National Museum Cardiff
National Museum Cardiff, National museum in Cathays Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Description
National Museum Cardiff occupies an Edwardian building in Cathays Park, displaying art collections, natural history specimens, and archaeological finds from Wales. The galleries span several floors with large rooms for paintings, fossils, and objects dating back to the Bronze Age.
History
Construction began in 1912, but the First World War delayed completion until the official opening in 1922. The building became the primary cultural institution of Wales, housing the national collections ever since.
Culture
The second floor houses French Impressionist paintings by Monet, Renoir, and Cézanne alongside portraits by Welsh artists from the 18th century. Visitors walk through natural history rooms displaying taxidermied animals native to Wales, including seabirds and mammals once common along the coast.
Practical
The museum sits near Cardiff Castle and opens Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM with free admission. All floors have wheelchair access, and cloakrooms are located on the ground floor.
Did you know?
The Evolution of Wales exhibit displays geological specimens covering 4.6 billion years, from the Big Bang through the formation of the Welsh landscape. A large ground floor hall presents skeletons of prehistoric sea creatures that once swam in the oceans above present-day Wales.
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