Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales,[2][3] branded as simply Amgueddfa Cymru (formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales and legally National Museum of Wales),[4] is a Welsh Government sponsored body that comprises seven museums in Wales:
- National Museum Cardiff – formerly the National Museum of Wales
- St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff
- Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon
- National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre near Llandysul
- National Slate Museum, Llanberis
- National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon
- National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/Amgueddfa_Cymru_logo.svg/200px-Amgueddfa_Cymru_logo.svg.png)
The locations of the branches of (and other sites connected to) Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/National_Museum_Wales_%28Amgueddfa_Cymru%29_logo.jpg/123px-National_Museum_Wales_%28Amgueddfa_Cymru%29_logo.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/The_Cymmrodorion_Society_Museum_For_Wales_1876.jpg/170px-The_Cymmrodorion_Society_Museum_For_Wales_1876.jpg)
In addition to these sites, the organisation runs Oriel y Parc, a gallery of Welsh landscape art in St David's, in partnership with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.[5] The National Collections Centre in Nantgarw is AC-NMW's storage facility.
Directors of the National Museum of Wales
edit- William Evans Hoyle (1908–1924)
- Sir Mortimer Wheeler (1925–1926)
- Sir Cyril Fox (1926–1948)
- D. Dilwyn John (1948–1968)
- Gwyn Jones (1968–1977)
- Douglas Bassett (1977–1985)
- David W. Dykes (1986–1989)
- Alastair Wilson (1989–1993)
- Colin Ford (1993–1998)
- Anna Southall (1998–2002)[6]
- Michael Houlihan (2003–2010)[7]
- David Anderson (2010–)[8][9]
Visitor numbers
editThis section needs to be updated. The reason given is: 2017 figures.(May 2024) |
In 2017 over 1.89m visitors attended the National Museum sites. The most popular site for 2017 was St. Fagans and in 2016 the most popular attraction was National Museum Cardiff.
Museum | Visitor numbers (2017) | Image | |||||
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St Fagans National Museum of History | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
National Museum Cardiff | ![]() | ||||||
National Waterfront Museum | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
National Slate Museum | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Big Pit National Coal Museum | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
National Roman Legion Museum | ![]() | ||||||
National Wool Museum | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Source: Visits to Tourist Attractions in Wales 2017[10] |
Notes
edit- ^ "Amgueddfa Cymru unveils rebranding". Museums Association. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "About Us". Museum Wales. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Tattoo artist Jessie Knight celebrated at Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales". BBC News. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES - Charity 525774". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Oriel y Parc, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, retrieved 9 August 2015[permanent dead link]
- ^ National Museum of Wales (2007). Amgueddfa Cymru = National Museum Wales : celebrating the first 100 years. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7200-0583-7. OCLC 181372070.
- ^ Price, Karen (13 January 2010), "National Museum Wales director Michael Houlihan takes up post in New Zealand", WalesOnline, retrieved 12 August 2015
- ^ "New director general for National Museum Wales", BBC News, 12 July 2010, retrieved 12 August 2015
- ^ Director General, National Museum Wales, retrieved 2 September 2018
- ^ a b "Visits to tourist attractions in Wales 2017" (PDF). Visit Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2018.[permanent dead link]
Further reading
edit- Rhiannon Mason, Museums, Nations, Identities: Wales and its National Museums, Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 2007, 256 p. ISBN 0708319726
External links
editMedia related to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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