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Article: A love for art: The Eric and Jean Cass Gift
3 May 2013Over the last 35 years, Eric and Jean Cass have established an outstanding and very personal collection of over 300 sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints and paintings.
Article: Shirley Jones and the Red Hen Press
18 April 2013An 'artist's book' is defined as one created or conceived by an individual artist. Some of the best contemporary examples from Wales are the works of Shirley Jones.
Article: David Jones (1895-1974)
4 April 2013David Jones was more profoundly influenced throughout his life by the landscape, language and myths of Wales than any of his contemporaries. An extraordinary and multi-talented man, he occupies a unique place in twentieth-century British art, and is often called the greatest painter-poet since William Blake.
Article: The Caves at Cefn: Tales of strange creatures and evidence of Wales's earliest humans.
7 March 2013The complex of caves found at Cefn, just outside St Asaph in north Wales has been the focus of much interest over the years. Full of animal bones and home to early Neanderthals, the caves have drawn many notable visitors, including Charles Darwin in 1831
Article: St David's Day
1 March 2013
St David's Day is celebrated in Wales on 1 March, in honour of Dewi Sant, the patron saint of Wales. Little is known about him for certain. What we do know is based on an account of his life written towards the end of the 11th century.
Article: The National Slate Museum - forty years and counting
20 February 2013Article: Colliery checks and tokens
30 January 2013Article: Unseasonal wild flowers in Cardiff: Winter 2012
20 December 2012Article: Ancient fossil meets modern technology
17 December 2012Article: Species new to science: Dance-Flies from Chile
26 November 2012
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Images of Industry
Images of Industry is a an online resource of paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints, sculptures and applied art depicting industry, maritime trade and transport in Wales.
Crystals and minerals
Enjoy the incredible colours, forms and lustre of these magnificent museum specimens.
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Art works
A selection of art works from Art Collections Online.