Events

‘Lamplight to Sunlight: Revisiting the lives of pit ponies from new perspectives’   A book reading and discussion with local author Anna Rashbrook and photographer Walter Waygood and [...]

FREE Expressive Art Sessions for ages 12-18 this October Half-term Coming soon! FREE Expressive Art Sessions for ages 12-18 with fine artist Steph Cormack This October Half Term Tuesday 31st [...]

Coming soon / Yn dod yn fuan!   Free Life Drawing Classes for ages 16 and above with art tutor Dai Williams. Starting on Tuesday 3rd October, 7-9pm   6 sessions on Tuesdays 7-9pm: 3rd, 10th, [...]

Mags Keane ‘Memories of a Miner’s Daughter’ Art Exhibition   This September local artist Mags Keane is exhibiting her stunning work in our Mezzanine Gallery. Titled [...]

Bilingual Post: Arts & Crafts Calling all you Crafty Kids! Come and create your next masterpiece with the help of Craig Lewis Arts. Ages 7-12 (Ages 5+ welcome with an adult helper) [...]

Free Drama Workshops this August with The Aberdare Colstars at Cynon Valley Museum Do you dream of being a star? Are you a young actor aged 8-12 or 13-18? Join The Aberdare Colstars at these free [...]

Coming Soon! A Free Story -Telling Session for kids aged 2-7 ‘George’s Escape’ read by local author Jerzy Jones Plus free arts & crafts! Saturday 29th August 2023 11am [...]

‘Under the Sea’ – a free Arts & Crafts session for kids aged 7+ Get ready for some free summer fun!  Let the kids get creative and join us for a ‘Make your own fish [...]

The Miskin Art Society ‘Welsh Life’ Art Exhibition 7th – 28th July 2023 Coming soon to Cynon Valley Museum: The Miskin Art Society’s 2023 Art Exhibition ‘Welsh [...]

Join us at Cynon Valley Museum for the launch of John Briggs’ ‘ Walking the Valleys’ exhibition featuring selected photography from the book by Peter Finch and John Briggs, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Easter Saturday 8th April 11am-1pm FREE Kids’ Art & Craft – Drop-in session Easter Egg Painting & Competition! Join us Easter Saturday 2023 for a FREE Easter Egg painting [...]

Free Learn Welsh Lesson at Cynon Valley Museum Siop Siarad a Chyngerdd Am Ddim yn Amgueddfa Cwm Cynon A Free Siop Siarad and Concert in Cynon Valley Museum Dydd Sadwrn 25 Mawrth 2023 10.00yb [...]

Have Your Voice Heard This International Women’s Day, join The RCTCBC Community Safety Team in establishing a steering group that will strive to improve the safety of women and girls in [...]

Exciting Events Coming up this March 2023 Cynon Valley Museum Trust is delighted to be providing family activities and events throughout March. These events are funded by the RCT Together Shared [...]

‘Aildanio’ 2022-23 Arts Prize Exhibition at g39 Cardiff Aildanio, the Disability Arts Cymru (DAC) Arts Prize exhibition has begun its six gallery tour of Wales at g39 in Cardiff from 18th [...]

We’re happy to be hosting free craft events this Winter!   These sessions target ages 7 – 16 years. Children aged 5-7 are welcome with a guardian/adult. Winter Craft Session [...]

Join us at Cynon Valley Museum this Christmas, we’ve got lots going on!   1st – 22nd December, Winter Art Exhibition Throughout December, the Winter Art exhibition spread across both our art [...]

We’re happy to be hosting free craft events this Halloween and Bonfire Night, led by local artist Craig Lewis! (Mae’r fersiwn Gymraeg yn dilyn isod) These sessions target ages 7 [...]

‘Our Treasures’ Join us at Cynon Valley Museum for an art workshop in partnership with Craft of Hearts! Do you know what your treasures are? During our sessions you will create a [...]

Criw Celf are back at the museum! Join local artist Caitlin Flood-Molyneux (https://www.floodmolyneuxart.com/) leading a series of collage and mixed media sessions for different age groups, [...]

This year Cynon Valley Museum is happy to be hosting a panel event to celebrate and discuss Women’s History Month. Our panel speakers include Karin Mear, local artist and Heritage and [...]

To celebrate Women’s History Month and the unveiling of the Elaine Morgan statue in Mountain Ash, Cynon Valley Museum will be hosting a history talk focusing on the life and work of Elaine [...]

To celebrate the showcase of the Glamorgan Archives ‘Glamorgan’s Blood: Dark Arteries, Old Veins’ exhibition in our Mezzanine Gallery, Cynon Valley Museum will be hosting a [...]

Happy LGBTQ+ History Month! Cynon Valley Museum, in partnership with the Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Community Cohesion Team, is delighted to be hosting an LGBTQ+ History Month event [...]

Cynon Valley Museum is delighted to be launching ‘Cynon Valley Museum Winter Art Club’ in partnership with RCT Arts and Creative Industries, as part of the Winter of Wellbeing. These [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]