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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: The fabulous mineral collection of Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive, Countess of Powis.
31 January 2012[image: Olivine]
One of the most important historic mineral collections at Amgueddfa Cymru was formed in the early nineteenth century. Assembled by Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive (1758-1830), Countess of Powis, and donated to the museum by the 4th Earl of Powis in 1929, the collection of minerals is one of the earliest mineral collections with links to Wales.
Articles: Laying foundations: Workmen's Institutes
10 February 2010[image: Oakdale Institure]
Workmen's Institutes were built in the industrialized townships of south and north-east Wales between the 1880s and the 1930sArticles: Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935)
15 October 2009Articles: Remembering the white ox of Nannau
15 September 2009
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Articles: The fabulous mineral collection of Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive, Countess of Powis.
31 January 2012[image: Olivine]
One of the most important historic mineral collections at Amgueddfa Cymru was formed in the early nineteenth century. Assembled by Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive (1758-1830), Countess of Powis, and donated to the museum by the 4th Earl of Powis in 1929, the collection of minerals is one of the earliest mineral collections with links to Wales.
Articles: Laying foundations: Workmen's Institutes
10 February 2010[image: Oakdale Institure]
Workmen's Institutes were built in the industrialized townships of south and north-east Wales between the 1880s and the 1930sArticles: Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935)
15 October 2009[image: Sir William Reardon Smith, Bart., 1856-1935. ]
Most museums can acknowledge a great benefactor without whom their histories would have been very different; in the case of Amgueddfa Cymru, that person was Sir William Reardon Smith.Articles: Remembering the white ox of Nannau
15 September 2009Articles: The De la Beche archive at Amgueddfa Cymru
20 April 2009
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.