MuseumsLongtown

Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of Britain's leading mining museums. With facilities to educate and entertain all ages, Big Pit is an exciting and informative day out.With facilities to educate and entertain all ages, Big Pit is an exciting and informative day out. Enjoy…
Distance: 13 miles away

The Blaenavon World Heritage Centre is the ideal starting point for your visit to the area. Located in the sympathetically restored former St. Peter's School, it provides an overview of how the stories of Blaenavon Industrial Landscape fit into the history of the region and explains why Blaenavon…
Distance: 12.7 miles away

The Cider Museum is designed to look at the whole cidermaking industry worldwide, from its earliest beginnings through to the mass production methods which exist today. Unique in the United Kingdom, the Cider Museum is the only registered museum devoted entirely to cider and perry‐making. One of the…
Distance: 13.6 miles away

Abergavenny Museum is set in the grounds of a 'ruined' Norman Castle, where you can enjoy a picnic during the summer and a brisk walk on colder days. The museum building was formerly a hunting lodge built by the Marquess of Abergavenny.The displays tell the story of this…
Distance: 8.8 miles away

The first exhibits to meet the eye are a Stone Age axe and, a particularly fine example of, a Bronze Age Palstave axe which were found at Llanerch Padern Cwmtillery. These are set in murals depicting how they were used.Next you will see a Roman and Celt locked…
Distance: 14.5 miles away

The Blaenavon Ironworks started production in 1789 and was to become the first purpose built multi‐furnace ironworks in Wales. At that time it was on the cutting edge of technology. The furnaces were coke fired and the blast provided by a steam engine. Blaenavon is now home to…
Distance: 12.5 miles away

Brynmawr Museum was created b the community; it is run totally by volunteers and was officially opened in 2003. There has been over 34,000 visitors through its doors to date, including many from overseas.There are a lot of items in the museum from Brynmawr's past. Why…
Distance: 12.9 miles away

The Nelson Museum was founded in 1924, following the bequest to Monmouth by Lady Llangattock of her collection of material relating to the famous admiral. The museum moved to the current premises a market hall complex built in the 1830s in 1969, at which time the local history…
Distance: 14.9 miles away