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!

We’ve received these very kind donations from The Shed in Aberdare for our board games social this Friday at the CVM from 10am to 1pm! We hope to see you then!

Starting on Saturday the 14th of February, we are hosting the ‘Tangled Narratives and Other Narratives’ Exhibition on our main gallery!

Make Space in your calendars! On the 14th, the first Saturday of February Half Term, Jerzy Jones is reading his kids book, ‘Where do Snowmen Go?’ followed by an Arts & Crafts session at the Museum. Free Entry and All Welcome!

Attention all Stereophonics fans: we have Stuart Cable’s drum set in the Cynon Valley Museum and all you’re more than welcome to come take a look! Open 10am – 4pm Tuesday to Saturday

Next Friday, the 23rd of January, we will be hosting a Drop-in Board Games social. All are welcome, so feel free to pop in, get a cuppa from our Tearooom and and play some classic board games. Any old board game donations are welcome and appreciated, you’ll be helping to give our visitors a good […]

From today until the 7th of Feb, Islwyn Thorne’s Exhibition at the Cynon Valley Museum is on display! You won’t want to miss his Sketches at the British Museum

📢 On the 13th of March, the Museum is hosting a new Music, Spoken Word and Visual Show Exploring One Life Through a Hundred Years of Change 📢 Snow Along the Line traces the life of an extraordinary yet ordinary woman whose journey spans nearly a century of change. Barbara Jones nee Naisbitt, was born […]

*The Cynon Valley History Society’s Talk is on the 15th and titled ‘The Voices of 1842 – The Stories Behind Child Labour in Wales’. Apologies for the mistake   The January Newsletter now with its Welsh Translation! Please do come on down to the Museum this month, but mind the cold!

The Women & The Valleys art exhibition is now in its 5th year at Cynon Valley Museum and submissions are invited from women who either live in the South Wales Valleys or have a connection to them. Instructions on how to submit your work, in the first instance, are below. Please read them and if […]

Santa Claus came to the Museum this past weekend and it was a roaring success! Thank you so much to everyone who attended, we hope we brought a bit of Christmas cheer to your family

Food from the Principality Foodbank is now found at the Cynon Valley Museum. Please bring your own bags and collect as much as you need. Open Thursday – Saturday, 10am to 4pm.