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Carmarthenshire, Swansea & The Gower -
Museums & Art Galleries
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Museums long ago ceased to be stuffy
rooms full of glass cases containing bits of old pottery
and fossilised bones.
Today even most conventional
museums including displays which change but over recent
years there has been a growth in industrial and "living"
museums.
Here you can learn about local heritage, get a feel for how people lived
and worked, the hardships they endured...
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Galleries listed include not just civic
galleries displaying publicly owned artworks, but also
privately owned galleries with items for sale.
Not all the
museums and galleries in the Carmarthenshire, Swansea
& The Gower area are listed.
Please provide details of any we have missed here.
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THE NATIONAL CORACLE CENTRE
Cenarth Falls, Newcastle Emlyn, SA38 9JL
Tel: 01239 710980
E-mail us
Web:
www.coracle-centre.co.uk
Open Easter to October,
daily 10am - 6pm. All other times by prior
arrangement.
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The National Coracle Centre
is situated beside the beautiful Cenarth Falls
and Salmon Leap, housing a unique collection of
coracles from all over Wales and many parts of
the World: including Iraq, Tibet, India, Vietnam
and North America.
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Guided tours available at
special rates for groups of 12 or more. Coach
parties, ladies groups and schools most welcome. Forget Me Not Corner antiques shop now open
within the centre.
For further details on this tourist attraction
in Cenarth Falls, Wales see our website.
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ORIEL MYRDDIN GALLERY
Old School of Art, Church Lane, Carmarthen,
SA31 1LH
Tel: 01267 222775
Fax: 01267 220599
E-mail:
orielmyrddin@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Web:
www.orielmyrddingallery.co.uk
Open all year. Free
admission. Mon to Sat: 10am - 5pm.
Closed Bank Holidays
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Contemporary
craft gallery and regional visual art
venue for West Wales.
Changing display of contemporary craft by
leading British makers alongside a
changing programme of exhibitions in
contemporary craft, design and fine art. |
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Associated activities
include workshops for adults & children, artists
talks and demonstrations.
For further details on Oriel Myrddin Gallery in
Carmarthen, Wales see our website.
Full
access to the exhibition space, sorry no access
to the education space on the upper floor
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CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM
Abergwili, Carmarthen, SA31 2JG
Tel: 01267 228696
Fax: 01267 223830
E-mail:
museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Web:
www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Open: All
year except
Christmas and
New Year. Mon -
Sat 10am -
4.30pm
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The County Museum presents
many aspects of Carmarthenshire's rich &
varied past.
Displays include local archaeology,
Egyptology, pottery, portraits, landscape
paintings, Welsh furniture, costume, a Victorian
schoolroom, life on the farm & the homefront
in World War 2.
The building was once
the palace of the Bishops of St. Davids (1542 -
1974) & it was here that the New Testament was
first translated into Welsh in 1567.
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Visitors can still see the
tranquil, private chapel used by the bishops.
Picnic in the delightful grounds.
For further details on this Museum in Abergwili,
Wales see our website.
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THE NATIONAL CORACLE CENTRE
Cenarth Falls, Newcastle Emlyn, SA38 9JL
Tel: 01239 710980
E-mail us
Web:
www.coracle-centre.co.uk
Open: Easter to October,
daily 10am - 6pm. All other times by prior
arrangement.
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The National Coracle Centre
is situated beside the beautiful Cenarth Falls
and Salmon Leap, housing a unique collection of
coracles from all over Wales and many parts of
the World: including Iraq, Tibet, India, Vietnam
and North America.
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Guided tours available at
special rates for groups of 12 or more. Coach
parties, ladies groups and schools most welcome. Forget Me Not Corner antiques shop now open
within the centre.
For further details on the coracle centre
Cenarth Falls, Mid Wales see our website.
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Swansea Museum
Victoria Road, The Maritime Quarter SA1 1SN.
Tel: 01792 653763 Fax: 01792
652585
E-mail:
swansea.museum@swansea.gov.uk
Swansea Museum is the oldest museum in Wales.
The collections contain all kinds of objects
from the past of Swansea, Wales and the rest of
the world.
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Black Mountain Gallery
The Arts Building, 2 Bryn Road (The Square),
Cwmllynfell, Swansea SA9 2FJ,
Tel: 01639 830920
E-mail:
sales@blackmountaingallery.com
Our work is available at a growing number of
galleries throughout the UK,
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Taliesin Arts Centre
Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2
8PZ
Tel: 01792 296883
E-mail:
office@taliesinartscentre.co.uk
Owned and managed by the University of Wales
Swansea, Taliesin Arts Centre is a very popular
venue presenting a wide variety of performances
& exhibitions.
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Attic Gallery
14 Cambrian Place, Old Maritime Quarter,
Swansea SA1 1RG
Tel: 01792 653387
E-mail:
roe@atticgallery.co.uk
Attic Gallery is Wales' longest established
private gallery. It was founded in 1962 to
highlight the work of contemporary artists
working in Wales.
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Rhossili Gallery
Rhossili, Gower SA3 1PL
Tel: 01792 391190
E-mail:
rhossiligallery@gmail.com
The Green Gallery is situated in the beautiful
village of Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula in
South West Wales. The Gallery offers visitors a
range of exclusive paintings, sculptures and
other art works. Why not visit Rhossili and
enjoy a relaxed browse at The Green Gallery.
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National Waterfront Museum
Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1
3RD
Tel: 01792 638950
At the National Waterfront Museum you can be
plunged into poverty, wallow in wealth, dabble
with danger or even risk your health! Experience
noise, grime, high finance, upheaval,
consumerism and opportunity. Be exploited! Watch
as families cope under pressure.
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National Woollen Museum
Drefach Felindre, Nr Newcastle Emlyn,
Carmarthenshire
Tel: 01559 370929
Web:
www.museumwales.ac.uk
The National Woollen Museum is dedicated to
preserving the history of the most important and
widespread industry in Wales. Exhibitions
include listed mill buildings and historic
machinery, along with plenty of amenities for
visitors including a coffee shop and picnic area,
gift shop, lift or level access to most areas of the site
along with facilities for disabled visitors, baby changing
area and high chairs.
Car parking is available.
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