Porthcawl Museum

Old Police Station
John Street
Porthcawl
Bridgend
CF36 5DT
Wales

Website

www.cobwebs.uk.net/pmhs/page1.html

E-mail

Porthcawl Tourist Information Centre

porthcawltic@bridgend.gov.uk

Telephone

01656 782211

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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Porthcawl Museum is located in the Old Police Station, which was used as a working police station from 1877 to its closure in 1974. This listed building still has the original charge room which now houses the Porthcawl Tourist Information Centre.

Our collections include social, maritime and military history (particularly that of the 49th Recce Regiment, formed in Porthcawl in 1942), Victorian costumes and artefacts, railway history (of the DLPR, dating from 1825, and the GWR).

We also have an 1866 drawing of the proposed new town of Porthcawl, a large collection of commemorative china donated by Mr & Mrs Redwood, and a library of local history photographs and slides.

The Samtampa exhibition commemorates the tragic shipwreck at Sker Point in April 1947.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

31 March-31 October
Mon-Sun 14.00-16.00
Sat 10.00-12.00, 14.00-16.00

Between Christmas and Easter we are closed on Mon, Tues and Wed for renewal of displays.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Library with public access

Old Police Station
John Street
Porthcawl
Bridgend
CF36 5DT
Wales

Website

www.cobwebs.uk.net/pmhs/page1.html

E-mail

Porthcawl Tourist Information Centre

porthcawltic@bridgend.gov.uk

Telephone

01656 782211

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.

The Museum contains an exhibition of the Welsh Guards featuring memorabilia of the Guards from its formation in 1915 to the present day, including uniforms, regalia, arms, regimental records and much more. The Museum also features a fascinating collection of artifacts, costumes and memorabilia charting the social and maritime history of the Porthcawl area as well as a collection of war mementoes. The wartime records of the 49th Reconnaissance Regiment, which was formed here in 1942, are also on display. The Museum also contains records of the history of the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist founded in 1189.
The Porthcawl Art Society provides displays of the works of local artists on the first floor.

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Costume and Textiles, Land Transport, Maritime, Social History, Weapons and War

Key artists and exhibits

  • 49th Reconnaissance Regiment
  • Welsh Guards

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Old Police Station
John Street
Porthcawl
Bridgend
CF36 5DT
Wales

Website

www.cobwebs.uk.net/pmhs/page1.html

E-mail

Porthcawl Tourist Information Centre

porthcawltic@bridgend.gov.uk

Telephone

01656 782211

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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