The collections Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales need to be cared for by expert staff. They make them accessible across Cymru & the world, and carry out vital research in recognising & monitoring the diversity of animal and plant life. Llywodraeth Cymru Diwylliant a Chwaraeon Welsh Government ProspectWalesHeritage Prospect Union

Staff have digitised and shared over 30,000 images of artworks from the National Contemporary Art Collection online at celfarycyd.wales View collections not currently on display and find out how we care for the collection.

This is 'Aberdare Melody' whom I just encountered in the #nationalcollectionscentre StFagansConservation NatHistConservation

More magic from the #nationalcollectionscentre StFagansConservation NatHistConservation

More of the Monday afternoon safari Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales StFagansConservation NatHistConservation

Then there's this beautiful specimen StFagansConservation NatHistConservation

Museum Curators Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales support students to reach their full potential. We share transferable and specialist skills through the collections. Our students shadow us in our daily work, learning what goes on behind the scenes of a national museum.

Our conservation staff Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales work across our museum sites to preserve Welsh heritage. This in turn helps our learning staff, curators, volunteers, students and front of house to tell the story of Wales. #WorkingTogether Llywodraeth Cymru Diwylliant a Chwaraeon ProspectWalesHeritage Prospect Union

Peidiwch a gadael I Deftadaeth Cymru fynd y ffordd y Dodo! Don't let Heritage in Wales go the way of the Dodo! #HeritageAtRisk #TreftadaethMewnPerygl

John Kenyon FSA We remember with admiration our colleague John Kenyon. A distinguished scholar in medieval castle studies, John Kenyon was Honorary Research Fellow as well as librarian at Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales & recent President of Cambrian Archaeological Association A real loss to Welsh #archaeology

Did you know that Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales has over 5 million natural history specimens in its collections? These collections along with the expertise of the staff that look after and research them are an invaluable resource in monitoring environmental & climate change 🐯🕷️🪱🐌🦋🦀🦕🌼💎

Many of the staff who work across Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales have unique skills, such as the traditional craft skills on display Sain Ffagan | St Fagans. It is vitally important that skills like these are preserved before they are lost

Rachel using #XRF to identify faded geranium lake in our #VanGogh NatHistConservation Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales National Museum Art StFagansConservation

Jon from #IndustryConservation gave us a great tour of objects created and used near Merthyr NatHistConservation NMW ArtCons and Preventive

Each year 100s of objects of archaeological significance are found by metal detectorists in Wales. Of these, around 75 are discoveries of Treasure as defined in the Treasure Act. PAS Cymru is the only mechanism in Wales that responds to archaeological finds made by the public.

#Renoirtogo. Photography, documentation, registrars, preventive conservation, consolidation, retouching, new glass and panel insert, infrared and pigment analysis. All to prepare for the journey. Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales NatHistConservation National Museum Art StFagansConservation

Inspecting a Welsh woollen blanket in the stores Amgueddfa Wlân Cymru. The Blanket Wall in the Textile Gallery displays a selection of the Museum’s extensive collection of blankets from woollen mills across Wales - a spell-binding story of the Welsh Woollen industry #SaveOurHeritage

Stabilising webbing straps on one of our 18th C sofas which is over for a "visit" to St Fagans from the Art dept at Cathays Park. #TextileConservation #FurnitureConservation #NationalMuseumCardiff #Perspectives