m (→Museums) |
(Migrated FSC links to FSC Template.) |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Wales | {{CountrySidebar | ||
{{breadcrumb | |Country=Wales | ||
|Name=Wales | |||
|Type=Topic | |||
|Topic Type=Local Resources | |||
|Local Resources=Archives and Libraries | |||
|Rating=Standardized | |||
}}{{breadcrumb | |||
| link1=[[Wales Genealogy|Wales]] | | link1=[[Wales Genealogy|Wales]] | ||
| link2= | | link2= | ||
| Line 6: | Line 12: | ||
| link4= | | link4= | ||
| link5=[[Wales Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] | | link5=[[Wales Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{| | {| | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Line 121: | Line 125: | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Church Libraries=== | ===Church Libraries=== | ||
* | *{{FSC|273990|item|disp=Church in Wales : Diocesan libraries}} FamilySearch Library 942.9 A1 | ||
=== Public Libraries === | === Public Libraries === | ||
*[https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/ukpublic/ '''Public Libraries in the United Kingdom'''] This website frequently provides a link to the online catalog of each library in the directory. <br> | *[https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/ukpublic/ '''Public Libraries in the United Kingdom'''] This website frequently provides a link to the online catalog of each library in the directory. <br> | ||
| Line 135: | Line 139: | ||
UK<br> | UK<br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Phone: 0300 111 2 333 | Phone: 0300 111 2 333<br> | ||
[https://museum.wales/cardiff/ Website]<br> | [https://museum.wales/cardiff/ Website]<br> | ||
[https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=9D1eaaBaiNB Explore the Evolution of Wales Galleries online]<br> | [https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=9D1eaaBaiNB Explore the Evolution of Wales Galleries online]<br> | ||
| Line 141: | Line 145: | ||
----- | ----- | ||
'''St Fagans National Museum of History'''<br> | '''St Fagans National Museum of History'''<br> | ||
(located 4 miles west of Cardiff City Centre, just off the A4232)<br> | |||
Cardiff<br> | |||
CF5 6XB UK<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Phone: 0300 111 2 333<br> | |||
Email: stfagans@museumwales.ac.uk<br> | |||
[https://museum.wales/stfagans/ Website] | |||
::St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people. | ::St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people. | ||
---- | |||
'''National Waterfront Museum'''<br> | '''National Waterfront Museum'''<br> | ||
Oystermouth Road<br> | |||
Maritime Quarter<br> | |||
Swansea<br> | |||
SA1 3RD UK<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Phone: 0300 111 2 333<br> | |||
Email: waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk<br> | |||
[https://museum.wales/swansea/ Website]<br> | |||
::The museum deals with Wales' history of industrial revolution and innovation by combining significant historical artifacts with modern technologies, such as interactive touchscreens and multimedia presentation systems. | |||
---- | |||
'''Big Pit National Coal Museum'''<br> | '''Big Pit National Coal Museum'''<br> | ||
Blaenafon<br> | |||
Torfaen<br> | |||
NP4 9XP UK<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Phone: 0300 111 2 333<br> | |||
Email: bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk<br> | |||
[https://museum.wales/bigpit/ Website]<br> | |||
::The museum features a range of above ground attractions including a winding house, saw mill, pithead, baths. Visitors are also taken below ground to the pit bottom where they tour the mine workings. | |||
----- | |||
'''National Slate Museum'''<br> | '''National Slate Museum'''<br> | ||
Llanberis<br> | |||
Gwynedd<br> | |||
LL55 4TY UK<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Phone: 0300 111 2 333<br> | |||
Email: slate@museumwales.ac.uk<br> | |||
[https://museum.wales/slate/ Website]<br> | |||
::The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of relicts of the Slate industry in Wales. The museum has displays featuring Victorian era slateworkers' cottages, the multi-media display, To Steal a Mountain, showing the lives and work of the men who quarried slate here. The museum also has the largest working waterwheel in mainland Britain. Close to the museum is the partly restored Vivian incline, a gravity balance incline where loaded slate wagons haul empty wagons back up. | |||
----- | |||
'''National Wool Museum'''<br> | '''National Wool Museum'''<br> | ||
Dre-fach Felindre, near Newcastle Emlyn<br> | |||
Llandysul<br> | |||
Carmarthenshire<br> | |||
SA44 5UP UK<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Phone: 0300 111 2 333<br> | |||
Email: wool@museumwales.ac.uk<br> | |||
[https://museum.wales/wool/ Website] | |||
::Historically and into the 19th century, the woollen industry in Wales, including spinning and weaving, surpassed even coal as the most important of Wales' industries. Both the mill and the village of Drefach Felindre are a national heritage site. It displays aspects of the National Flat Textile collection. As well as historic machinery, a raised walkway gives a view of textiles in production at Melin Teifi, the site's commercial woollen mill. In 2005 a Research and Collections Centre opened which includes a room dedicated to hands-on learning opportunities. | |||
---- | |||
'''National Roman Legion Museum'''<br> | '''National Roman Legion Museum'''<br> | ||
Caerleon, Nr Newport<br> | |||
NP18 1AE UK<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Phone: 0300 111 2 333<br> | |||
Email: roman@museumwales.ac.uk<br> | |||
[https://museum.wales/roman/ Website]<br> | |||
::The National Roman Legion Museum lies inside what remains of the fortress 0f Isca Augustafortress, and contains many artefacts from the period of Isca Augusta of Legio II Augusta from Roman currency to uniforms. | |||
----- | ----- | ||
'''Ebbw Vale Works Museum'''<br>Unit 15 Cwm Draw Industrial Estate<br>Newtown, Ebbw Vale NP23 5AE UK<br><br>Telephone: 01495 350941<br>Email: ev_works_at@btinternet.com <br>[http://evwat.co.uk Website] | '''Ebbw Vale Works Museum'''<br>Unit 15 Cwm Draw Industrial Estate<br>Newtown, Ebbw Vale NP23 5AE UK<br><br>Telephone: 01495 350941<br>Email: ev_works_at@btinternet.com <br>[http://evwat.co.uk Website] | ||
edits