At Cynon Valley Museum, we host a programme of temporary exhibitions across our two temporary gallery spaces, Mezzanine Gallery and Lower Gallery and our online gallery Exhibition at Home. We are proud to support local artists, artistans and craft people, showcasing the best talent from the Cynon Valley.
Current Exhibitions
Now open! Come and view these beautiful drawings by talented local artist Islwyn Thorne up close in our Lower Gallery.
Islwyn Thorne ‘ Three Months in Florence with a Sketchbook’
Art Exhibition in our Lower Gallery
Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare
Free entry / mynediad am ddim
Tuesday-Saturdays, 9.30am-3.30pm
Dydd Mawrth- Dydd Gwener, 9.30yb-3.30yh
Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Road, Aberdare, CF44 8DL
Upcoming Exhibitions
In the Mezzanine Gallery
International Brigades Cymru Exhibition
Cynon Valley Museum are proud to be displaying the IB Cymru (International Brigade Wales) Exhibition here in our Mezzanine Gallery this December & next January
IB Cymru is the creation of Mary Greening, whose father, Aberdare-born miner Edwin, was one of more than 200 Welsh people who joined the I5th International Brigade in the fight against Franco.
Almost 90 years after these tumultuous events, be sure to visit this free exhibition to learn more about these heroic individuals and their struggle for a better world.
IB Cymru (International Brigade Wales) Exhibition Dates:
Sat. 30th Nov 2024 – Sat. 1st Feb 2025
Red Poets / Beirdd Cochion
at Cynon Valley Museum / Amgueddfa Cwm Cynon
Performing poems inspired by the International Brigade Volunteers Cymru Exhibition. Featuring 5 Red Poets reading including Mike Jenkins, Jazz, Al Jones, Rebecca Royall & Leanne Evans.
Thursday 23rd Jan 2025, 6.30-8.30pm
Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare, CF44 8DL
£2 or Pay As You Feel
To learn more about IB Cymru, please visit their website here:
https://international-brigades.org.uk/…/content-launch…/
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Exhibition Events
Explore Our Galleries
The Mezzanine Gallery and Lower Gallery are home to the museum’s temporary exhibition programme. The Museum holds a diverse programme of exhibitions including local artists and groups, national art bodies, artists and historic exhibitions.
Through our online gallery Exhibition at Home and Stories from the Collection, Cynon Valley Museum brings the culture and history into your homes through regular digital exhibitions and articles researching the history of the Cynon Valley.
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