Buildings

1920s interior, Rhydycar Cottages

The collection currently consists of two in situ buildings and over forty historical buildings that have been dismantled and re-erected on the Museum site.

The collection comprises of a variety of building types, including farmhouses and outbuildings, dwelling houses, craft workshops, commercial premises, a school, a workmen's institute and places of worship.

there is also a collection of over 1,000 items of house fabric and fittings.

Buildings and structures are not accepted for removal to the Museum unless threatened with demolition or collapse. Dismantling them and re-erecting them at St Fagans is a means of ensuring their future.

  • National Museum Cardiff

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  • St Fagans: National History Museum

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  • Big Pit: National Coal Museum

    Big Pit

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  • National Wool Museum

    National Wool Museum

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  • National Roman Legion Museum

    National Roman Legion Museum

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  • National Slate Museum

    National Slate Museum

    The National Slate Museum offers a day full of enjoyment and education in a dramatically beautiful landscape on the shores of Llyn Padarn.

  • National Waterfront Museum

    National Waterfront Museum

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