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Dewch i fod yn rhan o stori Cymru. 7 amgueddfa genedlaethol. Mynediad am ddim. 🏴 Play your part in Wales’ story. 7 national museums. Free entry.
Joined April 2009
Thank you for your continued support here over the years. We’re no longer posting on X/Twitter. We will continue to tell the story of Wales through our collections elsewhere:. Facebook: Amgueddfa Cymru.Instagram: @ museumwales.Our website:
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We stand by our decision to display these BLM placards. At Amgueddfa Cymru, we are working towards representing the diverse experiences of people living in Wales today through the national collection.
Nigel Farage has used his GB News show to attack the National Museum of Wales for adding placards from 2020 BLM protests to its museums.
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Aberfan clock to be part of Wales’ national collection . A small clock that stopped at 9.13am, the moment the Aberfan disaster struck, will now be part of the collections at @StFagans_Museum .
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📣We’re pleased to announce that @GlamBrewingCo will supply the beer for The Vulcan Hotel when it reopen at St Fagans in 2024! 🍺. More info 👇.
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Be part of The Vulcan’s story!. We’re looking for a brewery to create and supply a bespoke range of draught and bottled beers to be sold at The Vulcan Hotel when it opens at St Fagans in 2024.
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Diolch! Thanks @OwsWills for allowing us to archive a digital copy of *that* poster for the Covid collection at @StFagans_Museum. Please take-part in the #CollectingCovid questionnaire to add your pandemic experiences to the national collection: . 😷.
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Amgueddfa Cymru staff have been making face masks, scrubs and scrub bags to support our key workers. Among the staff members are Operations Manager - Tracy Lucas, Head of Publishing -Mari Gordon & Strategy Coordinator - Grace Todd. Thank you ❤️ .#ppe #nhs #nhsheroes #thankyounhs
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The Vulcan Hotel opens in 2 days @StFagans_Museum! . We're looking forward to welcoming you to the pub from Saturday 11 May. 👀Here's a sneak peek of the inside . More info 👇.
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Gwendoline Davies was born on this day in 1882. Gwendoline & sister Margaret gave hundreds of works to Wales’ national art collection. These works by Cezanne, Monet, Degas & Botticelli on display at @Museum_Cardiff are just a glimpse…
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💕Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen Hapus💕. St Dwynwen's Day is celebrated in Wales on 25 January and commemorates the patron saint of friendship and love. Who was Dwynwen?.👀 👇 .
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Amgueddfa Cymru has acquired a new collection of objects that shed light on LGBTQ+ life in Wales. The collection relates to Reg Mickisch and George Walton, a gay couple who met in 1949 and were together for over 60 years, passing away within a few months of each other in 2011.
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We've been guardians of Wales's heritage, art and natural history collections since 1907, and we believe that museums can change lives. Share if you believe #museumschangelives too.
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We can confirm that there was a small fire in the dome at National Museum Cardiff on Thursday lunchtime. No staff were hurt and no collections were damaged. The fire has been successfully extinguished and the fire service are now investigating the source of the fire.
We are currently in attendance at a reported fire at the #NationalMuseumWales in Cathays, #Cardiff. Multiple crews are currently in attendance and the incident remains ongoing at this time. @AmgueddfaCymru
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📣The news you've all been waiting for! 👀 . The Vulcan will open @StFagans_Museum on Saturday 11 May! . You can secure your seat in the pub by pre-booking one of our beer flights containing beers developed by @GlamBrewingCo . 🎟️Book now.
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📢TREASURE FOUND ON ANGLESEY . This is the first hoard of Iron Age gold coins to have been discovered in Wales. The coin hoard comprising fifteen gold coins known as staters was discovered in Llangoed Community, Anglesey. More:
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This lapel badge was produced to remember the efforts of Welsh Women’s Support Groups during the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike.
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#TwitterTour🏳️🌈⬇️. The Ladies of Llangollen are probably the most famous lesbian couple in history. Lady Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby fled Ireland when their families tried to separate them. They lived together at Plas Newydd in Llangollen for over 50 years.#YourPride #LGBTQ+
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These placards from the #BLM rally in front of the Senedd today are on their way to @StFagans_Museum. A massive thanks to @BLMCardiff for your support in making this happen. #BlackLivesMatter
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✨The find of a lifetime!✨. Further items relating to the the Pembrokeshire Chariot find have today been declared treasure, including a complete iron sword . They date from 2000 years ago, a time when the Iron Age communities were in conflict with an invading Roman army
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Communities across Wales continue to play an active part in the Black Lives Matter movement.
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@thehuwedwards Hi Huw - the portrait is being removed temporarily and will be back on display in the coming months. The redisplay will include more about Picton's history - the good and the bad. Please read our press release for more information:
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The Aberfan clock is now on display in the ‘Wales Is’ gallery @StFagans_Museum . We’re very grateful to Mike Flynn for donating the clock to Amgueddfa Cymru, enabling us to tell the story of an important part of Welsh history.
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Thank you @RoyalMail for delivering this letter to our T. Rex!. Jaydn - you didn't leave an address but we followed your instructions and read out your letter to our dinosaurs. They were very happy to get some fanmail 🦖
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Do you want to know how to identify a Prehistoric stone tool? Interested in how stone tools were made?. Join our specialist archaeology curators from for an in depth look at Prehistoric stone tools on this online study day 17 July . Tickets 👇 .
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A new exhibition at National Museum Cardiff will look at the rich history of hip-hop in Wales – from its rebellious roots to the current day. We need your hip-hop memorabilia!🙌. 🎚️More: 1/2.📷Pete and Lee
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We're privileged to have Matthew on our team @Museum_Cardiff, a pleasure to work with and a real inspiration to us all.
"If people have Down's syndrome, they may find it harder to be more independent. But it will not stop you, because it hasn't stopped me". #WorldDownSyndromeDay #WDSD19
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This is a #TwitterTakeover for #TakeoverTuesday by @SSAPYouth, we are a highly driven and critical network of young leaders from diverse backgrounds, our topic today: What To Do About Picton?. THREAD
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#HappyOwainGlyndwrDay. To celebrate #OwainGlyndwr day here’s Owain Glyndŵr’s coat of arms, 1404-08 from our museum collection. This mount from a sword belt or horse harness was found at Harlech #Castle which was taken by Glyndŵr in 1404. 🐎⚔️🏰. 🔅:
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When these women marched through London, the crowd responded to their Welsh flag with "Here comes the Devil". See this very banner up close this weekend, in a special event at @StFagans_Museum: #stillmarching
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We've won! 🥳🥳 We are delighted that our Minecraft Your Museum Competition has won the Best Social Media Activity in the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award From Home @kidsinmuseums #FamilyFriendlyMuseum
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Wow! It’s been 20 years since the introduction of #freeentry to museums in Wales. We are also delighted today that we reopen the outdoor grounds of @StFagans_Museum to visitors to enjoy.#ThrowbackThursday #TBT
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Thanks to all that made the Living Canvas event a success this weekend, where historical clothes were interpreted and created from portraits in our collection by Costume Construction students from @ColegyCymoedd
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At one time in Wales, New Year’s festivities were even more important than Christmas. What is Calennig? . Learn more about New Year traditions 👇 .
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At 5pm on 13 February 1923, the first ever first radio broadcast in Wales was made from a tiny studio at 19 Castle Street, Cardiff.📻🏴.Then at 9.30pm, Mostyn Thomas sang ‘Dafydd y Garreg Wen’, the first Welsh language song on air. 📰 #WorldRadioDay2023
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It's #NationalSiblingsDay. Welsh sisters Gwendoline & Margaret Davies amassed an amazing art collection. Works by Monet, Turner, VanGogh, Renoir,Botticelli & more!.They bequeathed 260 works to our museum collection. We are proud to take care of their legacy for future generations
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BREAKING NEWS: The Bayeux Tapestry will spend 6 months in Wales during its loan to the UK from France. A spokesman for the National Museum of Wales said “We haven’t decided yet where we’re going to display it. It’ll either be Bayeux, or by there.”.
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The Blue Lady has gone on her holidays!. Renoir’s 'La Parisienne' is off to Paris to star in a major exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first ever Impressionist exhibition at @MuseeOrsay, then on to @NGADC in Sept. More👉 Bon voyage!🧳🇫🇷
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Singer, activist and actor Paul Robeson was born on this day, 120 years ago. When his passport was seized by the US authorities, he joined the 1957 Miners' Eisteddfod in Porthcawl via telephone. This remarkable recording still gives us chills:
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Jessie Knight, Britain’s first prominent female tattoo artist, ran her own studio in Barry from the age of 18.💪❤️.We recently acquired her collection of around one thousand designs, photographs & objects, which are currently being researched & conserved.
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Trawsnewid - a brand new exhibition where Welsh #LGBTQ+ history, culture and artwork are celebrated through select objects and new artworks produced by #AmgueddfaCymru Producers opens on the 12 March. Learn more here:
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Our museums are closed following Government guidance over Coronavirus. All public programmes and events are also cancelled. Further updates will be shared via our website and social media channels.
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#DyddSantesDwynwen hapus! . It was not only spoons that were carved as tokens of love in Wales. This a cow’s horn, beautifully carved in 1758 in the Aberystwyth area, as a gift by Edward Davis for his sweetheart Mary.
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Today we're uncovering half a million collections records - a century of collecting stories, from the earliest humans to modern-day Wales. Take a look at some of the biggest, shiniest, most audacious and controversial items in our collections:.
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We had to empty the library so our books wouldn’t be damaged by building work. Now the books are going back…. 📚 #WorldBookDay 📚. @Amgueddfa_Lib @Museum_Cardiff.@EdwardBaden @WBDWales
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We hope you're cwtshed up warm tonight! Here's a beautiful, groundbreaking photo of snowflakes through a microscope, taken by early Welsh photographer John Dillwyn Llewelyn. Read more about his pioneering work: #uksnow #snowflakes
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Congratulations to @stfagans_museum on being named one of @guardian's 10 best new UK museums!. The museum might be 70 this year, but we can't wait to open our brand-new #hlfsupported galleries this Autumn: . . #CreuHanes #MakingHistory
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Remember Cardiff’s iconic Vulcan pub? It’s now the latest building project in St Fagans National Museum of History. So how is it going? Join our free crowdcast debate at 15:00 to find out. #DigitalFoodFestival.
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We @AmgueddfaCymru share the concern about the potential future of @TheCardiffStory and have written a letter to the Leader of @CardiffCouncil express our concern.
News | ‘Closure by stealth’: Shock over plan to turn Museum of Cardiff (@TheCardiffStory) into mobile attraction – council says shutting museum building would save £266,000 a year. Read:
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Pen-blwydd hapus @S4C! 40 today! . SuperTed was the first programme to be broadcast on the channel on 1 November 1982. 📷 SuperTed teddy in the Amgueddfa Cymru collection.
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Congratulations to the Slate Landscape of North West Wales, which includes the National Slate Museum @AmgueddfaLechi, which has today become the UK’s newest @UNESCO World Heritage Site!. ⛰️💙🏴🌍. #WalesSlate #MoreThanSlate.📸 Crown copyright - @RCAHMWales
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Radical curators like Minwel Tibbott saw the value in women's stories, and their everyday lives. Thanks to her work, we have a wonderful record of women's lives in 20th century Wales. Hear their voices here: #museumhour
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📢 TREASURE FOUND IN CARMARTHENSHIRE 📢. Three finds dating from the Bronze Age to post-medieval periods have been declared treasure. 🧵👇
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Celebrate #WelshLanguageMusicDay by having a look & listen at some of the treasures we have in our collection, including Meic Stevens’ guitar, recordings of old folk songs, and never mind the punk, how about some pwnc chanting?! #DyddMiwsigCymru.
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Rydym yn falch o'r arddangosfa hon. Yn Amgueddfa Cymru, rydym yn gweithio tuag at gynrychioli profiadau amrywiol pobl sy'n byw yng Nghymru heddiw drwy'r casgliad cenedlaethol. Mae cymunedau ledled Cymru yn parhau i chwarae rhan allweddol yn ymgyrch Mae Bywydau Du o Bwys.
Nigel Farage has used his GB News show to attack the National Museum of Wales for adding placards from 2020 BLM protests to its museums.
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Happy #StPatricksDay to all in Ireland, especially to @NMIreland whom we share a great partnership🇮🇪🏴. ☘️Here is a beautiful Shamrock from our Welsh National Herbarium.😃Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit!
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We’re reopening!. @StFagans_Museum 4 Aug.@AmgueddfaLechi 23 Aug.@Museum_Cardiff 27 Aug.@The_Waterfront 28 Aug.@BigPitMuseum 1 Sept.@RomanCaerleon 2 Sept.@AmgueddfaWlan 3 Sept. Visitors will need book a free ticket in advance. We are preparing our booking site - please check back
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David Anderson, Director General of Amgueddfa Cymru talks about the significance of Frank Brangwyn’s ‘A heavy gun in action’.“These are very hard times. We can remind ourselves that at another time,just like that in 1920,there was a determination in Wales to rebuild afterwards.”
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It’s #WelshMuseums today and a chance to come together as a sector in Wales. An opportunity to look back and look ahead to the future together #MuseumWeek #StayHome. Flag from the collection:
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Mae rhai o staff Amgueddfa Cymru wedi bod yn defnyddio eu hamser personol i gefnogi ein gweithwyr allweddol trwy wneud mygydau, scrubs neu fagiau scrubs. Da iawn chi Mari Gordon, Tracy Lucas a Grace Todd. Diolch ❤️ . #ppe #nhs #diolchgig #diolchnhs #nhsheroes #thankyounhs
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Gwesty'r Vulcan 🍻. Mae'r Vulcan yn agor mewn 2 diwrnod @StFagans_Museum! . Rydyn ni'n edrych ymlaen at groesawu chi i'r dafarn ar ddydd Sadwrn 11 Mai. Dyma gipolwg tu fewn y dafarn👀. Mwy o wybodaeth 👇.
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We stand with our LGBTQ+ community and the community of Cardiff today and every day in standing against homophobia. Today we remember Dr Gary Jeninks who deserved to be treated with respect.
👇 LGBTQ+ people should be free to go about their lives without fear or restriction, Dr Jenkins' tragic death is a reminder of the hate our communities face for simply existing.
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🙌 Llongyfarchiadau mawr Caroline. Very well deserved. You do so much for @amgueddfacymru and for Wales. Pob lwc! #WomenInScience.
We elected the FIRST woman president of the Palaeontographical Society! (It's taken 174 years, we know it was overdue!) We warmly welcome Dr Caroline Buttler (@CardiffCurator) to the role, and have no doubt she'll steer PalSoc into a bright future. Congratulations Caroline! [5/5]
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People have often taken comfort in folklore & superstition. 🧜👛.Mermaid’s Purses are egg cases of sharks, skates or rays. Each case was once a safe haven for a growing embryo🦈. In folklore, these are handbags or purses lost by their mermaid owners & washed up on the seashore
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Treasure has been found!. #Medieval & post-medieval objects from Powys & Vale of Glamorgan have been declared #treasure. @AmgueddfaCymru – National Museum Wales hopes to acquire some of these artefacts for the national collection. Press Release.➡️
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📢Extraordinary new fossils found by @amgueddfacymru researchers in Wales 🤩. The #fossils provide a new window into life in the ocean that covered mid #Wales 460 million years ago.
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Iron Age chariot fittings declared treasure!. First group of artefacts with Celtic art decoration discovered in Pembrokeshire.
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We have been awarded £55k by Clore Duffield Foundation to boost our learning offer during Covid19. Thank you!. Press release:. This funding will help grow our online educational resources & enable us to reach an even greater number of people across Wales
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Cloc Aberfan i ddod yn rhan o gasgliad cenedlaethol Cymru . Bydd cloc bach a stopiodd am 9.13am, yr union amser y tarodd y domen y pentref, yn dod yn rhan o’r casgliadau yn @StFagans_Museum.
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With the support of the people of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru will create a national memory of the pandemic in Wales .#WelshMuseums #MuseumWeek. @WGCulture @WelshMuseums @WelshMuseumsFed @MuseumsAssoc @VisitWalesBiz .
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A strange perk of the nightshift is enjoying the ethereal beauty of the national collections alone and by torchlight – it's a unique and special experience. #TakeoverTuesday
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We had a fantastic donation to the collection this morning. 👏👏. Huge thank you to Dr Eilir Hughes and Dr Helena Hughes for keeping these empty vials of Pfizer and AZ vaccines for the collection. 💉💉. Diolch yn fawr iawn. #CollectingCovid #MakingHistory
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⭐ Mae @ColegyCymoedd nôl yn Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd! Mae myfyrwyr newydd y cwrs creu gwisgoedd wedi ail greu y gwisgoedd sydd yn rhai o’r portredau yn ein casgliad. Ymunwch a ni ar 26 Mawrth i fwynhau y sioe ffasiwn. Galwch heibio, mae mynediad am ddim. ⭐
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💕Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen Hapus💕. St Dwynwen's Day is celebrated in Wales on 25 January and commemorates the patron saint of friendship and love. Who was Dwynwen?.👀 👇.
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📷 Mari Lwyd, c1900 from Llangynwyd, Glamorgan. Over the Christmas period, a horse’s skull such as this would be carried from house to house in parts of south Wales. To gain entry they sang verses. Learn more about the Mari Lwyd here 👇 .
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Pen-blwydd hapus @S4C! 40 heddiw! . SuperTed oedd y rhaglen gyntaf i’w darlledu ar y sianel ar 1 Tachwedd 1982. 📷 Tedi SuperTed o gasgliad Amgueddfa Cymru .
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Around 9.15am on the 21 October 1966, Merthyr Vale Colliery tip collapsed and slid onto the village of Aberfan. 116 children and 28 adults were killed. 📷Alarm clock from Moy Road found in the tip waste a few days after the disaster. On display in Wales is @StFagans_Museum
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✨ONLINE TALK✨.Black History is Welsh History.8 Feb, 6pm. The Somaliland community is one of the oldest minority ethnic communities in Wales, tracing its connection to the 19th century, when Somali sailors were recruited into the British merchant fleet. 🎟️
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What is the Mari Lwyd?. One of the most well-known Welsh customs is the Mari Lwyd, meaning 'Grey Mare', a horse-figure carried from door to door by wassail-singing groups during the Christmas season. Have you ever seen the Mari Lwyd being performed? .
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From the fight for a vote to the steps of the Senedd: come and see these rare Welsh suffrage banners at @AssemblyWales, on the 6th and 8th of March. #StillMarching
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Mae ymchwil archaeolegol yn Sir Benfro yn cadarnhau i'r cerbyd rhyfel Celtaidd cyntaf gael ei ganfod yn ne-orllewin Prydain!. Archaeological research in Pembrokeshire confirms the first Celtic chariot burial ever found in western and southern Britain!
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🐈But what about cats?.This is Spartapuss, a regular visitor to the National Roman Legion Museum Garden. She often pops in for a tummy and chin tickle and loves the attention from visitors!
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This is Bryn – a sculpture of a miner wearing a ‘Lesbians and Gaymen’ T-shirt. It was produced by Olivia Quail, mother of Gethin Roberts who was played by Andrew Scott in the 2014 film ‘Pride’. #ObjectsOfComfort #LBGT+HistoryMonth
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We are completely overwhelmed and truly excited to have won! Thank-you to everyone who took part in the completion and to @kidsinmuseums #FamilyFriendlyMuseum.
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We are delighted to announce that we have purchased Daniel’s winning piece as part of our commitment to ensure Wales' contemporary art continues to be strongly represented in the national collection.
🥇 Congratulations to @DanielTrivedy. Winner of this year's gold medal for art. Don't forget to go to #YLleCelf to see his winning piece 'Carthenni Argyfwng'.
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🏉#GRANDSLAM day!.Who’s going to win in Paris tonight?🇫🇷🏴. This rugby ball in our collection was used in an international match between France & Wales in 1912. Wales beat France 14-3. Let's hope it's another victory today🤞@WelshRugbyUnion . #SixNations #SixNations2021 #FRAvWAL
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📺Secret of the Celtic Grave. Looking forward to watching tonight at 8pm @S4C/@Smithsonian Channel. “A once in a lifetime find to be working on" Adam Gwilt @AmgueddfaCymru. Created by @S4C & @Smithsonian with @AmgueddfaCymru & other partners
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🏳️🌈 February is LGBT+ History Month @LGBTHM . Join curator Mark Etheridge to find out more about how the collections housed at St Fagans tell the story of the LGBTQ+ community’s rich history in Wales 🏴. #MuseumTalks.24 Feb, 6pm.Book your tickets now!.👇.
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👗This doll’s dress was hand-made by a lady called Anwen in 1984. 🎄The dresses were given to the daughters of striking miners in Pontlottyn as Christmas presents during the 1983-84 Miners Strike.
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📢Job Opportunity. We're looking for a Welsh speaker with knowledge of the industrial history of Wales, is committed to increasing representation in museums and in developing Amgueddfa Cymru’s collection with diverse communities across Wales. More here 👇.
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Today (18 Sept 2019), we are declaring a global climate and ecological emergency. We pledge our support to those participating in the Global #ClimateStrike and the Welsh Government's own declaration of a Climate Emergency. #OurFutureWales
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Have you seen our latest infograph, detailing our impact on Wales and beyond? A huge thanks to our staff, volunteers and visitors.
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What better birthday gift can we offer #RichardBurton than an exhibition about his life? . Here’s a sneaky peak behind the scenes!. Discover the man behind the legend in .‘Becoming Richard Burton’ opening 21 Nov @Museum_Cardiff . ✅Free entry.✅Booking to be announced
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International #MuseumDay is an opportunity to celebrate the positive impact made by museums across the world. Here are some facts from Wales
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Happy New Year and a warm welcome to Kath Davies @kathDavies12 who joins us as @AmgueddfaCymru's new Director Of Collections and Research.👏.
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Rydyn ni’n falch iawn o groesawu ein Prif Weithredwr newydd, Jane Richardson.Mwy: 👋.We're delighted to welcome our new Chief Executive, Jane Richardson.More:
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Amgueddfa Cymru is taking a stand against racism in our society. Here is a statement by our Director General, David Anderson. Register your institution or company today and join us in saying “No” to racism: #ZeroRacismWales
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The National Collections Centre has an area of uncultivated lawn that at this time of year is ablaze with wildflowers and buzzing with insect life.🦋🐝🐞.Maximum beauty with all work done by nature itself!. 1/2
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Llongyfarchiadau anferthol @HeleddFychan! Colled mawr i Amgueddfa Cymru ond bydd y #Senedd a Chymru ar eu hennill! Pob lwc!. Huge congratulations @HeleddFychan on being elected. Amgueddfa Cymru’s loss will be the #Senedd and Wales’ gain. #Senedd2021 #diwylliant #culture.
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#BreakingNews . @AmgueddfaCymru in partnership with @BBCWales will be hosting an exhibition to illustrate how the BBC has played a part in the everyday lives of people in Wales over the last 100 years.
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