From our Community Showcase submissions to our upcoming Quiz, the newsletter for the Cynon Valley Museum for the month of May is here

WEEK AFTER NEXT Welsh author Morgan Greene returns to teach creative writing in the Cynon Valley Museum on Wednesday the 20th of May. Go to the website below to book tickets and get more details! https://www.morgangreene.co.uk/course

NEXT THURSDAY if you’re interested in the origins of your family, or perhaps local history, then pop down to the Glamorgan Family History Society Research Session from 2 – 4pm!

This year marks the centenary of the 1926 General Strike and Lock Out, in which 1.5 million workers across Britain took part in a nine-day labour stoppage. In the South Wales Coalfield, the strike was sparked by a long running dispute between miners and colliery owners on wage cuts and working hours. Nationally the strike […]

🎨NEXT WEEK The Submission period for our Community Showcase Exhibition opens! Please observe the guidelines above, we’re so excited to see what you create!🎨

    📷THIS SATURDAY, is the opening event of our latest Exhibition, the Welsh Salon of Photography in BOTH the Lower and Mezzanine Gallery. You will not want to miss it!📸

IN TWO WEEKS We’re hosting a Cuppa with a Copper at the Cynon Valley Museum! From 11am to 2pm, come along and have a chat to your Neighbourhood Policing Team about the issues that matter to you

  NEXT WEEK we have Welsh author Morgan Greene Author teaching creative writing in the Cynon Valley Museum on Wednesday the 22nd of April. Go to the website below to book tickets and get more details!📖 https://www.morgangreene.co.uk/course

NEXT WEEK come see the Cynon Valley History Society’s talk on the history of Western Welsh coach travel next Thursday, April 16th. 7pm to 9pm with FREE Entry!

THIS SATURDAY! Meet the Artist behind the Museum’s latest vivid, wild and kaleidoscopic exhibition, Bug! In Saturday from 10am to 1pm, come and the artist’s perspective of his own work

  Community Showcase Exhibition Official Announcement!🎉 All the details are below, but if there’s anything you’re unsure of, send all enquiries to office@cynonvalleymuseum.wales  

Coming up: Bug’s photography exhibition in the Lower Gallery! Bug, an autistic photographer from Llantrisant, South Wales, UK, uses photography to navigate the visual overload of the world. By controlling light and contrast, he creates meditative abstract pieces that translate the fast-paced noise of the outside world into a slower, more refined visual language.

ON THIS WEEKEND! Please come visit the Spring Craft Fair hosted by Pengwyn Fairs at the Cynon Valley museum. Here you’ll find a wide variety of creative mediums (some of which are edible) all come together to make one brilliant experience

    Women and the Valleys Exhibition is now on in the Cynon Valley Museum, until the 28th of March. See a wide variety of stunning artwork from women artists in the Lower Gallery, many of which are for sale!

NEW EXHIBITION! From Wednesday the 25th of March, you can see artwork made across the Big Skill’s valuable and uplifting workshops on display in the Mezzanine Gallery! A wide variety across many mediums, its only here for 2 weeks so please take a look!

Are you an Artist from South Wales? We are hosting a Community Showcase Art Exhibition, to celebrate and uplift local artwork. Please do reach out if you’re interested!🎨 📱 – 01685 886729 📧 – office@cynonvalleymuseum.wales

Cynon Valley History Society are hosting a lecture next Thursday, on the ‘British Army of the Rhine in WW1’. FREE Entry and ALL welcome! 🎖️

Principality Food Bank has kindly sent us another round of donations! Please feel free to come in and take what you need💖

WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT – Take a look at the crisp, beautiful illustrations of birds courtesy of Beth Holloway 🕊️🐦

Special St. David’s Day Menu only for THIS Saturday, 28th of February!

  THIS SATURDAY: St. David’s Day at the Cynon Valley Museum

RCT Council Heritage Service have recently been involved in a digitisation project with the Welsh Government and Art UK . Nearly 100 objects from the museum collection have been professionally photographed and added to the Art UK website. This project targeted one of our key objectives of making the collection more accessible to the local […]

THIS THURSDAY We have a CVHS Lecture on the Keatings Family from Mountain Ash. A story built on hardship with great surprises in store that you can see for FREE!🏛️🦉📜

  THIS SATURDAY the 14th of Feb, we are hosting a kids book reading by Jerzy Jones and an Arts & Crafts session for FREE at the Cynon Valley Museum.

  NEXT THURSDAY: Glamorgan Family History Society Branch Meeting 12 February, 2–4pm at Cynon Valley Museum Interested in local or family history? Join us to start your research, get help with a brick wall, or explore the local materials we have available. Experienced members will be on hand to help. £2 entry | Everyone welcome

A closer look at the beautiful handmade walking sticks by Norman West

Here’s what lies ahead for February in the Cynon Valley Museum! All new weekly events as well as workshops and activities. We hope to see you there! Bilingual welsh version soon to be uploaded!

Starting on Saturday the 7th of February, we are hosting a Tabletop Meetup Session every Saturday! Bring your own paints, minis and dice to a relaxed warm space and meet likeminded hobbyists  

Reminder: We have limited copies of ‘Wales and the All Blacks’ signed by the author, Roger G.K. Penn at the Museum! Cataloguing the fusion of such unique cultures, it includes a chapter on the All Blacks coming to Aberdare!

Black History Cymru 365 is being hosted at the Cynon Valley Museum on Saturday the 21st of February. A Family Event where all are welcome for FREE. You can experience live music, spoken word poetry, kids arts & crafts and Afro-Caribbean food from 12pm to 4pm!