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Gallery: Durga
10 March 2010
In the spring of 2009, two artists from India created beautiful images of the Goddess Durga and her family at St Fagans: National History Museum.
Article: Secrets of the ammonites
26 February 2010Scientists have managed to dissolve the rock surrounding the fossil of a 190-million-year-old ammonite, revealing, for the first time its intricate pattern of spines.
Gallery: Documenting the Past – The Tomlin correspondence archive
15 February 2010
John Read le Brockton Tomlin was one of the most highly respected shell collectors of his time. Amgueddfa Cymru holds both his extensive shell collection and his archive of correspondence.
Article: The face of a 6,000-year-old man
22 January 2010A rare Stone Age skull discovered in a burial mound in Powys has given scientists the opportunity to reconstruct the face of a 6,000-year-old man, revealing that he was no hulking cave man but in fact very similar looking to modern man.
Article: English Pottery at Amgueddfa Cymru
6 January 2010Gallery: Tom Mathias photographs
18 December 2009Article: Mineral identification at Amgueddfa Cymru
7 December 2009Gallery: Miners' Strike 84-85
28 October 2009Article: Sir William Reardon Smith, 1856-1935.
15 October 2009
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Natural History
Learn amazing things about the landscape and natural history of Wales.
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A variety of images and recollections from all around Wales, by the people of Wales.
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Botanical illustrations
A marriage of art and science - botanical illustrations at Amgueddfa Cymru
Crystals and minerals
Enjoy the incredible colours, forms and lustre of these magnificent museum specimens.
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Storytellers
A selection of folk narratives from the extensive collections in the sound archive at St Fagans
Museums
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales operates seven national museums across Wales.
Art works
A selection of art works from Art Collections Online.