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::Carmarthenshire Museum tells the county story at the old palace of the Bishops of St Davids. The museum collections span 50,000 years of human history.   
::Carmarthenshire Museum tells the county story at the old palace of the Bishops of St Davids. The museum collections span 50,000 years of human history.   
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'''Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery'''<br>6 Little Water St<br>Carmarthen SA31 1ER UK<br>Telephone: 1267 228696<br>
'''Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery'''<br>Carmarthen Regional Library<br>St. Peter's Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1LN6 UK<br><br>Telephone: 1267 228696<br>
Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk]<br>
Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk]<br>
[http://museu.ms/museum/details/16132/carmarthen-town-museum-and-gallery Website]
[http://museu.ms/museum/details/16132/carmarthen-town-museum-and-gallery Website]
::Beside the famous River Tywi, Carmarthen has been a centre of government since Roman times. The displays trace the history of Carmarthen’s varied past, from Roman Moridunum and royal borough to busy county town.
::Carmarthen museum and gallery is part of the Carmarthen Library and on display you will find pottery imported in Roman and medieval times, a collection of official weights and measures, as well as a Columbia printing press which dates back to when Carmarthen was the printing capital of Wales. Carmarthen town’s rich cultural and social life features strongly in the displays as well as archaeology, architecture, industry, law and order, maritime, social history, trade and commerce.
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'''Kidwelly Industrial Museum (Amgueddfa Ddiwydiannol Cydweli)'''<br>1 Velindre Cottages<br>Kidwelly SA17 4LW UK<br>Telephone: 1554 891078/01267 228696<br>
'''Kidwelly Industrial Museum (Amgueddfa Ddiwydiannol Cydweli)'''<br>1 Velindre Cottages<br>Kidwelly SA17 4LW UK<br>Telephone: 1554 891078/01267 228696<br>

Revision as of 17:23, 21 March 2023

Carmarthenshire Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Wales Background
Local Research Resources

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Wales Archives and Libraries page.

Archives[edit | edit source]

Carmarthenshire Archives at Carmarthen Library
9 St Peter's Street
Carmarthen
SA31 1LN UK

Phone: 01267 228232
E-mail: archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website
Collection

Holdings, which include parish registers, diaries, letters, court records, photographs, records of local government, education records, estate records and school records, take up nearly 4km of shelving. Records are discoverable by use of the catalogues and indexes held in the public search room. If you are visiting the service for the first time, staff are available to demonstrate how to use finding aids. Only preliminary work is in place to create an online catelog.[1]

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Museums[edit | edit source]

Carmarthenshire Museum
Abergwili
Carmarthen SA31 2JG UK

Telephone: 1267 234567
Email: museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website

Carmarthenshire Museum tells the county story at the old palace of the Bishops of St Davids. The museum collections span 50,000 years of human history.

Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery
Carmarthen Regional Library
St. Peter's Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1LN6 UK

Telephone: 1267 228696
Email: museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website

Carmarthen museum and gallery is part of the Carmarthen Library and on display you will find pottery imported in Roman and medieval times, a collection of official weights and measures, as well as a Columbia printing press which dates back to when Carmarthen was the printing capital of Wales. Carmarthen town’s rich cultural and social life features strongly in the displays as well as archaeology, architecture, industry, law and order, maritime, social history, trade and commerce.

Kidwelly Industrial Museum (Amgueddfa Ddiwydiannol Cydweli)
1 Velindre Cottages
Kidwelly SA17 4LW UK
Telephone: 1554 891078/01267 228696
Email: info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk
Email #2: info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.org.uk
Website: Museum

This Museum houses the oldest surviving tinplate works in Europe. This unique museum is dedicated to the interpretation of the tinplate industry in general and specifically the packmill process. The locally around the Kidwelly and Llanelli area was once the home to nearly half the world’s tinplate production.

Parc Howard Museum
Felinfoel Road
Llanelli SA15 3LJ UK
Telephone: 01554 772029
Email: museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website