
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery was once the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil. Back at the time of the industrial revolution when Merthyr was the iron and coal capital of the world, industrialist William Crawshay commissioned the spectacular mansion, one of the most imposing buildings…
A working coal mine from 1880-1980, the Big Pit National Coal Museum was opened to the public in 1983 as part of the National Museum of Wales. Located adjacent to the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, it is the highlight of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site and part of a network of coal workings established…
One of only two museums in Britain dedicated to former prime ministers, the Lloyd George Museum in Llanystumdwy serves as a tribute to one of the United Kingdom’s great reformers. The museum acts as custodian of important historical records and artefacts that document the life and times of the inspirational war leader and social reformer,…
Set in the beautiful Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales, the Silver Mountain Experience takes visitors on an atmospheric journey back to the 18th century when silver was mined in them there hills. During the boom of the 1860s the whole of north Cardiganshire resembled the Klondike, attracting speculators and adventurers from across the globe, but…
Located in the historic former Cambrian Mills in the Teifi Valley, the National Wool Museum charts the history of weaving in Wales, once the most important industry in the country. During the late 1800s and early part of the next century, the woollen industry sustained the Welsh rural community and Cambrian Mills was built on…
Occupying an eight-acre site in Bickenhill, Solihull, the National Motorcycle Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of British motorcycles. Originally opened in October 1984, the museum resulted from the drive and determination of one man, construction entrepreneur Roy Richards, who began collecting motorcycles in the 1970s. From just 350 motorcycles when it opened,…
There are many ways in which Scottish culture differs from that of the rest of the British Isles, but perhaps nothing better sums up those differences than the Highland Games… Scotland’s way of celebrating its age-old artistic and athletic traditions. Some believe the games originated as a clan chieftain’s way of choosing his best bodyguards…
Housing two rockets in a 42-metre tower, the National Space Centre in Leicester is also home to the UK’s largest domed planetarium and features six galleries crammed with space memorabilia from suits and rockets to satellites and meteorites. A museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, the centre is the…
The way we look at the world changed 107 years ago today when Alfred Wegener presented his theory on ‘continental drift’ to the German Geological Society, putting forward the notion that the Earth’s continents had once been united in a single super land mass named Pangaea that had drifted apart over geological time. Born in…
