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Year 9 ACS Exhibition Goes on!

  Currently on display at the Cynon Valley Museum is the Artwork of Year 9’s students in ACS! These are beautiful illustrations and collages of the local community, and you won’t want to miss them!

POSTPONED: D&D Club

We’re very sorry to announce this, but the D&D group has been POSTPONED for the near future. There is no confirmed date when it will start, but we will update you very soon. Apologies once again

All-new Chess Club at the Museum!

  ANNOUNCEMENT Starting this week, the CVM is launching a Chess Club 1pm on Fridays. Bring a friend or test your skill on our Volunteers Play or Learn, FREE entry and all levels of experience welcome!

ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re hosting a Dungeons and Dragons club at the museum! We’ve got a Dungeon Master, now all we need is people to play! Entry is FREE!

‘Everyone is From Somewhere’ Opening Event!

  Meet the artists and join in the Opening Event THIS SATURDAY for ‘Everyone is from Somewhere’! From 2pm to 4pm

ACS Year 9 Artwork on Display!

Currently on display at the Cynon Valley Museum is the Artwork of Year 9’s students in ACS! These are beautiful illustrations and collages of the local community, and you won’t want to miss them!

‘Everyone is from Somewhere’ Exhibition Opens!

  The Museum’s latest Exhibitions opens TODAY! ‘Everyone is From Somewhere’ is a collaborative Mixed-media Exhibition on themes of identity and place. These are beautiful works you won’t want to miss! Opening Event is THIS Saturday

🗺️If you want to learn more about your roots, and how your family came to live in this beautiful valley, the Glamorgan Family History Society is holding a Research Session in the Museum next Thursday, 2 to 4pm🗺️ Come one come all!

July Museum Newsletter!

Here’s what’s on in the Cynon Valley Museum for the month of July! From Welsh classes to Quizzes, take a look and we hope you pop in!

Voice it! At the Cynon Valley Museum

Voice It! launches in RCT: Conversations in the community that count! Residents invited to share their views in new ‘Voice It!’ events across RCT Residents across Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) are being invited to take part in a new series of community events designed to give them a stronger voice in shaping local services. ‘Voice […]

Come Cool Down in the Heat!

🧊❄️Be careful in this heat! If you need to cool down, come and relax in our Tearoom!❄️🧊

FREE Welsh Practice Sessions

Starting NEXT WEEK we are hosting free Welsh Practice Sessions at the Cynon Valley Museum. Tuesdays, starting at 10pm, here’s a guide above. We hope to see you there!

July Quiz Night at the Museum!

After the great success of the first night, Next month we are hosting another Quiz Night at the Museum A prize of wine and Chocolates up for grabs See you Wednesday, 8th of July!

Cynon Valley History Society Lecture on World War 1 Next Week

    NEXT WEEK, the Cynon Valley History Society are hosting a lecture on local Welsh links to the First World War on Thursday! FREE ENTRY starting at 7pm🌹

Chinese Brush Painting Exhibition on Display!

    The Chinese Brush Painting Exhibition is now on display! Come Meet the Artist tomorrow at the museum from 10:30am to 1pm!

Quiz Night at the Museum!

IN TWO WEEKS we’re hosting a Quiz at the Cynon Valley Museum! Starting 6pm on Wednesday the 27th, you can win a bag of chocolates, biscuits and a free voucher for Tea/Coffee with Cake!

Chinese Brush Painting Exhibition

From the 6th of June we are once again proud to host the Exhibition  of CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING at the Museum. Come Thursday 10th of June to Meet the Artist

Newsletter for May

From our Community Showcase submissions to our upcoming Quiz, the newsletter for the Cynon Valley Museum for the month of May is here

Morgan Greene Writing Workshop on May 20th!

WEEK AFTER NEXT Welsh author Morgan Greene returns to teach creative writing in the Cynon Valley Museum on Wednesday the 20th of May. Go to the website below to book tickets and get more details! https://www.morgangreene.co.uk/course

Glamorgan Family History Society Research Session

NEXT THURSDAY if you’re interested in the origins of your family, or perhaps local history, then pop down to the Glamorgan Family History Society Research Session from 2 – 4pm!

The Centenary of the 1926 General Strikes and Lock Out

This year marks the centenary of the 1926 General Strike and Lock Out, in which 1.5 million workers across Britain took part in a nine-day labour stoppage. In the South Wales Coalfield, the strike was sparked by a long running dispute between miners and colliery owners on wage cuts and working hours. Nationally the strike […]

Community Showcase Exhibition Submission Period

🎨NEXT WEEK The Submission period for our Community Showcase Exhibition opens! Please observe the guidelines above, we’re so excited to see what you create!🎨

    📷THIS SATURDAY, is the opening event of our latest Exhibition, the Welsh Salon of Photography in BOTH the Lower and Mezzanine Gallery. You will not want to miss it!📸

Cuppa with a Copper at the Museum!

IN TWO WEEKS We’re hosting a Cuppa with a Copper at the Cynon Valley Museum! From 11am to 2pm, come along and have a chat to your Neighbourhood Policing Team about the issues that matter to you

Creative Writing Class with Morgan Greene at the Museum!

  NEXT WEEK we have Welsh author Morgan Greene Author teaching creative writing in the Cynon Valley Museum on Wednesday the 22nd of April. Go to the website below to book tickets and get more details!📖 https://www.morgangreene.co.uk/course

Upcoming Cynon Valley History Society Lecture: Western Welsh Coach Travel

NEXT WEEK come see the Cynon Valley History Society’s talk on the history of Western Welsh coach travel next Thursday, April 16th. 7pm to 9pm with FREE Entry!

Meet the Artist Saturday 12th – Bug

THIS SATURDAY! Meet the Artist behind the Museum’s latest vivid, wild and kaleidoscopic exhibition, Bug! In Saturday from 10am to 1pm, come and the artist’s perspective of his own work

Community Showcase Exhibition

  Community Showcase Exhibition Official Announcement!🎉 All the details are below, but if there’s anything you’re unsure of, send all enquiries to office@cynonvalleymuseum.wales  

Bug’s Exhibition in the Lower Gallery

Coming up: Bug’s photography exhibition in the Lower Gallery! Bug, an autistic photographer from Llantrisant, South Wales, UK, uses photography to navigate the visual overload of the world. By controlling light and contrast, he creates meditative abstract pieces that translate the fast-paced noise of the outside world into a slower, more refined visual language.

ON THIS WEEKEND! Please come visit the Spring Craft Fair hosted by Pengwyn Fairs at the Cynon Valley museum. Here you’ll find a wide variety of creative mediums (some of which are edible) all come together to make one brilliant experience

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