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Museums
Andrew
Logan Museum of Sculpture
Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8PJ Tel: +44 (0)1686 640 689 Fax: +44 (0)1686
640 764 Email Website
A rare museum by and about a living artist! The ALMS showcases the sculpture,
art, and jewelry of Andrew Logan. See
map
Bell
Museum

At Montgomery on the B4386/88.
Local memorabilia and information on Montgomery Castle. Housed in a
small historic building. See
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Brecknock
Museum
On Captains Walk St. in the Old Shire Hall at Brecon on the A40/470.
Fascinating objects on all aspects of the area including Roman and Celtic,
lovespoons and countryside life. Inside is a perfectly preserved Assize
Court Roman objects from Y Gaer nearby, a carved Celtic cross, a large
collection of lovespoons and objects of countryside life are on display.
See
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Judge's
Lodging, The 
Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, Mid Wales. LD8 2AD Tel. 01544 260650
/ 260651 Fax 01544 260652 Website
A mid-Victorian house that served - as its name suggests - as lodging
for a Judge, in this case The Reverend Richard Lister Venables. See
the restored Servant's Hall, Withdrawing Room, Parlour, and the original
Courtroom, whjere a soundscape recreates an 1857 trial for duck-stealing!
In addition, special exhibits trace the history of Radnorshire and the
town of Presteigne. The Judge's
Lodging in-depth. See
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Llanidloes
Museum
In the Town Hall at Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470.
Displays on the history of the town and surrounding area. See
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National
Cycle Exhibition
The
Automobile Palace, Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 5DL,
Tel: + 44 (0) 1597 825 531
The Exhibition is housed in The Automotive Palace, a restored 1930s
showroom, and displays over 100 vintage and antique models.
See
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Owain
Glyndwir Centre
Parliament
House, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8EE, Tel 01654 702401
Glyndwir (alternatively Glyndower or Glyndwr), cut a romantic swath
through Welsh history. He led a rebellion against English rule in 1404,
and established a Welsh Parliament, which supposedly met here at an
earlier Parliament House. Glyndwir vanished in 1412, but his legend
lives in historical displays, books, and documents depicting his life
and that of Wales in medieval times. There is also a brass rubbing room
in the museum. See
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Robert
Owen Memorial Museum
The Cross,
Broad Street, Newtown, Powys, SY16 2BB, Phone and Fax:- +44 (0)1686-626345
e-mail:- johnd@robert-owen.midwales.com
Web site
Robert Owen was a successful industrialist, but more importantly, he
was a social reformer whose ideas on the ethical treatment of workers
scandalised his 19th century contemporaries. His idealistic model village
at New Lanark earned him the title, "the father of socialism".
Owen is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's here in Newtown, but
his life is preserved in this museum. See
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South
Wales Borderers Museum,
The
The Barracks, Brecon, Powys LD3 7EB Tel: +44 (0)1874 613310 Fax:
+44 (0)1874 613275 Email Website
Uniforms, weapons, and other regalia and mementoes of the 24th Regiment,
Militia and Volunteer Units, from 1689 to 1969. See
map
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Photo
credits - Judge's Lodging © Barbara Ballard
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