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Galleries: The Quilt Collection
28 September 2012[image: The Tailor's Patchwork Coverlet]
The collection of quilts and patchwork at Amgueddfa Cymru contains items from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, including a christening gown worn by Peter Morgan of Golden Grove in 1722.
Articles: A History of Doll-Making: A Welsh Perspective
10 August 2012[image: Anti-suffragette voodoo doll]
Amgueddfa Cymru houses a fine collection of dolls dating from around 1800 to 2000. Made from a range of different materials, they all possess some link to Wales. From early wooden examples to contemporary plastic figures, the development of doll-making can be traced from simple, home-made items to mass-produced factory goods.
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: A Roman belt-buckle that escaped the Edwardians
14 September 2010Articles: A 'Real' Welsh Costume?
6 July 2007
Articles
Articles: A History of Doll-Making: A Welsh Perspective
10 August 2012[image: Anti-suffragette voodoo doll]
Amgueddfa Cymru houses a fine collection of dolls dating from around 1800 to 2000. Made from a range of different materials, they all possess some link to Wales. From early wooden examples to contemporary plastic figures, the development of doll-making can be traced from simple, home-made items to mass-produced factory goods.
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: A Roman belt-buckle that escaped the Edwardians
14 September 2010[image: Roman belt-buckle]
Archaeologists first excavated the forum-basilica at Caerwent in Monmouthshire early in the twentieth-century. When Museum staff returned to excavate the site again they found items that had previously been overlooked, including this late fourth-century copper alloy buckle and plate.
Articles: A 'Real' Welsh Costume?
6 July 2007
Galleries
Galleries: The Quilt Collection
28 September 2012[image: The Tailor's Patchwork Coverlet]
The collection of quilts and patchwork at Amgueddfa Cymru contains items from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, including a christening gown worn by Peter Morgan of Golden Grove in 1722.