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Launching a community memory project This year has tested our community, first by flooding, then by the spread of the Coronavirus. Our lives have changed and they may never be the same again. [...]

Among several railway items displayed at the Cynon Valley Museum is the metal British Railways (Western Region) sign from Abernant Station (not the sign pictured above). Abernant Railway Station [...]

This latest article tells the stories of four model wagons in the Cynon Valley collection. G. I. John: Town librarian, Aberdare. The four examples of model wagons in this article belonged to Mr [...]

The Cynon Valley Museum Trust has, in the last week, taken the difficult decision to utilise the Government Job Retention Scheme (furlough) in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. As a young [...]

The Museum holds a significant collection of sketches by the Bacon Sisters, many of which are available to view on the People’s Collection Wales website. Who were the Bacon sisters? The sketches [...]

The Cynon Valley Museum and Green Valley Kitchen will be closed from 4pm 18th March 2020, until further notice to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. The health of our staff, volunteers, visitors, [...]

On 28th January 2020, the Cynon Valley Museum Trust was proud to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2020, 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. The Cynon Valley Museum worked [...]

This week is Trustees Week! #TrusteesWeek #WythnosYrYmddiriedolwyr The Cynon Valley Museum is run by a Board of Trustees who volunteer their time to contribute to the legal compliance, long-term [...]

The Cynon Valley Museum Trust is delighted to share that they have been shortlisted as a finalist in the Welsh Charity Awards 2019 in the category of ‘Thriving Charity’. The inaugural year of the [...]