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Museums

Abergavenny Museum
The Castle
Castle Street
Abergavenny NP7 5EE UK
Telephone: 01873 854282
Email: abergavennymuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk
[http://www.abergavennymuseum.co.uk/ Website

Abergavenny Museum displays tell the story of this historic market town from prehistory through to the present day.

Big Pit National Coal Museum
Blaenafon
Torfaen NP4 9XP UK

Telephone: 0300 111 2 333
Email: bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk
Website: Big Pit National Coal Museum

Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of Britain's leading mining museums. Enjoy a multi-media tour of a modern coal mine with a virtual miner in the Mining Galleries, exhibitions in the Pithead Baths, and Historic colliery buildings.

Blaenavon Ironworks
North Street
Blaenavon
Torfaen
Gwent NP4 9RN UK

Telephone: 01495 792615
Email: blaenavonironworks@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Website

The best preserved example of an 18 century ironworks in Western Europe and centre of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site, nominated by UNESCO. The Ironworks retains its original furnaces, cast houses, and restored ironworkers' cottages.

Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths
High Street
Newport NP18 1AE UK

Telephone: 1633 422518
Email: CaerleonFortressBaths@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Chepstow Museum
Bridge St
Chepstow NP16 5EZ UK
Telephone: 1291 625981
Email: chepstowmuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk
Website

Chepstow Museum reveals the rich and varied past of this ancient town, once an important port and market centre. The wine trade, shipbuilding, and salmon fishing are among Chepstow’s many industries featured in displays with atmospheric settings. Photographs, programmes, and posters recall the pastimes of local people, whilst 18th and 19th century paintings and prints illustrate the everlasting appeal of Chepstow and the Wye Valley to artists and tourists alike.

Monmouth Museum
Market Hall
Priory Street
Monmouth NP25 3XA UK

Telephone: 1600 710630
Email: nelsonmuseum@monWebsite Monmouth Museum

Monmouth Museum is home to a wonderful collection of memorabilia from the life of Admiral Horatio Nelson, including personal letters, pictures, weapons, and commemorative ceramics. There is also a large collection on Monmouth heritage including the only Monmouth Cap in existence.

Newport Museum and Art Gallery
4 John Frost Square
Newport NP20 1PA UK

Telephone: 1633 656656
Email: museum@newport.gov.uk
Wesite

The Newport Museum contains a wealth of superb material from Roman archaeology to natural history. Two notable sections deal with the Chartist uprising and the Roman mosaics at Caerwent. Local history is strongly featured. The Gallery has fascinating collections of historic and contemporary British paintings and an excellent exhibition program.