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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Over het 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.
Hoogtepunten
- Seasonal programme of contemporary art exhibitions
- Edwardian façade combined with modern concrete galleries
- Award-winning architecture
- Free admission
- Shop and café (Caffi)
- Opgericht
- 1979
- Beheerder
- Mostyn (registered charity no. 507842)
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift
- Aangepast toilet
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
- Hulphonden welkom
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
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.
Kinderen & gezin
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
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.
Met de auto
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.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Café
- Museumwinkel
Café (Caffi) open Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 to 16:00, and a shop. The shop can be visited without seeing the exhibitions.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
- Ruimtes te huur
A studio and a project space can be hired as rooms.
Aanvragen & detailsJe bezoek plannen
| Goed om te weten | Learning resources and tour bookings are offered through the gallery’s learning team. |
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