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National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Cardiff (Caerdydd)

2,835 artworks

Part of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Most paintings belonging to National Museum of Wales / Amgueddfa Cymru are at the National Museum Cardiff, but some are at other sites. As the Museum has a busy programme of loans and of display changes, check the location of a work before visiting.

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Cathays Park, Cardiff (Caerdydd) CF10 3NP Wales

post@museumwales.ac.uk

029 2039 7951

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https://museum.wales/cardiff/

Artworks

  • Three Welsh Miners
    Three Welsh Miners Josef Herman (1911–2000)
    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
  • The Gardener
    The Gardener Josef Herman (1911–2000)
    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
  • Various Blues in Indigo : December 1962
    Various Blues in Indigo : December 1962 Patrick Heron (1920–1999)
    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
  • Sea Wind
    Sea Wind Jack Butler Yeats (1871–1957)
    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
  • Ziggurat II
    Ziggurat II Joe Tilson (b.1928)
    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
  • Beach Girl
    Beach Girl Peter Lanyon (1918–1964)
    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
  • A Fitting-Out Basin
    A Fitting-Out Basin Muirhead Bone (1876–1953)
    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
  • 2,828 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales has another 3,209 artworks

Artists

  • Vivien Leigh (1913–1967)
    Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880–1952)
  • Houses in Corsica
    Pinchus Krémègne (1890–1981)
  • Self Portrait
    Jonathan Richardson the elder (1667–1745)
  • Lemonade Set
    Cecile Johnson Soliz (b.1957)
  • Mother and Children
    Pierre Edouard Frère (1819–1886)
  • Prodigal Son's Return
    David Evans (1893–1959)
  • Bridge of the Visp
    Gabriel Thompson (1861–1935)
  • HM King George V (1865–1936)
    Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)
  • Mircea Cantor (b.1977)
  • Post-Colonial Images of Humanity
    Carol McNicoll (b.1943)

Stories

Events

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    On now 23 October 2021 - 4 June 2023

    The Rules of Art?

    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff

  • 6 April 2023

    Extra Time at National Museum Cardiff

    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff

  • On now 10 December 2022 - 16 April 2023

    BBC 100 in Wales

    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff

  • On now 18 February - 10 September 2023

    The Sea Horizon

    National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff is part of

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales artworks can also be found at these venues

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Venues in Cardiff (Caerdydd)

  •
    1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Heritage Trust
  • BBC Cymru Wales
  • Cardiff Castle
  • Cardiff City and County Council; Libraries Stacks and Stock Support Unit
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed Campus
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus
  • Cardiff Royal Infirmary
  • Cardiff University
  • Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
  • Castell Coch