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Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, is a Welsh Government sponsored body that comprises seven museums in Wales:

  • National Museum Cardiff

  • 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.[1] 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)[2]

  • Michael Houlihan (2003–2010)[3]

  • David Anderson (2010–)[4][5]

Visitor numbers

In 2017 over 1.89m visitors attended the National Museum sites. The most popular site for 2017 was St. Fagans and in 2016 the most popular attraction was National Museum Cardiff.

Museum visitor numbers[[CITE|6|https://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/2018/180823-visitor-attractions-survey-2017-summary-en.pdf]]
MuseumVisitor numbers (2017)Image
St Fagans National Museum of HistoryIncrease553,090St Fagans Museum Main Building 2018.jpg
National Museum CardiffIncrease539,550Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd.JPG
National Waterfront MuseumIncrease268,622National Waterfront Museum (19125415205).jpg
National Slate MuseumIncrease145,969National Slate Museum from above.jpg
Big Pit National Coal MuseumIncrease141,969Big Pit, Blaenavon.jpg
National Roman Legion MuseumIncrease70,021Amgueddfa'r Lleng Rhufeinig.JPG
National Wool MuseumIncrease36,909Welsh National Wool Museum.jpg
Source: Visits to Tourist Attractions in Wales 2017[6]

References

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Citation Linkwww.museumwales.ac.ukOriel y Parc, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, retrieved 9 August 2015
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Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgAmgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales (corporate author) (2007), Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales: Celebrating the first 100 years, Cardiff: National Museum Wales Books, p. 182
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Citation Linkwww.walesonline.co.ukPrice, Karen (13 January 2010), "National Museum Wales director Michael Houlihan takes up post in New Zealand", WalesOnline, retrieved 12 August 2015
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Citation Linkwww.bbc.co.ukNew director general for National Museum Wales, BBC News, 12 July 2010, retrieved 12 August 2015
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Citation Linkmuseum.walesDirector General, National Museum Wales, retrieved 2 September 2018
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Citation Linkgov.wales"Visits to tourist attractions in Wales 2017" (pdf). Visit Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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Citation Linkmuseum.walesOfficial website
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Citation Linkwww.museumwales.ac.ukOriel y Parc
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Citation Linkwww.walesonline.co.uk"National Museum Wales director Michael Houlihan takes up post in New Zealand"
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