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Galleries: Coal Miners' Badges
13 July 2012[image: coal miners' badges]
There are many examples of badges connected to the coal industry. These badges were usually produced during industrial disputes or following mining disasters and were often sold to raise funds. Amgueddfa Cymru have several hundred examples of these these badges, some of which are now available to view online.
Articles: Captain Scott's Welsh Flag
1 March 2012[image: Captain Scotts Welsh Flag]
The textile collection of Amgueddfa Cymru includes several Welsh flags. Most were originally hoisted above civic buildings; one has even flown in outer space! The oldest and largest example in the collection is associated with another daring mission — Captain Robert Falcon Scott's 1910-13 British Antarctic Expedition.
Galleries: John Cornwell
10 January 2012[image: John Cornwell Photographs]
John Cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. He perfected a method of underground photography using the standard colliery lighting and was able to photograph coal faces, roadways, shafts and equipment with amazing clarity.
Articles: William James Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely (1868-1942)
30 November 2011Galleries: Aftermath: remembering the Great War in Wales
10 November 2011
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Articles: Captain Scott's Welsh Flag
1 March 2012[image: Captain Scotts Welsh Flag]
The textile collection of Amgueddfa Cymru includes several Welsh flags. Most were originally hoisted above civic buildings; one has even flown in outer space! The oldest and largest example in the collection is associated with another daring mission — Captain Robert Falcon Scott's 1910-13 British Antarctic Expedition.
Articles: William James Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely (1868-1942)
30 November 2011[image: William James Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely of St Fagans.]
Lord Glanely is probably best remembered today as a noted racehorse owner, whose horses won all five Classic races of the British turf. However, he made his money in shipping, and was generous in his support of numerous worthy causes in south Wales, particularly Amgueddfa Cymru and Cardiff University.
Articles: Revolting Women
23 May 2011[image: Anti-suffragette voodoo doll]
Like many people around the world, women in Britain had to fight for the right to vote. Today we take this privilege for granted but it was not always the case.Articles: Autographs from Captain Scott’s 1910 Antarctic Expedition.
12 November 2010Articles: The Welsh in Antarctica
29 October 2010
Galleries
Galleries: Coal Miners' Badges
13 July 2012[image: coal miners' badges]
There are many examples of badges connected to the coal industry. These badges were usually produced during industrial disputes or following mining disasters and were often sold to raise funds. Amgueddfa Cymru have several hundred examples of these these badges, some of which are now available to view online.
Galleries: John Cornwell
10 January 2012[image: John Cornwell Photographs]
John Cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. He perfected a method of underground photography using the standard colliery lighting and was able to photograph coal faces, roadways, shafts and equipment with amazing clarity.
Galleries: Aftermath: remembering the Great War in Wales
10 November 2011[image: War memorial]
The decision taken in 1915 to ban the repatriation of bodies from the battlefield had far reaching consequences in the commemoration process. Here we present a selection of the many hundreds of local war memorials built across Wales following the Great War
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Quizzes: Quiz: When Welsh ships sailed the seas
29 July 2007