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Museums & Galleries: Armagh County Museum, N. Ireland Big Pit National Mining Musem, Wales British Empire Museum, England Ceredigion Museum, Wales Down County Museum, N. Ireland Harbour Museum, Derry, N. Ireland Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, N. Ire. Museum of Welsh Life, Wales National Library of Wales, Wales National Portrait Gallery, Wales North Down Heritage Centre, N. Ireland Old Bushmills Distillery, N. Ireland Palace Stables Heritage Centre, N. Ire. Roman Legionary Museum, Wales Royal Yacht Britannia, Scotland Tower Museum, Derry, N. Ireland Ulster American Folk Park, N. Ireland Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, N. Ire. Ulster History Park, N. Ireland Ulster Museum, N. Ireland Workhouse Museum, Derry, N. Ireland ................................................. _________________________________

South Wales attractions: Aberglasney Gardens Big Pit National Mining Musem Blaenafon Ironworks Brecon Mountain Railway Caerleon Roman Fortress Caerphilly Castle Cardiff Castle Carew Castle Carreg Cennen Castle Castell Coch Dinefwr Castle Dolaucothi Gold Mine Kidwelly Castle Museum of Welsh Life National Botanic Garden of Wales Pembroke Castle Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber Raglan Castle Rhondda Heritage Park Roman Legionary Museum St David's Cathedral Tintern Abbey ................................................. _________________________________

Museum of Welsh Life St Fagan's, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF5 6XB, Wales, UK. Tel. 44 (0)2920 573500

The Museum of Welsh Life is a hugely popular open-air museum that is located in the 100-acre parkland of St Fagan's Castle, a 16th century manor house, four miles west of Cardiff city centre.

The magnificent museum was opened in 1948 and gives a fascinating and unique insight into how the people of Wales lived and worked over hundreds of years. 50 acres of the site is filled with a collection of over 40 buildings that have been salvaged from all over the country and relocated to the park; including farmhouses, cottages, shops, an 18th century whitewashed chapel, a Victorian school, and a Workmen's Institute.

You can wander in and out of the buildings at leisure, and the museum comes alive with people dressed in costume, and craftsmen demonstrating their skills. With everything from a recreated Celtic village to an energy-efficient 'House of the Future', there is no shortage of exhibits. Particularly impressive are the Rhyd-y-car ironworkers' cottages, each of which has been furnished in the style of a different period, which come from Merthyr Tydfil and date from the beginning of the 19th century. There are also indoor exhibitions, a shop and a restaurant; and the museum holds lively folk festivals throughout the year.

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UK Museums & Galleries in our Museum Gallery section:

Armagh County Museum
Big Pit National Mining Musem
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
Ceredigion Museum
Down County Museum
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Lough Neagh Discovery Centre
Museum of Welsh Life
National Library of Wales
National Portrait Gallery
North Down Heritage Centre
Old Bushmills Distillery
Palace Stables Heritage Centre
Roman Legionary Museum
Royal Yacht Britannia
Tower Museum
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