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Archives and Libraries

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

Archives

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.

Libraries

• Carmarthenshire Libraries. See drop-down menu "Find aa Library".

Museums

Carmarthenshire County Museum
The Old Palace
Abergwili
Carmarthen SA31 2JG UK
Telephone: 1267 228696
Email: museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website: Carmarthenshire County Museum

Carmarthenshire County Museum has on display a fine collection of paintings that are distributed throughout its galleries. The museum tells the fascinating story of Carmarthenshire. The museum is housed in a former Bishop’s Palace at Abergwili, near Carmarthen, and stands in its own grounds near the historic Merlin’s Hill.

Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery
6 Little Water St
Carmarthen SA31 1ER UK
Telephone: 1267 228696
Email: museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Website: Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery

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.

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: Kidwelly Industrial Museum

This Museum houses the oldest surviving tinplate works in Europe. Sited a mile outside the historic town of Kidwelly the museum houses the second oldest recorded tinplate works in the UK. 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.

National Museum of Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru)
Website: National Museum of Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru is a family of seven museums located throughout Wales. They are the National Museum Cardiff, the St Fagans National Museum of History, the National Waterfront Museum, the Big Pit National Coal Museum, the National Slate Museum, the National Roman Legion Museum, and the National Wool Museum.

National Wool Museum
Dre-Fach Felindre
Felindre
Llandysul SA44 5UP UK
Telephone: 0300 1112333
Email: wool@museumwales.ac.uk
Website: National Wool Museum

The National Wool Museum displays tell the story of the Woollen Industry through working machinery, archive material, and exciting hands-on displays and textile gallery. Wool was historically the most important and widespread of Wales's industries and the National Wool Museum is housed in the historic former Cambrian Mills which made shirts and shawls, blankets and bedcovers, woollen stockings and socks sold throughout the world. The picturesque village of Dre-fach Felindre in the beautiful Teifi valley was once the centre of the thriving woollen industry, earning the nickname 'The Huddersfield of Wales'.

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

Find out why Llanelli was the tinplate capital of the world. The old home of the Buckley brewing family also displays Llanelly Pottery and a lovely collection of paintings by local artists.