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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 in partnership with Amguedffa Cymru and Welsh Museums Federation as part of the “Winter of Wellbeing” funded by the Welsh Government we will be giving out 200 free [...]

Talk: The Holocaust Memorial Tablet   Join Cynon Valley Museum and the Jewish History Association of South Wales (JHASW) on Wednesday 26th January at 11am for a talk to mark Holocaust [...]

Holocaust Memorial Day at Cynon Valley Museum   Every year Holocaust Memorial Day takes place in January so that we all remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi [...]

Expression of Interest to Run Museum Cafe   Cynon Valley Museum Trust (CVMT), is seeking Expressions of Interest from individuals and organisations interested in running the Museum Café at [...]

Merry Christmas from Cynon Valley Museum   As we come to the end of 2021, everyone at Cynon Valley Museum would like to wish you a merry Christmas, a happy festive period, and New Year. The [...]

Cynon Valley Museum is disappointed to announce that due to the recent increase in COVID-19 rates and the Omicron variant the two planned Santa’s grotto days on Saturday 18th and Wednesday [...]

Historical Christmas Trail at Cynon Valley Museum From December 1st Cynon Valley Museum will launch its Christmas trail which will be available to families, careers and children! This trail will [...]

Interfaith Day at Cynon Valley Museum Cynon Valley Museum is taking part in Interfaith week 2021 with a special event taking place this Saturday at the museum in partnership with RCT Council’s [...]

Enter Poster Competition for Interfaith Week Cynon Valley Museum has teamed up with RCT Council’s Community Safety Partnership invites you to a celebrate Inter Faith week between Sunday the [...]

Cynon Valley Museum has lost a member of its family. Geoffrey Evans sadly passed away earlier this month. He will be deeply missed by everyone at the museum. As many of you know Geoffrey was one [...]

Book Now for Tickets to Prehistory in Wales Join Cynon Valley Museum and Dr Steve Burrow Deputy Head of Public History & Archaeology at Amgueddfa Cymru National Museums Wales Tuesday 2nd [...]

Cynon Valley Museum Trust was delighted to welcome to the museum, Vattenfall, Pen Y Cymoedd Community Fund and Vikki Howells MS for the Cynon Valley to Cynon Valley Museum on Friday 8th October [...]

Beth Winter MP Visits Cynon Valley Museum Cynon Valley Museum was delighted to welcome Beth Winter, Cynon Valley’s Member of Parliament to the museum last Friday. As part of her visit, she [...]

Cynon Valley Museum Relaunches Mezzanine Gallery Cynon Valley Museum continues on its journey of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic with another reopening milestone this week. The popular [...]

Cynon Valley Museum Welcomes Visit by National Lottery Heritage Fund   Cynon Valley Museum earlier in August were delighted to receive a visit from National Lottery Heritage Fund. It was an [...]

We’re Recruiting For Trustees to Join Cynon Valley Museum’s Trust’s Board Working to the CVMT’s values of sustainability, accessibility, progression, ambition, flexibility [...]

Cynon Valley Museum Trust (CVMT) are inviting individuals or organisations to tender for a contract to deliver a 5 year Business Plan that supports our future trajectory from 2021 – 2027. The [...]

Cynon Valley Museum has partnered with Amgueddfa Cymru and Cyfartha Castle in a new project titled Valleys Re-told.   Valleys Re-told The Valleys Re-told project, led by Amgueddfa Cymru and [...]

Old Aberdare Volume 11 Now On Sale at Cynon Valley Museum   The latest volume of Old Aberdare is now available for sale at the Cynon Valley Museum. Volume 11 has been produced by Cynon [...]

Cynon Valley Museum Reopens   Cynon Valley Museum has reopened to the public for the first time in 7 months following its temporary closure as result of the change in Welsh Government [...]

We’re Recruiting For a Treasurer to Join Our Board of Trustees Working to the CVMT’s values of SUSTAINABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, PROGRESSION, AMBITION, FLEXIBILITY & [...]

We’re recruiting! Working to the CVMT’s values of SUSTAINABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, PROGRESSION, AMBITION, FLEXIBILITY & REPRESENTATION, the role of the Museum Assistant is to [...]

A brand-new photography exhibition, presented by the Cynon Valley Museum in Aberdare and the Wales Co-operative Centre, goes online on Tuesday 11 May 2021. The exhibition reflects the vibrant and [...]

Cynon Valley Museum Trust (CVMT) has secured funding to increase the museums accessibility through the redevelopment of its toilets and creation of ground floor office space.   Redevelopment [...]

Question 1: Tell us a Little bit about yourself? My name is Richard, I am Chair of the Cynon Valley Museum Trust. Alongside chairing the board of trustees at the Museum. I am Vice Chair of the [...]