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Are you a creative writer? Join writer and poet Mike Church for his writing workshop themed “My Hometown” here at Cynon Valley Museum, Wednesday 21st June, 11.30 – 2.00pm. Be [...]

Volunteer at Cynon Valley Museum!   About Us Formed in 2016, Cynon Valley Museum Trust is a registered charity (1161227), located in Aberdare.  We aim to provide an accessible, interactive [...]

Coleg y Cymoedd  Arddangosfa Cyfryngau Digidol Creadigol / Creative Digital Media Exhibition Bilingual text: Yn dod yn fuan! Coleg y Cymoedd Lefel 1, lefel 2 & lefel 3 Arddangosfa Cyfryngau [...]

Reflections from Rachel Carney The last few months have been strange, bordering on the surreal, as so much of our daily lives, our habits and interactions, have gone virtual. While many of us, [...]

We’re recruiting! Would you like to lead the Cynon Valley Museum through the next stage of its development? As Museum Manager you will head up our dedicated team, working alongside the [...]

Crow a poem by Rachel Carney in response to ‘Mother and Child Flight’ by Karin Mear I follow my crow up the road hopping aside to let the people pass wait! wait for me! she flits away   turns [...]

A Metamorphosis a poem by Rachel Carney in response to photographs of the Phurnacite Plant at Abercwmboi, taken by Hans Hoyer Ignore the dirt and clamour, try not to cough, just wait for the [...]

This blog will take you on a whistle-stop tour of the valley’s railways via photographs from the Cynon Valley Museum collection. This includes some railway ‘outposts’, an example of railways and [...]

The Shadows a poem by Rachel Carney in response to ‘Lockdown’ by Karin Mear They measure out the flat span of each red day that passes or shape themselves – shadows of shadows inside shadows. [...]

Yellow a poem by Rachel Carney in response to ‘When the Singing Stopped’ by Karin Mear a cage of feathers, light as breath, a flare amid the groan and roar, a song flung from the womb [...]