Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales,[2][3] branded as simply Amgueddfa Cymru (formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales and legally National Museum of Wales),[4] is a Welsh Government sponsored body that comprises seven museums in Wales:
- National Museum Cardiff – formerly the National Museum of Wales
- St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff
- Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon
- National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre near Llandysul
- National Slate Museum, Llanberis
- National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon
- National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
In addition to these sites, the organisation runs Oriel y Parc, a gallery of Welsh landscape art in St David's, in partnership with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.[5] The National Collections Centre in Nantgarw is AC-NMW's storage facility.
Directors of the National Museum of Wales
- William Evans Hoyle (1908–1924)
- Sir Mortimer Wheeler (1925–1926)
- Sir Cyril Fox (1926–1948)
- D. Dilwyn John (1948–1968)
- Gwyn Jones (1968–1977)
- Douglas Bassett (1977–1985)
- David W. Dykes (1986–1989)
- Alastair Wilson (1989–1993)
- Colin Ford (1993–1998)
- Anna Southall (1998–2002)[6]
- Michael Houlihan (2003–2010)[7]
- David Anderson (2010–2023)[8][9]
- Jane Richardson (2023-)[10][11]
Visitor numbers
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| Museum | Visitor numbers (2017) | Image | |||||
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| St Fagans National Museum of History | Increase 553,090 | File:St Fagans Museum Main Building 2018.jpg | |||||
| National Museum Cardiff | Increase 539,550 | File:Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd.JPG | |||||
| National Waterfront Museum | Increase 268,622 | File:National Waterfront Museum (19125415205).jpg | |||||
| National Slate Museum | Increase 145,969 | File:National Slate Museum from above.jpg | |||||
| Big Pit National Coal Museum | Increase 141,969 | File:Big Pit, Blaenavon.jpg | |||||
| National Roman Legion Museum | Increase 70,021 | File:Amgueddfa'r Lleng Rhufeinig.JPG | |||||
| National Wool Museum | Increase 36,909 | File:Welsh National Wool Museum.jpg | |||||
| Source: Visits to Tourist Attractions in Wales 2017[12] | |||||||
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References
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Further reading
- Rhiannon Mason, Museums, Nations, Identities: Wales and its National Museums, Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 2007, 256 p. Template:ISBN
External links
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