Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales




"National Museum of Wales" redirects here. For this organisation's main site in Cardiff, see National Museum Cardiff.



Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales is located in Wales

Cardiff

Cardiff



Blaenavon

Blaenavon



Nantgarw

Nantgarw



Dre-fach Felindre

Dre-fach Felindre



Llanberis

Llanberis



Caerleon

Caerleon



Swansea

Swansea



St David's

St David's





The locations of the branches of (and other sites connected to) Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales





Poster by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion suggesting the formation of a National Museum of Wales, June 1876.


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 Legionary 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.




Contents






  • 1 Directors of the National Museum of Wales


  • 2 Visitor numbers


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 Further reading


  • 5 External links





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[6]
Museum
 Visitor numbers (2017)
 Image

St Fagans National Museum of History
Increase 553,090
St Fagans Museum Main Building 2018.jpg

National Museum Cardiff
Increase 539,550
Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd.JPG

National Waterfront Museum
Increase 268,622
National Waterfront Museum (19125415205).jpg

National Slate Museum
Increase 145,969
National Slate Museum from above.jpg

Big Pit National Coal Museum
Increase 141,969
Big Pit, Blaenavon.jpg

National Roman Legion Museum
Increase 70,021
Amgueddfa'r Lleng Rhufeinig.JPG

National Wool Museum
Increase 36,909
Welsh National Wool Museum.jpg


Source: Visits to Tourist Attractions in Wales 2017[6]



Notes





  1. ^ Oriel y Parc, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, retrieved 9 August 2015.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales (corporate author) (2007), Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales: Celebrating the first 100 years, Cardiff: National Museum Wales Books, p. 182


  3. ^ Price, Karen (13 January 2010), "National Museum Wales director Michael Houlihan takes up post in New Zealand", WalesOnline, retrieved 12 August 2015


  4. ^ New director general for National Museum Wales, BBC News, 12 July 2010, retrieved 12 August 2015


  5. ^ Director General, National Museum Wales, retrieved 2 September 2018


  6. ^ ab "Visits to tourist attractions in Wales 2017" (pdf). Visit Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2018.




Further reading


  • Rhiannon Mason, Museums, Nations, Identities: Wales and its National Museums, Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 2007, 256 p.
    ISBN 0708319726


External links




  • Media related to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website























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