Housed partly in the Tabernacle, a former Wesleyan chapel, the Museum of Modern Art exhibits work by contemporary Welsh artists in a permanent collection supplemented by ever-changing temporary exhibitions. The chapel itself has the feel of a courtroom, but the acoustics are superb – it's used for concerts, theatre and August's annual celebration of international music, the Machynlleth Festival.
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