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At the core of Amgueddfa Cymru is its collections. Researching these collections strengthens our contribution to a world-wide appreciation of Wales, and of the heritage and culture of the Welsh people. Keeping and caring for these collections enable us to continue as a living museum, and as the definitive treasury for Wales of objects from the past and present.
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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.
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A selection of art works from Art Collections Online.
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Articles: Species new to Science: Polychaetes from the Falkland Islands
20 February 2013[image: Polecheate worm]
Polychaetes (or bristleworms) are found in nearly every marine habitat on Earth. They are very adaptable and diverse in appearance, and there are currently around 10,000 species described. With increasing environmental pressures on our marine environment it is more important than ever to know what species live where.Articles: The National Slate Museum - forty years and counting
20 February 2013[image: Gilfach Ddu]
On 22 August 1969 silence came to Dinorwig Quarry. After almost 200 years of hard toil, the quarry was closed and the men were sent home for the last time. Three years later life was breathed back into the Gilfach Ddu quarry workshops again, as they opened their doors as a museum. Today, over 40 years later, the Museum continues to go from strength to strength.Articles: A new discovery within an old instrument: was the Welsh crwth unique in possessing two soundboxes?
2 April 2012[image: crwth]
Amgueddfa Cymru is fortunate enough to house one of only three surviving authentic Welsh crwths in Britain. Does the discovery of a hidden aperture make the crwth unique amongst bowed instruments by having two soundboxes?
Articles: Sourcing the Stonehenge Bluestones
21 February 2012
Articles
Articles: Species new to Science: Polychaetes from the Falkland Islands
20 February 2013[image: Polecheate worm]
Polychaetes (or bristleworms) are found in nearly every marine habitat on Earth. They are very adaptable and diverse in appearance, and there are currently around 10,000 species described. With increasing environmental pressures on our marine environment it is more important than ever to know what species live where.Articles: The National Slate Museum - forty years and counting
20 February 2013[image: Gilfach Ddu]
On 22 August 1969 silence came to Dinorwig Quarry. After almost 200 years of hard toil, the quarry was closed and the men were sent home for the last time. Three years later life was breathed back into the Gilfach Ddu quarry workshops again, as they opened their doors as a museum. Today, over 40 years later, the Museum continues to go from strength to strength.Articles: A new discovery within an old instrument: was the Welsh crwth unique in possessing two soundboxes?
2 April 2012[image: crwth]
Amgueddfa Cymru is fortunate enough to house one of only three surviving authentic Welsh crwths in Britain. Does the discovery of a hidden aperture make the crwth unique amongst bowed instruments by having two soundboxes?
Articles: Sourcing the Stonehenge Bluestones
21 February 2012
Galleries
Galleries: Documenting the Past – The Tomlin correspondence archive
15 February 2010[image: Tomlin archive]
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.
Galleries: The rarest plants in Wales
1 April 2009[image: Rare plant]
Wales is home to a number of rare plants. Some rare species are endemic to Wales and occur nowhere else in the world, such as Ley’s Whitebeam or the Black Mountain Hawkweed.
Galleries: Curators' choice
6 June 2008[image: Sengennydd Watch]
Every month, Rhagor will feature a selection of objects that curators from Amgueddfa Cymru have chosen as their favourite object.
Galleries: Blaschka Glass models
15 July 2007
Interactives
Interactives: Portuguese Man-of-War navigator
10 July 2007[image: ]
Navigate around the Portuguese Man-of-War and discover more about this remarkable creature.
Interactives: All dressed up - A 17th-century portrait in disguise
24 June 2007[image: ]
Drag and drop cartoon layers on this unique 17th-century miniature portrait, choosing your own disguise to make the portrait look as it did 300 years ago.