Santa Claus came to the Museum this past weekend and it was a roaring success! Thank you so much to everyone who attended, we hope we brought a bit of Christmas cheer to your family

Food from the Principality Foodbank is now found at the Cynon Valley Museum. Please bring your own bags and collect as much as you need. Open Thursday – Saturday, 10am to 4pm.

NEXT THURSDAY – 📚 Clear a space on your calendars – on the 18th of December the Cynon Valley History Society are hosting a talk on four local account of the First World War! Starting 7pm at the Museum 📚

  Starting today, the Cynon Valley Museum is launching its new Festive Menu! Come into the Museum to have a bite today!

    On December 13th Santa Claus is coming to the Cynon Valley Museum. To book a place, either visit the museum or call on the poster above

  Get ready for the December Newsletter for the Cynon Valley Museum! Everything you need to know is here!

Thank you to all who attended the Vanished Wales book talk with Carwyn Jones last weekend, it was a fascinating event that went off without a hitch!

Mythical, Extinct & Endangered is a combined effort from Linda Agostini, Lisa Calnan and Saskia Wagner. I won’t be here for long, so see it while you can!

☃️Announcement☃️ Jerzy Jones is reading his children’s book ‘Where did the Snow Men Go?’ followed by a kids Arts & Crafts session. To book: 🎄Call the Cynon Valley 🎄Sign up at the museum in advance or on the day.

THIS SATURDAY- Carwyn Jones is hosting a book reading of Vanished Wales — based on the ITV Series — in the Cynon Valley Museum on November 22nd at 11:30am. Admission £2 Admission Plus a Signed, Discounted Copy £21 We hope to see you there!

   Starting Today, Nigel Lewis will be hosting an exhibition in the Mezzanine Gallery with original pastel landscapes for sale. It’ll be on display for the next three weeks, so be sure not to miss out!

A night of ghoulish fun was had at the Haunted Museum Trail this Tuesday! We wanted to wish a big thank you to all who attended, thanks to Crazy Joe’s Pizza for taking part, and a Happy Halloween!      

Get yourselves ready for the Cynon Valley Museum’s November Newsletter! See what’s on and come visit! Welsh Translation

THIS SATURDAY  October 25th, we are hosting the Pengwyn Autumn Craft Fair from 10am to 4pm and we hope to see you there!

🎃Here’s the Newsletter for the Month of October! Big or small, you do not want to miss out 🎃 Responding to popular demand, we are changing our opening hours from 10am – 4pm starting from October 1st (Tomorrow)  

The Cynon Valley History Society are hosting a Book Launch in the Cynon Valley Museum on Thursday October 16th, starting at 7pm‘They Buried Them at Home – The Story of World War 1 Cynon Valley Commonwealth Graves’ by Robert E. Jones and Patricia Rees

This is a reminder of all the Cynon Valley History Society events set to take place in the museum up until December  

Look out for the end of next month! The Autumn Craft Fair is being hosted at the Cynon Valley Museum Saturday, October 25th

You will find them in the downstairs foyer and the upstairs gallery for £10 per print!

  Shwmae, and welcome to Cynon Valley Museum August Newsletter 2025 Please note: we have a new Facebook page, which you can access via the QR code in the newsletter, or simply follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579035939324 Please have a look at what’s on and consider popping in to visit the museum.

This banner was made by the Cynon Valley Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (C.N.D) group. It reads ‘Cynon Valley’ above the modern peace symbol. The World changed forever on August 6th, 1945, when the American B-29 Superfortress bomber ‘Enola Gay’ dropped ‘Little Boy’, the first nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, Over 340,000 people […]

  🌸Hosted at the Cynon Valley Museum, come and see our Horticultural Exhibition open on the 28th of August in the upstairs Mezzanine Gallery 🌸 These will be paintings, illustrations, photographs, paper sculptures, poetry and more from the ACS and Rhydywaun school art departments

Shwmae, and welcome to Cynon Valley Museum August Newsletter 2025 Please have a look at what’s on and consider popping in to visit the museum.

  CYNON VALLEY MUSEUM EASTER HOLIDAY OPENING TIMES        

Bilingual post: Please scroll down for the English: Dyma ein cylchlythyr ym mis Ebrill 2025. Cysylltwch â ni am fwy o wybodaeth am ein dosbarthiadau a’n digwyddiadau’r mis hwn. Mae’n ddrwg gennym ond mae oedi gyda’r cyfieithiad Cymraeg ar gyfer y cylchlythyr. Sylwch ar oriau agor Gwyliau’r Pasg wedi’u cywiro, os gwelwch yn dda. Here […]

Cynon Valley Family History Society- Aberdare Branch will be holding their next meeting on Thursday 13th March 2-4pm in the Cynon Valley Museum. Our guest speaker is Jennifer George, her talk will be on ‘Cynon Valley’s Hall of Fame” a truly remarkable’ rags to riches’ story. Everyone Welcome Entrance Fee £2.00 For further information contact […]

Coming up at Cynon Valley Museum… Easter Craft Fayre Saturday 5th April 10am-4pm Handmade gifts, art, crafts, cakes & more.. Raffle in aid of Cynon Valley Museum For more information, please contact pengwynfairs@gmail.com

Now open / ar agor…   Lleisiau Cymunedol, Gweledigaethau Cyfunol / Community Voices, Collective Visions   A participatory exhibition by artist Lindsay Servian inviting you to share your thoughts on the future.   The Cwtch Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare Wed 12th March – Sat 22nd March 2025   Free Entry / Mynediad am ddim 9:30-3:30pm […]