Swansea Museum

It would be hard to find a more complete contrast to the modern National Waterfront Museum than the gloriously old-fashioned Swansea Museum - Dylan Thomas referred to it as 'the museum which should have been in a museum'. Founded in 1834, it remains charmingly low-tech, from the eccentric Cabinet of Curiosities to the glass cases of archaeological finds from Gower caves, all explained in laminated notes stuck in ring-binders.

Pride of place goes to the Mummy of Hor, which has been here since 1887 - a fascinating video in the display room explains the process of its repair and conservation.