National Waterfront Museum

National Waterfront Museum
Oystermouth Road
Maritime Quarter
Swansea
Vale of Glamorgan
SA1 3RD
Wales

Website

www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/swansea

E-mail

waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk

Telephone

Information and Enquiries

01792 638950

Press Office

Fax

01792 638956

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Throughout the Industrial Revolution Wales and her people influenced the rest of the world. How we live today is a result of the choices we made then. At the National Waterfront Museum you can be plunged into poverty, wallow in wealth, dabble with danger or even risk your health! Experience noise, grime, high finance, upheaval, consumerism and opportunity. Be exploited! Watch as families cope under pressure. It's no ‘soap’. It's what really happened. Wales was one of the earliest and most heavily industrialised nations on earth. We reaped the benefits, but we suffered the consequences. A visit to the National Waterfront Museum will be unlike any visit you've ever made to any museum. Ever.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Admission charges

Free entry for all

 General services and facilities
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Braille information and/or interpretation
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

National Waterfront Museum
Oystermouth Road
Maritime Quarter
Swansea
Vale of Glamorgan
SA1 3RD
Wales

Website

www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/swansea

E-mail

waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk

Telephone

Information and Enquiries

01792 638950

Press Office

Fax

01792 638956

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Wales' industrial collections

Collection details

Agriculture, Architecture, Archives, Inland Waterways, Industry, Land Transport, Maritime, Science and Technology, Social History, Trade and Commerce

National Waterfront Museum
Oystermouth Road
Maritime Quarter
Swansea
Vale of Glamorgan
SA1 3RD
Wales

Website

www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/swansea

E-mail

waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk

Telephone

Information and Enquiries

01792 638950

Press Office

Fax

01792 638956

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Tic Toc - It’s about Time!

9 December 2011 — 26 February 2012 *on now

A family-friendly exhibition which uncovers how to tell the time and how time is measured. Clocks, watches, factory whistles and school bells, all explained in 12 interactive fun games and activities.

Find out about Wales's clock-making industries and how the most famous clock chime in the world - Big Ben - is Welsh!

Suitable for

  • Any age

Admission

Free.

John Uzzell Edwards

10 December 2011 — 4 March 2012 *on now

The artistic talent of John Uzzell Edwards on display with a fabulous series of abstract paintings inspired by his world famous Welsh quilts collection.

His work has always been inspired by Wales and its associated social and industrial history as well as his love for Welsh quilts and blankets. John uses the different patterns, textures, material and rhythms of the quilts to produce his own interpretative paintings.

Where

Red Wall Gallery

Admission

Free.

Love Swansea Glass

22 January — 4 March 2012 *on now

The return of the popular celebration of love and romance in the form of fragile glass hearts just in time for Santes Dwynwen and St Valentine's days.

Many of the glass works will be for sale, so why not treat the one you love or yourself?

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

Admission

Free.

Playing for Wales - the Story of the Football Association of Wales

11 December 2011 — 4 March 2012 *on now

The highs and lows of the beautiful game, Wales's other national sport.

Focusing on the legendary games and the greatest players, this version of the exhibition will include a special celebration of Swansea City, Wales's first Premier League team, and the chance to try out our football table to practice your skills.

A touring exhibition from Powysland Museum, Welshpool.

Suitable for

  • Any age
  • Family friendly

Admission

Free.

National Waterfront Museum
Oystermouth Road
Maritime Quarter
Swansea
Vale of Glamorgan
SA1 3RD
Wales

Website

www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/swansea

E-mail

waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk

Telephone

Information and Enquiries

01792 638950

Press Office

Fax

01792 638956

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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