St Fagans National museum of History

Last Updated on February 20, 2024 by Suzy McCullough

Things to do at St Fagans National museum of History review

Saint Fagans National museum of History is located close to Cardiff in South Wales. It is an open-air museum chronicling theHistorical, lifestyle, culture and architecture of the Welsh people. The museum consists of more than 40 re-erected buildings from various locations in Wales. It is set in the grounds of St Fagans Castle which is a Grade 1 listed Elizabethan manor house. It had a £30-million revamp which was completed in 2018.

Buildings include a non-conformist chapel, a village schoolhouse, a toll road booth, a cockpit, pigsty and a tannery. The museum features displays of traditional crafts with a working blacksmith forge, pottery, a weaver, a miller and a clog maker. There are also two working water mills, one for flour and one for wool.

Also on-site there is a small working farm that concentrates on preserving local Welsh native breeds of livestock. There is a row of worker’s cottages depicting furnishing from 1800 to 1985 and there’s even a post-war prefabricated bungalow that represents later domestic life. You can download activity sheets from their website to take around their grounds and gardens with you.

The museum also has a new play area that has been inspired by the historic buildings. It’s a space for creative play, a space to jump, climb and swing.

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