Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales | What's On

The Knitting Club

2010-03-12

12 March 2010 & 15 July

The knitting club meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, please contact the museum to check dates. All are welcome to join the National Wool Museum's knitting group. Why not join in, learn how to knit, share your patterns and have a chat in the Museum's cafe.

Guided Tours Around the Museum

2010-07-11

11 July 2010 & 31 December

Enrich your visit to the National Wool Museum by following a guided tour by our experienced craftspeople. Please contact the Museum for availability.

Guided tour: Highlights of Art

2011-12-08

8 December 2011 & 31 December

A tour of some of our art galleries with a Volunteer Guide. Schedule: Tuesdays - Pop & Abstract exhibitionWednesdays - Historic Art GalleriesThursdays - Impressionist and Modern Art GalleriesFridays - Pop & Abstract exhibitionSaturdays - Historic Art GalleriesSundays - Impressionist and Modern Art Galleries

Guided tour: Origins - in search of early Wales

2011-12-09

9 December 2011 & 23 February

The Archaeology gallery Origins: In Search of Early Wales traces life in Wales from the earliest humans 230,000 years ago. Who were our ancestors, and how different were they from us? What has changed and what has caused these changes? Visit the gallery and follow the arrival of the first hominins (humans) in the Old Stone Age to the end of the Middle Ages. Visit the webpages. Group and BSL tours available, call (029) 2057 3325

Walks, Talks and Demonstrations

2012-01-01

1 January 2012 & 1 September

All year! Come and enjoy one of our walks, talks or demonstrations on site: SLATE SPLITTING DEMONSTRATIONS Come and enjoy the amazing craft of splitting and dressing the slate as one of our experienced craftsmen slice the slate in front of your eyes. As well as deftly splitting slate our craftsmen also create works of art out of stone – from ordinary circles to hearts, picture frames and intricate slate fans. Available Daily - please check times on arrival WHAT’S WOOD GOT TO DO WITH IT? Take a ½ hour tour with our carpenter to see the wood trail and learn how important wood was in the working of the site. Various days: Booking essential on arrival UNA THE ENGINE IN STEAM! Learn more about UNA - our Hunslet engine - as she gets all steamed up on the museum yard! Every Wednesday in July & August VIVIAN INCLINE DEMONSTRATIONS See the only working slate carrying incline in the UK in action! Every Monday and Wednesday in July and August! For further details of which walks and talks are on each day please contact the museum on 02920 573700

John Neville Foulkes

2013-02-28

28 February & 30 June

A selection of work by the late artist and sculptor John Neville Foulkes (1937 - 1997) A Llanberis native, Neville Foulkes spent many years working at the Dinorwig Slate Quarry, which had a profound effect on his thoughts and ideas, which are well illustrated in this exhibition. This exhibition displays a very small part of a huge collection of sculptures, prints and paintings. There are several paintings of quarrymen - some with frightened, staring faces, standing, waiting to hear the worst news possible in the quarry!

Kaffe Fassett Knitwear Exhibition

2013-03-08

8 March & 2 November

An exhibition of exquisite knitwear by the internationally renowned textile designer, Kaffe Fassett. He is an American born artist who is best known for his colourful designs in the decorative arts. This exhibition will run alongside an exhibition of his patchwork quilts at The Welsh Quilt Centre, Lampeter (www.welshquilts.com).

Pop and Abstract

2013-03-09

9 March & 1 September

This new collections-based display highlights the way the ‘Swinging Sixties’ transformed British art in the post-war period. Inspired by the latest developments in America, British artists began to make work that was bold, confident and signalled a decisive break with the past. Pop and abstract artists used vibrant colour and the language of advertising to create a progressive, international style. This large exhibition explores the way pop and abstraction was interpreted by artists based in Wales and remains relevant and influential to artists working today. Pop and Abstract features work by many of the most important artists in the modern collection. The exhibition includes works by Peter Blake, Alan Davie, David Hockney and Bridget Riley alongside artists with close links to Wales including Ken Elias, Mali Morris, John Selway and Ernest Zobole. Pop and Abstract is supported by the Colwiston Charitable Trust.

Tim Davies: Drift

2013-03-09

9 March & 26 May

In this exhibition Tim Davies presents three films made in response to his invitation to represent Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2011. The films Drift, Frari and Capricci will be shown together for the first time in a single installation. They create a dramatic and poignant portrait of Venice, creating links with the way the city is represented in the Museum’s historic collection by artist such as Canaletto, Monet and Whistler. Drift and Frari featured in the Wales in Venice presentation at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011 organised by the Arts Council of Wales. Tim Davies works in a wide range of media including film, found imagery, sculpture and installation. He has exhibited widely in Wales and internationally. He was awarded the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod in 2003 and was shortlisted for the first Artes Mundi International Visual Arts Prize in 2004. He lives and works in Swansea.

Holly Davey: Nothing Is What It Is Because Everything Is What It Isn't

2013-03-09

9 March & 1 September

In 2012 Holly Davey was commissioned by the Museum to create a site-specific work for the landing area of the Contemporary Galleries. This new work transforms the stairwell with an expansive photographic installationthat questions our experience and understanding of the space. Nothing Is What It Is Because Everything Is What It Isn’t creates a digital collage in which the space is reformed, repeated and replayed within the original architecture. ‘I want the audience to think about how public spaces make us feel, think, behave and move. Inspired by artists such as M. C. Escher and Gordon Matta-Clark, I wanted to make my audience look and experience the stairs and landing in a different way, topsy-turvy and inside out.’ Holly Davey. Holly Davey is one of Wales’ leading contemporary artists. She uses photography and performance to make work that explores our relationship to architecture and memory. Since graduating from Goldsmiths College, London in 1998 she has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions in the UK and internationally. In 2010 she was awarded an Arts Council Wales Creative Wales Award. She lives and works in Cardiff. The Landing Commission is supported by the Colwinston Charitable Trust.