Wales
Ceredigion

Museums

Cardigan Visitor Centre
On Teifi Wharf at Cardigan on the A487. Tel. 01239 614404
Tells the story of the town and the wharf. See map

Catherine Lewis Gallery and Print Room
Hugh Owen Library, University of Wales, Penglais, Aberystwyth on the A487. Tel. 0 1970 622460.
10,000 prints, photographs, drawings, and watercolours. See map

Ceramic Gallery
Arts Centre, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, on the A487. Tel. 0 1970 622460.
1300 ceramic pieces, changing exhibitions. See map

Ceredigion Museum
Terrace Road Aberystwyth, SY23 2AQ Tel: +44 (0)1970 633 088 Fax: +44 (0)1970 633 084
Housed in an Edwardian music hall, the museum is packed with exhibits of the rural folk life of this region, including sections on lead mining, sailing, and farming. See map

Corris Railway Museum
Station Yard, Corris, Machynlleth, Mid Wales, SY20 9SH. Telephone : 01654 761 303. Website: www.corris.co.uk/
The Corris railway was one of Wale's busiest narrow guage (2' 3") lines, carrying the product of this small village's slate quarry to Machynlleth. The railway closed in 1948, but it has now reopened to passengers (details at the website). The history of the line lives on in the museum, chocked full of memorabilia, including old photos. See map

Internal Fire - Museum of Power
Castell Pridd Farm, Tanygroes, Ceredigion, Wales, SA43 2JS, Tel: 01239 811212, website: www.internalfire.com/
Dedicated to the preservation of the internal combustion engine in industry and agriculture. A working museum open all year round with large engines running daily. The collection covers early gas engines through to gas turbines but with the emphasis on diesel power from the 1920s to the 1960s. See map

Llywernog Silver-Lead Mine Museum
Located at Ponterwyd on the A44. Tel. 1970 890620. Website: http://www.silverminetours.co.uk/.
An award-winning Mining Heritage Trail with exhibitions and a collection of silver-lead mining curiosities. Working water wheels, mining machinery, tramways, panning shed, underground tour. See map

National Library of Wales
At Aberystwyth on the A487. Tel. 01970 632800.
Major collections of paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sound and moving image material, maps, manuscripts and printed works on the heritage of Wales. See map

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