Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
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Network of national museums in Wales
"National Museum of Wales" redirects here. For the organisation's main site, known historically as the National Museum of Wales, see National Museum Cardiff.
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales is located in Wales
Cardiff
Cardiff
Blaenavon
Blaenavon
Nantgarw
Nantgarw
Dre-fach Felindre
Dre-fach Felindre
Llanberis
Llanberis
Caerleon
Caerleon
Swansea
Swansea
St David's
St David's
The locations of the branches of (and other sites connected to) Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
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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
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
[edit ]This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: 2017 figures. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Fagans National Museum of History | Increase 553,090 | ||||||
| National Museum Cardiff | Increase 539,550 | ||||||
| National Waterfront Museum | Increase 268,622 | ||||||
| National Slate Museum | Increase 145,969 | ||||||
| Big Pit National Coal Museum | Increase 141,969 | ||||||
| National Roman Legion Museum | Increase 70,021 | ||||||
| National Wool Museum | Increase 36,909 | ||||||
| Source: Visits to Tourist Attractions in Wales 2017[10] | |||||||
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References
[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
[edit ]- Media related to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
