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Exhibitions This Week

Standing on top of a quarry looking out over a blanket of clouds, there's a mountain in the background appearing through the clouds.

Exhibition: SLATE: A DIFFERENT VIEW!

National Slate Museum
18 May–31 December 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Logo for the BBC 100 in Wales exhibition, showing the title of the exhibition in large font for half the image. The other half displays a television from the 1960s.

Exhibition: BBC 100 in Wales

National Museum Cardiff
10 December 2022 – 3 September 2023
The exhibition will be open until 9pm on 6 April, 4 May and 1 June
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
Booking: Book your free ticket in advance
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Exhibition: Lily’s Fossil Footprint

National Museum Cardiff
Suitability: Families
Cost: Free
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A square photograph with the line where the sea meets the horizon in the centre of the image. The photograph shows a view of Wales from Bristol. The sky and the sea are a beautiful, deep colour blue

Exhibition: The Sea Horizon

National Museum Cardiff
18 February–10 September 2023
The exhibition will be open until 9pm on 6 April, 4 May and 1 June
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: The Fossil Swamp

National Museum Cardiff
18 May 2019 – 2 March 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Wales is...Proud

St Fagans National Museum of History
15 July 2022 – 31 December 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Reframing Pictorn

Exhibition: Reframing Picton

National Museum Cardiff
1 August 2022 – 12 January 2025
The exhibition will be open until 9pm on 6 April, 4 May and 1 June
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Voices of The Red Wall

St Fagans National Museum of History
19 November 2022 – 3 September 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: From Mine to Museum Exhibition

Big Pit National Coal Museum
23 November 2022 – 1 September 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Portrait of Terrence Higgins made out of red and green heart shaped stamp

Exhibition: Wales is... remembering Terrence Higgins

St Fagans National Museum of History
1 December 2022 – 31 December 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Édouard Manet's portrait of Jules Dejouy.

Exhibition: Revealing Édouard Manet’s Portrait of Monsieur Jules Dejouy

National Museum Cardiff
17 January 2023 – 1 January 2025
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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George Cross Medal

Exhibition: Wales is... grateful for its NHS

St Fagans National Museum of History
3 March 2023 – 5 March 2024
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Swansea Canal 225

National Waterfront Museum
1 April–17 September 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Exhibition: Mike Parker’s On the Red Hill – A Love Story of Reg and George

National Waterfront Museum
27 April–24 September 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Events and Talks This Week

A young woman looking at the dinosaur collection

Event: Extra Time at National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff
Open until 8pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Text saying 'Your story. Your museum'

Digital Event: Open Meeting of the Board of Trustees

23 March–14 December 2023
10.30am - 1pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
Booking: Please register your attendance by e-mailing Board@museumwales.ac.uk by 5pm of the Monday before the meeting.
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a young man in a rumble seat wearing a VR headset and with his arms outstretched

Event: Mission: Planet Earth - a VR Experience

National Museum Cardiff
From 1 April 2023
10.30am-4pm
Suitability: 13+ years
Cost: £6
Booking: In advance on-line or at the museum (subject to availability)
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Event: Demonstrations

National Slate Museum
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Story and Rhyme

National Wool Museum
11 May, 8 June & 13 July 2023
1:30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Welsh Story and Rhyme - Cymraeg i Blant

National Wool Museum
23 May, 18 June, 15 & 29 August 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Quiet Hour at the Museum

National Waterfront Museum
23 July, 27 August & 24 September 2023
3-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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A young boy on the high ropes course at St Fagans

Event: CoedLan – High Ropes at St Fagans

St Fagans National Museum of History
Daily from 22nd July – 3rd Sept
10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.15pm
Suitability: Participants must be at least 110cm tall
Cost: £15
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Cardiff Farmers Market

Event: Cardiff Farmers Market

St Fagans National Museum of History
17 June, 15 July & 19 August 2023
10am - 3pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Clay Restoration Project

St Fagans National Museum of History
22 June–8 July 2023
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dementia Friendly Underground Tours

Big Pit National Coal Museum
27 June, 6 September & 17 October 2023
1.50pm-4pm
Suitability: Adults
Cost: Free
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Event: Proud Writing LGBTQ+ Literature event

National Museum Cardiff
6 July 2023
18:00-20:00
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Iranian Illumination With Neda Mohammad

National Museum Cardiff
6 July 2023
6pm-8pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Clay Restoration Project: Durga Idols Launch

St Fagans National Museum of History
8 July 2023
1pm-4pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Event: Dance Days

National Waterfront Museum
8 & 9 July 2023
11am - 5.30pm
Suitability: All
Cost: Free
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Digital Events This Week

Open Meeting of the Board of Trustees

23 March–14 December 2023, 10.30am - 1pm