Swansea Museum

Over het museum

Swansea Museum is described as the oldest museum in Wales. It was founded in 1841 by the Royal Institution of South Wales, a society of art and science enthusiasts set up six years earlier. The society commissioned a neo-classical building to house its collections and to provide space for research and learning, and the Grade II* listed building still serves as the main museum.

The collection grew from the society's donations and today covers the history of Swansea, Wales and the wider world. Hor the Egyptian mummy, given to the museum in 1888, is among its best-known objects, and the galleries hold everything from Egyptian and Greek artefacts to a Welsh kitchen, nautical objects, finds from Swansea and Neath, wartime material and natural history. Guardianship passed to the City and County of Swansea in 1990, and the council saved the museum from threatened closure in 1996.

The museum also runs a Tramshed with memorabilia from Swansea's street trams and the Mumbles train, which carried the first passenger railway service in the world. Two vessels from the collection, the lightship Helwick and the steam tug Canning, are moored in Swansea Marina and can be seen from the pontoon and dockside. Most of the collection is stored at a Collections Centre in Landore, on the site of the former Hafod-Morfa Copper Works, which is not open to the public.

Hoogtepunten

• Hor the Egyptian mummy, given to the museum in 1888
• Six galleries from a Welsh kitchen to Egyptian and Greek artefacts
• Tramshed with a Swansea street tram and Mumbles train memorabilia
• Lightship Helwick and tug Canning moored in the marina
• Free entry and free Wi-Fi

Vaste collectie

• Permanent galleries – Six galleries of local and world history, from an Egyptian mummy and Greek artefacts to a Welsh kitchen, nautical objects, finds from Swansea and Neath, and wartime Swansea.
• Tramshed – Memorabilia of Swansea's street trams and the Mumbles train, with a double-decker tram, a reconstruction of the 1804 horse-drawn Mumbles tram and part of a 1960s Mumbles tram.

Opgericht

1841

Beheerder

Swansea Council

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Entry to the museum and the Tramshed is free.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The main building has flat access from the rear and side, and a lift serves all floors and galleries (visitors are asked to check on the day that the lift is available). Two of the three toilets are accessible, and two to three free disabled parking spaces are at the side of the museum. A Quiet Hour with screens and sounds switched off runs daily from 15:30 to 16:30. In the Tramshed the ground floor is wheelchair accessible but the mezzanine and the trams are not. An AccessAble access guide can be downloaded from the museum website.

Kinderen & gezin

• Verschoonruimte

There is one baby changing station (wipes and nappies are often available on request). The museum offers free activities and events and school sessions.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel
• Wifi

Free Wi-Fi is available. The museum shop sells items related to the collection, traditional toys and local history books. Hot and cold water is available on request, and there is an outdoor picnic area. Free period products are provided in the toilets.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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