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Dylan Thomas Centre
The Dylan Thomas Centre, housed in the former Guildhall, contains an absorbing exhibition on the poet's life and work; entitled 'Man and Myth', it pulls no punches in examining the propensity of 'the most quoted author after Shakespeare' for puffing up his own myth. The centre also contains a bookshop, restaurant and café.
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Egypt Centre
Swansea University is in the suburb of Sketty halfway between the city centre and the Mumbles and possesses the UK's biggest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside the British Museum. Opened to the public in 1998, the volunteer-run Egypt Centre displays a fascinating collection of everyday ancient Egyptian artefacts, ranging from a 4000-year-old razor and cosmetic trays to a mummified crocodile.
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Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Housed in an elegant Italianate building in the north of the city centre, the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery displays a wide range of Welsh art - Richard Wilson's evocative landscapes, haunting works by Gwen John, bold portraits by her brother Augustus, and a whole room devoted to the more contemporary Ceri Richards. There are also fine works by Walter Sickert, Wyndham Lewis, Stanley Spencer and John Nash, alongside multimedia temporary exhibitions. There's also a collection of ceramics.
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Mission Gallery
Set in a converted 19th-century seamen's chapel, the Mission Gallery stages some of Swansea's most striking exhibitions of contemporary art. It is also a commercial gallery, selling glass, ceramics, jewellery and textiles by Welsh artists and designers, as well as paintings, posters and prints.
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National Waterfront Museum
The Maritime Quarter's flagship attraction is housed partly in a 1901 dockside warehouse and partly in a stunning modern glass-and-slate extension. A series of themed exhibition galleries covers the history of Welsh industry and innovation, making much use of interactive computer screens and audiovisual presentations.
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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.
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