National Museum Cardiff – Virtual Tour

National Museum Cardiff is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. It was founded in 1905, but owing to the First World War it did not open to the public until 1922, with the official opening taking place in 1927. 

The museum has collections of botany, fine and applied art, geology, and zoology. Archaeology has been moved to the St Fagans National Museum of History.

The Clore Discovery Centre offers hands-on exploration of the museum’s 7.5 million items that are normally in storage, including insects, fossils, and Bronze Age weapons. 

National Museum of Art

The National Museum of Art opened in 2011 with a collection of Old Master paintings and landscape paintings in the classical tradition which includes works by Claude, Gaspard Dughet, Salvator Rosa, and two works by Nicolas Poussin.

There is a gallery devoted to British 18th-century art and a collection of French art.

The art gallery also has works by all of the notable Welsh artists and a collection of 20th-century art.

Highlights of National Museum Cardiff

• Queen Eleanor” by Frederick Sandys
• The Virgin and Child between Saint Helena and St Francis by Amico Aspertini
• The Poulterer’s Shop by Frans Snyders
• A Calm by Jan van de Cappelle
• Portrait of Catharina Hooghsaet by Rembrandt
• Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate by Sandro Botticelli and his studio

National Museum Cardiff

• Museum:               National Museum Cardiff
• Welsh:                   Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd
• City:                       Cardiff
• Country:                Wales
• State:                     United Kingdom
• Established:          1912
• Type:                     Museum and Art Gallery
• Location:               Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales

The National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff Tour

National History Museum – Cardiff, Wales

A Virtual Tour of the Museums in the United Kingdom

London Museums

• The British Museum
• The National Gallery, London
• Tate Britain
• The Wallace Collection
• The Victoria and Albert Museum
• Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
• Courtauld Gallery
• Tate Modern, London
• Science Museum, London
• National Portrait Gallery, London
• Natural History Museum
• Charles Dickens Museum
• Hampton Court Palace
• Sherlock Holmes Museum
• British Library
• Imperial War Museum
• Churchill War Rooms
• Florence Nightingale Museum
• Foundling Museum
• Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
• Cutty Sark, Royal Museums Greenwich
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
• Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• Queen’s House, Greenwich
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• Guildhall Art Gallery
• HMS Belfast
• Jewel Tower
• Jewish Museum London
• Bank of England Museum
• London Transport Museum
• Museum of London
• Museum of London Docklands
• National Army Museum, London
• Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
• Royal Air Force Museum London
• Shakespeare’s Globe
• Sir John Soane’s Museum
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• City of London Police Museum
• Household Cavalry Museum
• Museum of Freemasonry
• Tower Bridge, London
• Tower of London
• Wellcome Collection
• Westminster Abbey

Edinburgh Museums

• National Museum of Scotland
• Scottish National Gallery

Glasgow Museums

• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Liverpool Museums

• Walker Art Gallery

Manchester Museums

• Manchester Art Gallery

Bath Museums

• Roman Baths (Bath)

Birmingham Museums

• Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Leeds Museums

• Leeds Art Gallery

Newcastle upon Tyne Museums

• Laing Art Gallery

Map for the National Museum Cardiff

Y Cerflun Newydd: Icarws | The New Sculpture: Icarus

New Welsh Dinosaur at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

 

Around the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

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“If you want to be a leader, be a bridge.”
– Welsh Proverb

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