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{{short description|Open-air museum in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales}}
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{{Infobox museum
|name             = St Fagans National<br/>Museum of History
|native_name      = Sain Ffagan: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru
|native_name_lang = cy
|image            = Sign outside the main building, St Fagans museum.jpg
|caption          = The administration offices in the background
|imagesize        = 
|pushpin_map      = Wales Cardiff
|map_type         = Cardiff
|map_caption      = Location in Cardiff, Wales
|coordinates      = {{coord|51.4869|-3.2725|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|established      = 1948
|location         = [[St Fagans, Cardiff]], Wales
|visitors         = 610,155 (2010)<ref name=ALVA>{{cite web|url=http://www.alva.org.uk/visitor_statistics/|title=Visits made in 2010 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA|publisher=Association of Leading Visitor Attractions|access-date=22 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031142218/http://www.alva.org.uk/visitor_statistics/|archive-date=31 October 2010}}</ref><br>* [[Most visited museums in the United Kingdom|Ranked 21st in the UK]]
|logo             = 
|website          = {{URL|https://museum.wales/stfagans}} 
|latitude         = 
|former_name      = St Fagans National History Museum}}

'''St Fagans National Museum of History''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|æ|g|ə|n|z}} {{respell|FAG|ənz}}; {{langx|cy|Sain Ffagan: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru|links=no}}), commonly referred to as '''St Fagans''' after the village where it is located, is an [[open-air museum]] in [[St Fagans]], Cardiff, Wales, chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people. The museum is part of the wider network of [[Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cardiffians.co.uk/suburbs/stfagans.shtml|title=The history of the suburb of St. Fagans|last=Witty|first=Matthew|website=www.cardiffians.co.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

It consists of more than forty re-erected buildings from various locations in Wales, and is set in the grounds of [[St Fagans Castle]], a [[Grade I]] listed Elizabethan manor house.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/story-wales-best-loved-museum-14981627|title=The story of Wales' best-loved museum as St Fagans hits 70|last=Clements|first=Laura|date=2018-08-04|work=walesonline|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref> In 2011 ''[[Which?]]'' magazine named the museum the United Kingdom's favourite visitor attraction.<ref>{{cite news |title= National History Museum at St Fagans soars to the top of UK's favourite tourist sites |author= Clare Hutchinson |url= http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/09/29/national-history-museum-at-st-fagans-soars-to-the-top-of-uk-s-favourite-tourist-sites-91466-29507382/ |newspaper= WalesOnline |date =29 September 2011 |access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref>

A six-year, £30-million revamp was completed in 2018 and the museum was named the [[Art Fund]] [[Museum of the Year]] in 2019.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3sjkkB72NDmbJZKtH0wBly3/st-fagans-national-museum-of-history-wins-museum-of-the-year|title=St Fagans National Museum of History wins Museum of the Year|date=4 July 2019|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>

==History==
The museum was founded in 1946 following the donation of the castle and lands by the [[Earl of Plymouth]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/welsh-history-month-st-fagans-7908390|title=Welsh History Month: St Fagans’ 100-acre site now contains more than 40 original buildings that demonstrate many aspects of Wales’ architectural history|last=Pyke|first=Chris|date=2014-10-09|work=walesonline|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> It opened its doors to the public in 1948, under the name of the '''Welsh Folk Museum'''. The museum's name in Welsh (also meaning "Welsh Folk Museum") has remained unchanged since that date, whereas the English title was revised to '''Museum of Welsh Life''', thereafter '''St Fagans National History Museum''', and again to its current title.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/st-fagans-celebrates-60-years-2161447|title=St Fagans celebrates 60 years|last=WalesOnline|date=2008-06-30|work=walesonline|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

The brainchild of [[Iorwerth Peate]], the museum was modelled on [[Skansen]], the outdoor museum of vernacular [[Sweden|Swedish]] architecture in [[Stockholm]]. Most structures re-erected in Skansen were built of wood and are thus easily taken apart and reassembled, but a comparable museum in Wales was going to be more ambitious, as much of the vernacular architecture of Wales is made of masonry.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" />

===2017 refurbishment===
A redeveloped main reception building was opened in July 2017.<ref name=BBCredevopens>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40584991|title=St Fagans museum's redevelopment opens|date=2017-07-13|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-GB}}</ref> The six-year, £30-million redevelopment of the site, which was funded by a number of sources, notably the [[Welsh Government]] and the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]], was completed in October 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/st-fagans-welsh-history-museum-revamp-completed|title='Story of Wales': history museum's six-year revamp completed|last=Morris|first=Steven|date=18 October 2018|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/first-look-inside-30m-redevelopment-15295532|title=The £30m revamp at St Fagans National Museum of History|last=Bevan|first=Nathan|date=2018-10-18|work=walesonline|access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>

The £30-million redevelopment project provided many benefits, including three new galleries showcasing Wales’ history, improvements to buildings such as the Iron Age farmstead, Bryn Eryr, and Medieval Prince's court and Llys Llywelyn, as well as a refurbished main entrance building and a new restaurant, play area and learning spaces.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doors reopen at St Fagans after multimillion-pound redevelopment {{!}} The National Lottery Heritage Fund |url=https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/doors-reopen-st-fagans-after-multimillion-pound-redevelopment |access-date=20 June 2021 |work=Heritage Fund |date=18 October 2018}}</ref> One of the new buildings, the Gweithdy ('workshop'), features Stone Age tools and stick chairs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pickford |first1=James |title=St Fagans wins museum prize after overhaul |url=https://www.ft.com/content/9680021e-9d9f-11e9-b8ce-8b459ed04726 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vsazM |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 June 2021 |work=Financial Times |date=3 July 2019}}</ref>

In June 2019, St Fagans was named UK's Museum of the Year 2019 by the Art Fund, which commended the facility's "exceptional imagination, innovation and achievement".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Mark |title=Revamped St Fagans in Wales is 2019 Art Fund museum of the year |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jul/03/st-fagans-history-museum-wales-wins-art-fund-museum-of-the-year-2019 |access-date=20 June 2021 |work=the Guardian |date=3 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Buildings and exhibits==
[[File:Interior of late 19th century terraced house - National History Museum of Wales, St Fagans - geograph.org.uk - 659421.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of late 19th century terraced house (Rhyd-y-Car ironworkers' cottages)]]
The museum comprises more than forty buildings representing the architecture of Wales,<ref name=":1" /> including a [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]] chapel (in this case, [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/672|title=Opening ceremony of Pen-rhiw Chapel at the Welsh Folk Museum, St. Fagans, 21 June 1956|website=Peoples Collection Wales|language=en|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> a village schoolhouse, a [[toll road]] tollbooth (below), a [[Cockfight|cockpit]] (below), a [[Sty|pigsty]] (below), and a [[tannery]] (below).<ref name=":3" />

The museum holds displays of traditional crafts, with a working [[blacksmith]] forge, a pottery, a weaver, a miller, and a clog maker. It also includes two working water mills: one [[flour mill]] and one [[wool]] mill. Part of the site includes a small working farm which concentrates on preserving local Welsh native breeds of livestock. Produce from the museum's bakery and flour mill is available for sale.<ref name=":4" />

The [[St Teilo's Church, Llandeilo Tal-y-bont|medieval parish church of Saint Teilo]], formerly at Llandeilo Tal-y-bont in west [[Glamorgan]] (restored to its pre-[[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] state), was opened in October 2007 by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], [[Rowan Williams]], and still serves as a place of worship for [[Christmas]], [[Easter]], and [[Harvest Thanksgiving]].<ref name=":4" /> A [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] merchant's house from [[Haverfordwest]] was opened in 2012.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18664538 BBC News, "Haverfordwest Tudor trader home opens at St Fagans museum", 2 July 2012]. Retrieved 11 September 2013</ref> A relocation of the historic [[The Vulcan, Cardiff|Vulcan public house]] from [[Newtown, Cardiff|Newtown]] in Cardiff to St Fagans was completed in May 2024.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-18816130 BBC News – "Work starts to move Cardiff's Vulcan pub to St Fagans museum", 12 July 2012]. Retrieved 30 September 2013</ref><ref>[https://museum.wales/stfagans/buildings/the_vulcan_pub/ "Historical Buildings at St Fagans - The Vulcan Hotel"]. Retrieved 09 May 2024</ref>

Although the museum was intended to preserve aspects of Welsh rural life, it now includes several buildings that depict the industrial working life that succeeded it, that being almost extinct in Wales. There is a row of workers' cottages, depicting furnishing from 1800 to 1985, from Rhyd-y-car near [[Merthyr Tydfil]] (below), as well as the pristine [[Oakdale, Caerphilly|Oakdale]] [[Miners' institute|Workmen's Institute]]. A post-war [[prefabricated building|prefabricated]] [[bungalow]] (below) represents later domestic lifestyles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://britishheritage.com/stfagans-time-for-welsh-history|title=St.Fagans: Time for Welsh History|work=British Heritage|access-date=2018-10-18|language=en}}</ref>

From 1996 to 2012, the museum hosted the Everyman Summer Theatre Festival when it re-located from [[Dyffryn Gardens]]. This festival, which includes a [[Shakespeare]] play, a musical, and a children's show, has become part of the Welsh theatrical calendar since its founding at Dyffryn in 1983.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.walesartsreview.org/the-power-of-everyman-cardiffs-theatre-festival/|title=The Power of Everyman: Cardiff's Theatre Festival|date=2015-08-04|work=Wales Arts Review|access-date=2018-10-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/everyman-takes-plays-outdoors-1906062|title=Everyman takes plays outdoors|last=Owens|first=David|date=2010-07-01|work=walesonline|access-date=2018-10-18}}</ref>

Scenes from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes "[[Human Nature (Doctor Who)|Human Nature]]" and "[[The Family of Blood]]" were filmed at the museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/doctor-who-wales/alllocations/cardiff-st-fagans-natural-history-museum|title=BBC – Wales – Arts – Doctor Who in Wales – St Fagans Natural History Museum, Cardiff|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.worldtravelguide.net/features/feature/close-encounters-with-the-welsh-world-of-dr-who/|title=Close encounters with the Welsh world of Dr Who – World Travel Guide|work=World Travel Guide|access-date=2018-10-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/travel/2017-04-14/13-doctor-who-filming-locations-you-can-visit-in-south-wales/|title=13 Doctor Who filming locations you can visit in South Wales|work=Radio Times|access-date=18 October 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Based on archaeological findings, a reconstruction of [[Llys Rhosyr]], a thirteenth-century court of the [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|princes of Gwynedd]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2012/05/03/st-fagans-24m-revamp-takes-a-step-forward/|title=St Fagans £24m revamp takes a step forward|work=Wales Online}}</ref><ref name=havingarevamp>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/one-wales-favourite-museums-having-12275853|title=One of Wales' favorite museums is having a big revamp and this is what you can expect|work=Wales Online|date=5 December 2016|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref> was completed and opened to the public in October 2018. Called ''Llys Llewelyn'' ('Llewelyn's Court'), it was opened with the intention that schoolchildren would be able to stay in the buildings overnight, from spring 2019.<ref name=revampcomplete2018>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/st-fagans-welsh-history-museum-revamp-completed|title='Story of Wales': history museum's six-year revamp completed |work=theguardian.com |date=18 October 2018 |access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>

The ''Gweithdy'' ('Workshop'), a sustainable building designed by [[Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios]], was first opened in July 2017;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/what-st-fagans-looks-like-13325135|title=This is what St Fagans looks like after the latest part of its £30 million makeover is complete|date=13 July 2017|author=Joshua Knapman|website=WalesOnline|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> a café was later added. The new gallery was opened in October 2018, housing improved facilities for visitors while supporting the study of collections and hosting demonstrations and workshops by traditional craftsmen.<ref name=BBCredevopens />

===List of structures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! class="unsortable"| Image
! Name
! Date
! Re-erected
! Original site
! [[Historic counties of Wales|County<br/>(historic)]]
! [[Unitary authorities of Wales#Principal areas|Unitary Authority<br/>(modern)]]
! Listing
|-
|[[File:St Fagans Museum Main Building 2018.jpg|100px]]
!'''Main entrance and administration offices'''<br/>([[Dale Owen]] of [[Percy Thomas Partnership]] architects).
|1968–74
|—
|St Fagans
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:St_Teilo%27s_Church,_St_Fagans_National_History_Museum.jpg|100px]]
![[St Teilo's Church, Llandeilo Tal-y-bont|St Teilo's Church]]
|{{circa|1100–{{circa|1520}}|sortable=yes}}
(present form: {{circa|1520}})
|2007
|Llandeilo Tal-y-bont, near [[Pontarddulais]]
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Swansea]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Boat-house and Net-house, National History Museum, St Fagans 1458922 geograph.org.uk.jpg|100px]]
!Boathouse and nethouse
|
|(Reconstruction)
|
|
|
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Cilewent farmhouse, St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
!Cilewent farmhouse
|{{sort|1470|begun 1470}}
(present form: 1734)
|1959
|[[Cwmdauddwr]]
|[[Radnorshire]]
|[[Powys]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:St Fagans National History Museum 62.JPG|100px]]
!Clogmaker's workshop
|—
|—
|Ysgeifiog, near [[St Davids]]
|[[Pembrokeshire]]
|[[Pembrokeshire]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Tudor1.jpg|100px]]
![[Tudor Trader House|Tudor Merchant's House]]
|{{sort|1501–1600|16th century}}
|2012
|[[Haverfordwest]]
|[[Pembrokeshire]]
|[[Pembrokeshire]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Hendre'r Ywydd Uchaf farmhouse, St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
![[Hendre'r Ywydd Uchaf]] farmhouse  
|1508
|1962
|Llangynhafal, near [[Llandyrnog]]
|[[Denbighshire]]
|[[Denbighshire]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Y Garreg Fawr, Sain Ffagan.jpg|100px]]
!Y Garreg Fawr farmhouse
|1544
|1984
|[[Waunfawr]]
|[[Caernarfonshire]]
|[[Gwynedd]]
|
|-
|[[File:Stryd Lydan Barn, St Fagans, from north-east.jpg|100px]]
!Stryt Lydan barn
|{{circa|1550|sortable=yes}}
|1951
|[[Penley]]
|[[Flintshire]]
|[[Wrexham County Borough|Wrexham]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:St Fagans Castle 2008.jpg|100px]]
![[St Fagans Castle]]
|1580
|—
|St Fagans
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
!{{Grade I colour}}|{{sort|1|Grade I}}
|-
|-
|[[File:Dovecote at St Fagans National Museum of History 1.jpg|100px]]
!Dovecote
|18th century
|—
|St Fagans
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Barn, National History Museum of Wales.jpg|100px]]
!Hendre Wen barn
|{{circa|1600|sortable=yes}}
|1982
|[[Llanrwst]]
|[[Denbighshire]]
|[[Conwy County Borough|Conwy]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:The cockpit at St Fagans - geograph.org.uk - 631971.jpg|100px]]
![[Hawk and Buckle Inn cockpit]]<br/>(Denbigh Cockpit)
|{{sort|1601–1700|17th century}}
|1970
|[[Denbigh]]
|[[Denbighshire]]
|[[Denbighshire]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Kennixton Farmhouse April 2012.JPG|100px]]
![[Kennixton Farmhouse]]
|1610
|1955
|[[Llangennith]]
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Swansea]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Courtyard Castle St Fagans 01.JPG|100px]]
!Lead cistern in east forecourt<br/>of St Fagans Castle
|1620
|{{--}}
|St Fagans
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
!{{Grade II* colour}}|{{sort|2|Grade II*}}
|-
|[[File:Abernodwydd Farmhouse, St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life.jpg|100px]]
!Abernodwydd farmhouse
|1678
|1955
|[[Llangadfan]]
|[[Montgomeryshire]]
|[[Powys]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Fagan264.JPG|100px]]
!Llawr-y-glyn Smithy
|{{sort|1701–1800|18th century}}
|1972
|[[Llawryglyn]]
|[[Montgomeryshire]]
|[[Powys]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Tannery - National History Museum of Wales, St Fagans - geograph.org.uk - 659437.jpg|100px]]
!Rhaeadr Tannery 
|{{sort|1750–1800|late 18th century}}
|1968
|[[Rhayader]]
|[[Montgomeryshire]]
|[[Powys]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Woollen Mill St Fagans (geograph 4854339).jpg|100px]]
![[Esgair Moel]] woollen mill
|1760
|1952
|[[Llanwrtyd]]
|[[Brecknockshire]]
|[[Powys]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Llainfadyn Cottage, St Fagans Museum, Cardiff (geograph 5896796).jpg|100px]]
!Llainfadyn Cottage
|1762
|1962
|[[Rhostryfan]]
|[[Caernarfonshire]]
|[[Gwynedd]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Nant Wallter Cottage St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
!Nant Wallter cottage
|{{circa|1770|sortable=yes}}
|1993
|Taliaris, near [[Llandeilo]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Penparcau tollhouse, St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
!Southgate tollhouse<br/>(Penparcau Tollhouse)
|1772
|1968
|[[Penparcau, Aberystwyth]]
|[[Cardiganshire]]
|[[Ceredigion]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Pen Rhiw chapel, St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
!Pen Rhiw Unitarian chapel<br/>(Capel Pen-rhiw)
|1777
|1956
|[[Dre-fach Felindre]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Fagan278.JPG|100px]]
!Cae Adda byre
|{{sort|1778–1900|18th–19th century}}
|2003
|[[Waunfawr]]
|[[Caernarfonshire]]
|[[Gwynedd]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Corbelled Pigsty.jpg|100px]]
!Pigsty
|{{circa|1800|sortable=yes}}
|1977
|Hendre Ifan Prosser
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Rhondda Cynon Taf]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:St Fagans, Cardiff CF5, UK - panoramio (6).jpg|100px]]
!Rhyd-y-Car ironworkers' cottages
|{{circa|1800|sortable=yes}}
|1986
|Rhyd-y-Car, [[Merthyr Tydfil]]
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Merthyr Tydfil]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Ffermdy Llwyn-yr-Eos.jpg|100px]]
!Llwyn-yr-Eos farmhouse
|{{sort|1820|begun 1820}}
|—
|St Fagans
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
!{{Grade II colour}}|{{sort|3|Grade II}}
|-
|[[File:Gorse mill, St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
!Gorse mill
|{{sort|1842|after 1842}}
|1983
|Dôl-wen
|[[Denbighshire]]
|[[Denbighshire]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Melin Bompren, Sain Ffagan.jpg|100px]]
![[Melin Bompren]] corn mill
|{{sort|1852|begun 1852}}
|1977
|[[Cross Inn]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|[[Ceredigion]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Maentwrog Hayshed at St Fagans National Museum of History (geograph 4723925) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
!Maentwrog Hayshed
|1870
|1977
|[[Maentwrog]]
|[[Merionethshire]]
|[[Gwynedd]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Tŷ haf, (Summer House), St Fagans National Museum of History.jpg|100px]]
!Summer House
|{{circa|1880|sortable=yes}}
|1988
|[[Bute Park]], Cardiff
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Gwalia Stores, St Fagans National History Museum (geograph 5692353) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
![[Gwalia Stores]]
|1880
|1991
|[[Ogmore Vale]]
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Bridgend]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Maestir school, St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
!Maestir School
|{{sort|1880|in use 1880–1916}}
|1984
|Maestir, near [[Lampeter]]
|[[Cardiganshire]]
|[[Ceredigion]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Ty'n Rhos Sawmill, St Fagans National History Museum (geograph 5492666).jpg|100px]]
!Ty'n Rhos Sawmill
|1892
|1994
|Tŷ'n Rhos, near [[Llanddewi Brefi]]
|[[Cardiganshire]]
|[[Ceredigion]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
| [[File:Tailor's Workshop - St Fagan's Museum (geograph 6199308).jpg|100px]]
! Tailor's shop
| 1896 (extended 1920s)
| 1992
| [[Cross Inn]]
| [[Cardiganshire]]
| [[Ceredigion]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Pottery St Fagans 2.JPG|100px]]
!Ewenny Pottery
|{{circa|1900|sortable=yes}}
|1988
|[[Ewenny]]
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Vale of Glamorgan]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:National Museum of Welsh Life - Ewenny Pottery Kiln.jpg|100px]]
!Ewenny Kiln
|{{circa|1800|sortable=yes}}
|1988 
|[[Ewenny]]
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Vale of Glamorgan]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Derwen Bakehouse.jpg|100px]]
!Derwen bakehouse
|1900
|1987
|Thespian Street, [[Aberystwyth]]
|[[Cardiganshire]]
|[[Ceredigion]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Gentlemen's Urinal, St Fagans National History Museum - 1136856.jpg|100px]]
!Urinal
|{{circa|1901–10|sortable=yes}}
|1978
|[[Llandrindod railway station]]
|[[Radnorshire]]
|[[Powys]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Oakdale Workmens Institute (geograph 4859836) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
![[Oakdale Workmen's Institute]]
|1916
|1995
|[[Oakdale, Caerphilly|Oakdale]]
|[[Monmouthshire]]
|[[Caerphilly County Borough|Caerphilly]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Saddler's Workshop at St Fagan's Museum (geograph 6199299).jpg|100px]]
!Saddler's workshop
|1926
|1986
|[[St Clears]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Swyddfa bost Blaenwaun (Post Office).jpg|100px]]
!Blaenwaun Post Office
|1936
|1992
|Blaenwaun, near [[Whitland]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|[[Carmarthenshire]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:War memorial at St Fagans.JPG|100px]]
!Newbridge War Memorial
|1936
|1996
|Caetwmpyn Park, [[Newbridge, Caerphilly|Newbridge]]
|[[Monmouthshire]]
|[[Caerphilly County Borough|Caerphilly]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Anderson shelter at St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
![[Anderson shelter|Anderson air raid shelter]]
|{{circa|1939–45|sortable=yes}}
|
|
|
|
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Prefab, St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
!Prefab bungalow
|1948
|1998
|[[Gabalfa]], Cardiff
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:House for the future, St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
![[House for the Future, Cardiff|House for the Future/ Ty&nbsp;Gwyrdd]]
|2000<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/948766.stm |title=First tenants meet house of the future |publisher=BBC Wales |date=30 September 2000 |access-date=9 March 2016 }}</ref>
|—
|St Fagans
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
|
|-
|[[File:Bryn Eryr Farmstead, St Fagans National History Museum (geograph 5111620).jpg|100px]]
![[Bryn Eryr]] Iron Age roundhouses
|
| 2015<ref>[http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/blog/2015-08-18/Bryn-Eryr-from-house-to-home/ Bryn Eryr: from house to home], Amgueddfa Blog (National Museum Wales), 18 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.</ref><br/>(Reconstruction)
|
| [[Anglesey]]
| [[Anglesey]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Gweithdy (2), St Fagans National History Museum (geograph 5110706).jpg|100px]]
!Gweithdy
| 2016<ref name=havingarevamp /><br/>(opened 2018)
|—
| St Fagans
| [[Glamorgan]]
| [[Cardiff]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:Llys Llewelyn, St Fagans National Museum of History.jpg|100px]]
![[Llys Rhosyr|Llys Llewelyn]], 13th century royal court
| 1200s
| 2016–18<br/>(Reconstruction)
| [[Rhosyr]]
| [[Anglesey]]
| [[Anglesey]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|-
|[[File:The Vulcan Hotel in St Fagans.jpg|100px]]
![[The Vulcan, Cardiff|The Vulcan Hotel]]
|1853
|2012-2024
|[[Adamsdown]], Cardiff
|[[Glamorgan]]
|[[Cardiff]]
|{{centre|{{--}}}}
|}

===Minor exhibits===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="100px" style="text-align:left">
File:Ty-bach at St Fagans - geograph.org.uk - 631983.jpg|Tŷ-Bach (''Little House''). Toilet in the garden of Rhyd-y-Car ironworkers' cottages 
File:Former Cardiff refreshment kiosk in St Fagans National History Museum, Cardiff 4591725 7325fd9f.jpg|A Cardiff refreshment kiosk
File:Siop Losin (2).jpg|Siop Losin ([[Confectionery store|sweet shop]]), previously Moss-Vernon's Portrait Studio 
File:Milestone and farmhouse, St Fagans National Museum of History - geograph.org.uk - 6871102.jpg|[[Milestone|Mile post]] from [[Bridgend]]
File:Telephone kiosk at St Fagans National Museum of History - geograph.org.uk - 2003677.jpg|[[Red telephone box]]
File:Victorian pillarbox outside St Fagans National History Museum - geograph.org.uk - 4591652.jpg|[[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Post box|pillarbox]]
</gallery>

==Future developments==
*The rebuilding of the Victorian police station from [[Taff's Well]], Rhondda Cynon Taf.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-14221017 |title=St Fagans: National History Museum police station plans |date=21 July 2011 |work=BBC News|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref>
*In 2012 it was announced that [[Raglan railway station]] would be rebuilt at the museum.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-20521066|first=Neil|last=Prior|date=28 November 2012|title=Raglan railway station to move to St Fagans museum|work=BBC News|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings]] – Bromsgrove, England
*[[Beamish Museum]] – County Durham, England
*[[Black Country Living Museum]] - Dudley, England 
*[[Blists Hill Victorian Town]] - Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire
*[[Summerlee Heritage Park]] – Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==

{{commons category|St Fagans National Museum of History}}

* [https://museum.wales/stfagans/ Official website]
* [https://museum.wales/stfagans/thesite/ Official website links to the buildings]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307114319/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/panoramics/pages/welshlife_castle.shtml BBC Wales site] including panoramic views of buildings in the museum
* [http://www.everymantheatre.co.uk Everyman Theatre]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070426151028/http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item10/28950 St Fagans National History Museum at Gathering the Jewels]
* [http://waterfrontmuseum.co.uk/en/faq/stdwynwen/?display_mode=low Celebration of St Dwynwen's day in Wales]

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