handsome church provided them with
culture
religious and social care. Today it is a
museum and arts centre, specialising
Scandinavian culture.
ponTardaWe arTS cenTre
Herbert St, Pontardawe.
culture used to mean opera,
01792 863722
Boasting a theatre, dance studio,
ballet and tedious modern
cinema, snooker hall, meeting room
and art gallery, the Pontardawe Arts
classical music, but in our
Centre has gained a reputation as one
of the finest cultural venues in south
postmodern era it now in-
Wales. Its theatre hosts professional
work of the highest calibre, whilst
cludes guerilla knitting, hip-
its cinema shows everything from art
house films to the latest blockbusters.
hop dance and pulp fiction. ponTYpridd MUSeUM
Taff Street, Pontypridd.
01443 490748
Local history museum housed in a
long post-war industrial decline. Also former Welsh Baptist chapel telling
art centres houses a gallery, showing exhibitions the story of Pontypridd and its people.
of contemporary Welsh art. Special emphasis is placed on the
BUTeToWn HiSTorY and arT social and cultural history of the town
cenTre dYlan THoMaS cenTre through the use of film, photography
5 Dock Chambers, Bute Street, Somerset Place, Swansea. and recorded voices. The museum
Cardiff. 029 2025 6757 01792 463980 also hosts exhibitions by local art
The corporate re-branding of Cardiff Dylan Thomas’s shadow looms large societies.
docklands into the Bay was resented over Swansea. Built in honour of the
by many local residents because it boozer poet, the centre features a rHondda HeriTaGe parK
symbolised the loss of the area’s dis- permanent exhibition of Thomas’s Coed Cae Road, Trehafod.
tinct multi-ethnic history and culture. life, as well as gallery, bookshop and 01443 682036
Established in 1987, the BHAC has café selling Welsh cakes and tea Based in the former Lewis Merthyr
strived to keep the memory of that – although ironically no beer. Literary Colliery, the Rhondda Heritage Park
community alive through regular events are held here throughout the illustrates the dramatic history of
exhibitions and a strong research and year, including the annual Dylan coalmining in the south Wales valleys,
educational programme. Thomas Festival. as told by former miners. Aside from
the museum, the centre also contains
cHapTer arTS cenTre neWporT MUSeUM and arT a gallery, specialising in art linked to
Market Road, Canton, Cardiff. GallerY the culture of the valleys, its history,
029 2030 4400 John Frost Square, Newport. landscape and people.
A mecca for Cardiff’s cultural classes, 01633 414701
Chapter is widely regarded as the Poor Newport: less bling than Cardiff, ST daVid’S Hall
flagship for the contemporary arts less charm than Swansea. Still, at The Hayes, Cardiff.
in Wales. Houses a gallery, theatre, least it has a decent museum – even if 029 2087 8444
studios, café bar and one of the best it’s housed in one of the ugliest civic Situated in the heart of Cardiff, St
indie cinemas in south Wales. Re- buildings in the country. Alongside David’s Hall is the National Concert
cently staged an exhibition featuring a strong exhibition programme, this Hall of Wales. Home to the Welsh
nothing but an empty room – believe! features an interesting collection of Proms, the Orchestral Concert Series,
local art, illustrating the changing and the Cardiff Singer Of The World
cYnon ValleY MUSeUM and face of South Wales. Competition, the venue provides a
GallerY top-flight live entertainment, as well
Depot Road, Aberdare. norWeGian cHUrcH as free exhibitions of Welsh art.
01685 886729 Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay.
Housed in an old ironworks on the 029 2087 8444 ST donaTS arTS cenTre
outskirts of Aberdare, the museum During the coal boom years of the Llantwit Major, Vale Of
tells the fascinating story of the nineteenth and early twentieth Glamorgan. 01446 799100
people of the Cynon Valley, from the century, thousands of Norwegians Situated on the picturesque grounds
Victorian boom years, through the came to Cardiff to trade timbre for of Atlantic College, St Donats plays
slump of the 1920s and 30s, onto the use in the pits of south Wales. This an important role in the cultural life
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