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

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.

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!

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 [...]

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 [...]

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!

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 [...]

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

*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 [...]

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

NEXT THURSDAY – 📚 Clear a space on your calendars – on the 18th of December the Cynon Valley History Society are hosting a talk on four local account of the First World War! Starting [...]

  Starting today, the Cynon Valley Museum is launching its new Festive Menu! Come into the Museum to have a bite today!

    On December 13th Santa Claus is coming to the Cynon Valley Museum. To book a place, either visit the museum or call on the poster above

  Get ready for the December Newsletter for the Cynon Valley Museum! Everything you need to know is here!

Mythical, Extinct & Endangered is a combined effort from Linda Agostini, Lisa Calnan and Saskia Wagner. I won’t be here for long, so see it while you can!

☃️Announcement☃️ Jerzy Jones is reading his children’s book ‘Where did the Snow Men Go?’ followed by a kids Arts & Crafts session. To book: 🎄Call the Cynon Valley 🎄Sign up [...]

THIS SATURDAY- Carwyn Jones is hosting a book reading of Vanished Wales — based on the ITV Series — in the Cynon Valley Museum on November 22nd at 11:30am. Admission £2 Admission Plus [...]

   Starting Today, Nigel Lewis will be hosting an exhibition in the Mezzanine Gallery with original pastel landscapes for sale. It’ll be on display for the next three weeks, so be sure [...]

A night of ghoulish fun was had at the Haunted Museum Trail this Tuesday! We wanted to wish a big thank you to all who attended, thanks to Crazy Joe’s Pizza for taking part, and a Happy [...]

Get yourselves ready for the Cynon Valley Museum’s November Newsletter! See what’s on and come visit! Welsh Translation

THIS SATURDAY  October 25th, we are hosting the Pengwyn Autumn Craft Fair from 10am to 4pm and we hope to see you there!

We are proud to announce that we are hosting the custom clothing of Draig Wear in our Shop! He offers £12 for a shirt of any size, and if the print you like is in the wrong size, he’ll make [...]

🎃Here’s the Newsletter for the Month of October! Big or small, you do not want to miss out 🎃 Responding to popular demand, we are changing our opening hours from 10am – 4pm starting [...]

This banner was made by the Cynon Valley Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (C.N.D) group. It reads ‘Cynon Valley’ above the modern peace symbol. The World changed forever on August 6th, 1945, when [...]

  🌸Hosted at the Cynon Valley Museum, come and see our Horticultural Exhibition open on the 28th of August in the upstairs Mezzanine Gallery 🌸 These will be paintings, illustrations, [...]

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.