Owain Glyndwr featured at Carmarthenshire museum
Carmarthenshire residents can enjoy a blast from the past at a special event being held at the County Museum next week.
The museum, which is owned by Carmarthenshire County Council, is gearing up to celebrate National Archaeology Day with a series of events on Saturday, July 17.
The day is free and takes place between 11am ands 4pm.
As part of a festival of events across the UK, the County Museum will be hosting story telling and celebrations on the life of Owain Glyndwr.
Curator Gavin Evans is encouraging people to come along, and for children to get dressed up for the occasion.
“We are delighted that Archaeology Day is here again. It is always popular - children get their hands dirty and learn about our great history in a fun way,” he said.
Carmarthenshire’s County Museum is based at a former palace of the Bishops of St David’s in Abergwili, Carmarthen.
It houses a huge collection of artefacts amassed over more than 100 years, including mammoth bones, Roman items from the county’s Roman forts and town, monuments from the time of Arthur and weapons from the siege of Dryslwyn Castle.
The museum also has local furniture, pottery, fine paintings and reminders of Carmarthenshire’s agricultural past, and a frieze from the first monument to General Thomas Picton, which shows the famous general’s death at Waterloo.
Cllr Gwynne Wooldridge, executive board member with responsibility for museums, said: “This will be a fun and informative event for visitors of all ages. I hope that people will come along and learn something new.”
The museum, which is owned by Carmarthenshire County Council, is gearing up to celebrate National Archaeology Day with a series of events on Saturday, July 17.
The day is free and takes place between 11am ands 4pm.
As part of a festival of events across the UK, the County Museum will be hosting story telling and celebrations on the life of Owain Glyndwr.
Curator Gavin Evans is encouraging people to come along, and for children to get dressed up for the occasion.
“We are delighted that Archaeology Day is here again. It is always popular - children get their hands dirty and learn about our great history in a fun way,” he said.
Carmarthenshire’s County Museum is based at a former palace of the Bishops of St David’s in Abergwili, Carmarthen.
It houses a huge collection of artefacts amassed over more than 100 years, including mammoth bones, Roman items from the county’s Roman forts and town, monuments from the time of Arthur and weapons from the siege of Dryslwyn Castle.
The museum also has local furniture, pottery, fine paintings and reminders of Carmarthenshire’s agricultural past, and a frieze from the first monument to General Thomas Picton, which shows the famous general’s death at Waterloo.
Cllr Gwynne Wooldridge, executive board member with responsibility for museums, said: “This will be a fun and informative event for visitors of all ages. I hope that people will come along and learn something new.”
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