Museums in Wales - Snowdonia and Anglesey

Bangor Museum & Art Gallery
At Ffordd Gwynedd, Bangor, North Wales Tel. 0 1248 353368
Items relating to the history of North Wales. Shop has wide variety of pottery, jewellery, paintings and many other local crafts. See map

Beaumaris Courthouse and Gaol
On the A545 at Beaumaris, Anglesey Island. On Castle St. Tel. 01248 811691. Open 10:30-5pm daily Easter to Sept.
1614 courtroom, judge's room, and gaol with Victorian renovations. Find out about executions, punishments, and notorious crimes and criminals. See map

Betws-Y Coed Motor Museum
Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, LL24 0AM, Tel: + 44 (0) 1690 710760 or + 44 (0) 1690 710632
An attractive automotive museum featuring exotic cars like Bugatti, Aston Martin, and Bentleys, to the more common Morris, Austin Seven, Ford T and Y, and Morgans. Motorcycles, children's racing cars, and jet engines. See map

Caernarfon Air World
Off the A499, at Dinas Dinlle, Caernarfon airfield, in the great hangar. Tel. 01286 830800.
Hands-on air museum with real planes and helicopters in landscaped settings. Information on RAF Mountain Rescue Service and aviation film. See map

Centre for Alternative Technology
At Pantperthog, Powys, 3 miles north of Machynlleth on the A487 to Dolgellau. Tel. 01654 702400. Open 10-4 daily, except Christmas holidays. Website: http://www.cat.org.uk/indexnf.tmpl. The Centre's 40-acre site (seven acres on public display) has working examples of wind, water and solar power, energy conservation, environmentally sound buildings, self-build, organic growing, and alternative sewage systems. See map

Conwy Valley Railway Museum
At The Old Goods Yard, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy on the A5.
Model shop and gift shop, train layouts, Jack Nelson LNWR dioramas, steam and diesel train rides on narrow gauge railway, electric tram journey. See map

Greenwood Centre
On the A487 at Port Dinorwig (Y Felinheli), Gwynedd. Tel. 0 1248 671493.
World of trees, rainforests. Archery and woodland. See map

Lifeboat Museum
Pen-y-Cei, Barmouth, Gwynedd, LL42 1HB. Tel: (0)1341 280 940. Free entry.
Administered by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, the museum traces the history of this most essential and heroic occupation through models, photographs, and historical memoribilia. See map

Llanberis Lake Railway Museum
On the A4086, Gilfach Ddu, Llanberis. Tel. 0 1286 870636.
A collection of quarry tank engines. See map

Llechwedd Slate Caverns llechwedd Slate Caverns
Off the A470 at Blaenau Ffestiniog. Tel. 01766 830306 for tour times and opening hours.
Slate Mining Museum and underground tramway tour. See map

Lloyd George Museum
In Llanystumdwy, on the A497 on the Lleyn Peninsula. Tel. 01766 522071.
Museum about the life and times of David Lloyd George. Exhibitions, AV theatre, costumes, Victorian schoolroom. See map

Maes Artro Village Museum of Bygone Days
On the A496 at Llanbedr, Barmouth, Gwynedd in Maes Artro Village Reception Building. Open Easter-end Sept, 10-5:30pm. Tel. 0 1341-241467.
A former RAF Fighter base during the Battle of Britain houses this collection of planes and memorabilia. Trace the history of RAF Llanbedr from the 1940’s to the present day, and visit a "homefront exhibition" depicting life during the War.. See map

Museum of Childhood Memories
1, Castle Street, Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey LL58 8AP Tel: +44 (0)1248 712 498
Fascinating museum illustrating with poignant nostalgia the pleasures over growing up over the past 150 years. Displays showcase the toys that children have used over the years and how our concept of childhood has changed. Voted Best Museum of the Year (1990) by the Sunday Express newspaper. See map

Museum of Mold
On the A541at Mold, Flintshire in the library and TIC Centre. Tel. 01352 754791. Open 9:30-7pm on Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri; 9:30-5:30pm on Wed; 9:30-12:30pm on Sat.
Displays on local history, archaeology, objects and photographs. Recreated workshop of local tailor and novelist, Daniel Owen. Computerized databank of local historical information. Gallery with a varied programme of temporary exhibitions. See map

Segontium Roman Museum
Beddgelert Road, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 2LN Tel: +44 (0)1286 675625 Fax: +44 (0)1286 678416
The Roman auxillary fort of Segontium, near present day Caernarfon, has provided some of Britain's finest archaeological finds from the Roman period. The best artefacts from the fort are displayed in the museum, which tells the story of the Roman invasion and occupation of Wales. See map

Sygun Copper Mine
On the A4085/A498 at Beddgelert, Snowdonia. Open late March-end Sept., Mon-Fri, 10-5, Sat 10-4, Sun 11-5. Open Oct, Feb, March, 10:30-4 except Sun from 11am. Open Nov-Jan 11-3:30pm weekends. Tel. 0 1766 510100. Email: Sygunmine@cs.com.
A 19th century mine showing ore extraction and processing. Underground mine visit includes AV presentations. See map

Talyllyn Railway & Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
Wharf Station, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9EY, Tel 0654 710472 Email Website
This narrow gauge railway has been in operation since 1865. The line used to carry slate from Abergynolwyn, now it carries tourists on a 7 mile winding journey through lovely countryside to a walking area. The railway station house houses the museum, full of engines and displays from the days when steam was king. See map

Welsh Slate Museum
Llanberis, Gwynedd LL55 4TY. Tel: +44 (0)1286 870630 Fax: +44 (0)1286 871906 E-mail: slate@nmgw.ac.uk Open Easter-End of October 10.00am-5.00pm, daily Beginning of November-Easter 10.00am-4.00pm, closed Saturdays.
Museum housed in Victorian workshops near the huge Dinorwig quarry. There are slate-splitting demonstrations, multi-media presentations, and tours of the workshops and foundries used during the heyday of slate quarrying in the 19th century. The site also maintains the largest working watermill in Britain and four restored quarrymen's cottages. See map

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