Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Network of national museums in Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about National Museum Wales?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
"National Museum of Wales" redirects here. For the organisation's main site, known historically as the National Museum of Wales, see National Museum Cardiff.
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.