Cultural Routes

National Museum of Wales / Amgueddfa Cymru

Cultural Route

• European Route of Industrial Heritage

Country

• United Kingdom

Member Category

• Cultural Institution / NGO
• Museum
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

N/D

Contact Details

c/o National Museum Cardiff (Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd)
Cathays Park
Cardiff CF10 3NP (United Kingdom)

Tel: +44 0300 111 2333
Website: www.museum.wales
Email: n.d.

Big Pit National Coal Museum (Big Pit Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru)
Blaenavon
Torfaen NP4 9XP (United Kingdom)

Tel: +44 0300 111 2 333
Website: www.museum.wales/bigpit
Email: n.d.

National Slate Museum (Amgueddfa Lechi Cymru)
Llanberis
Gwynedd LL55 4TY (United Kingdom)

Tel: +44 0300 111 2 333
Website: www.museum.wales/slate
Email: n.d.

National Waterfront Museum (Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau)
Oystermouth Road
Swansea SA1 3RD (United Kingdom)

Tel: +44 0300 111 2 333
Website: www.museum.wales/swansea
Email: n.d.

Contact Person

N/D

Main Town/Region

Cardiff (South Glamorgan, Wales)

Site Town/Region

Blaenavon (Torfaen, Gwent, Wales) / Llanberis (Gwynedd, Wales) / Swansea (West Glamorgan, Wales)

Main GPS Location

51.485694, -3.177310

Site GPS Location

51.766579, -3.110746 / 53.120812, -4.115113 / 51.616387, -3.938677

UNESCO World Heritage List

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (2000) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/984)

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

N/D

Description

Blaenavon was a major centre of iron production using local ore.
The Big Pit National Coal Museum features many above and below ground attractions, including the miners’ bath house, a forge and the colliery engine house, the remains of the Blaenavon Ironworks and the mining pit.
The National Slate Museum is dedicated to the skills and artistry of generations of quarry workers. The Museum is located in the former workshops of the Dinorwic slate quarry. It features an interactive exhibition and has the largest working waterwheel in mainland Britain.
The National Waterfront Museum in Swansea is dedicated to the Industrial Revolution and innovation thanks to a state-of-the-art interactive exhibition.
The Big Pit National Coal Museum, the National Slate Museum and the National Waterfront Museum are part of National Museum Wales, the Welsh Government sponsored charitable body comprising seven museums.
The Big Pit National Coal Museum, the National Slate Museum and the National Waterfront Museum are Anchor Points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

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