Mostyn
Contemporary art gallery in Llandudno with changing exhibitions in a restored Edwardian building, plus a shop and café; entry is free.
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About the museum
The galleries on Vaughan Street were completed in 1901. Lady Augusta Mostyn, a supporter of the arts, saw that Llandudno needed a gallery and classroom space, and she ran the building as a creative and social centre until her death in 1912.
Over the next decades the building had many different uses. It was at various times a chemist, a grocery store, a furniture shop and a rifle club. During the First World War it served as a drill hall and housed Belgian refugees from 1914 to 1919, and in the Second World War it became a social space for American soldiers. From 1946 until 1979 it was a music shop.
After restoration, the Oriel Mostyn Gallery opened in August 1979 and showed exhibitions until a major extension and refurbishment gave the galleries their present form. The building combines an Edwardian red-brick façade, galleries from the early twentieth century and modern concrete, and its architecture has won awards, including the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gold Medal for Architecture and a RIBA award.
Today Mostyn is a public art gallery and registered charity. It has no permanent collection and runs a seasonal programme of contemporary art exhibitions. It also has a shop, a café and a studio and project space that can be hired.
Highlights
- Seasonal programme of contemporary art exhibitions
- Edwardian façade combined with modern concrete galleries
- Award-winning architecture
- Free admission
- Shop and café (Caffi)
- Founded
- 1979
- Operated by
- Mostyn (registered charity no. 507842)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Tourism listings describe the building as accessible to wheelchair users and people with limited mobility, with lifts, level or ramped access and a toilet for disabled visitors. Assistance dogs are permitted. Information can be requested in large print, easy read, audio or braille.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Llandudno railway station · 200 m
Llandudno railway station is about 200 metres away along Vaughan Street. Llandudno Junction station, on the main London to Holyhead line, is about 3 miles away with onward local trains, buses and taxis.
By car
Short-stay parking at Asda and Parc Llandudno, limited on-street parking near the gallery, and pay-and-display parking along the seafront and at Llandudno railway station, a couple of minutes’ walk away.
Llandudno is about 3 miles off the A55; leave at junction 19. Brown signs on the approach lead to the station car park rather than to the gallery.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
Café (Caffi) open Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 to 16:00, and a shop. The shop can be visited without seeing the exhibitions.
Events & venue rental
- Spaces for rent
A studio and a project space can be hired as rooms.
Inquiries & detailsPlan your visit
| Good to know | Learning resources and tour bookings are offered through the gallery’s learning team. |
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