Museum sights in Cardiff (Caerdydd)
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National Museum Cardiff
Set around the green lawns and colourful flowerbeds of Alexandra Gardens is the Civic Centre, an early-20th-century complex of neo-Baroque buildings in gleaming white Portland stone. They include the City Hall, police headquarters, law courts, crown offices, Cardiff University and this excellent museum, one of Britain's best, covering natural history, archaeology and art.
The Evolution of Wales exhibit takes you through 4600 million years of geological history, with a rollicking multimedia display that places Wales into a global context. Films of volcanic eruptions and aerial footage of the Welsh landscape explain how its scenery was formed, while model dinosaurs and wooll…
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Norwegian Church
On the east side of the harbour, looking like it's popped out of the pages of a storybook, is the Norwegian Church, a white-slatted wooden building with a black witch's-hat spire. Built in 1869 beside the long-gone Bute West Dock, it was a seamen's mission, modelled on the lines of a traditional Norwegian village church. It fell into disrepair, but remained a place of worship until 1974; the Cardiff-born writer Roald Dahl was christened here, and served as president of the preservation trust that restored and renovated the church. It has now been reincarnated as an arts centre with an excellent café, interesting exhibitions, concerts and arts courses.
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Techniquest
The biggest and best science and technology discovery centre in Britain, Techniquest has more than 160 engrossing, fun, hands-on exhibits with absorbing explanations. You can explore whirlwinds, race bubbles, play a harp with no strings and more - equally enjoyable for under-fives, stoned students and inquisitive adults. The shop has lots of quirky stuff and is reasonably priced. There's also a planetarium which stages night-sky demonstrations and science shows.
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Welch Regiment Museum
Housed in the Black Tower of Cardiff Castle is the Welch Regiment Museum, which records the military achievements of South Wales' infantry regiment.
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Pierhead
One of the area's few Victorian remnants, Pierhead is a red-brick French-Gothic Renaissance confection – nicknamed Wales' Big Ben – built with Bute family money. It's now part of the National Assembly complex and at the time of research was about to open as an interactive museum 'highlighting issues that matter in Wales'.
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Cardiff Story
We can't say too much about this museum, as it hadn't quite opened when we were researching this region. It aims to tell the story of Cardiff's transformation from a small market town into the world's biggest coal port and then into the capital city you see today.
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