Amgueddfa Corwen – Amgueddfa Corwen Museum

Eisteddfod Powys Exhibition at Corwen Museum

Corwen Museum — Fri, 19 May 2023 14:00:20 +0000

The Eisteddfod Powys is coming back to Edeyrnion and Penllyn in October 2023 and, to promote this, and to celebrate the wonderful relationship there has been between Corwen and the Powys Eisteddfod, we have created a new exhibition telling this story. We are grateful for funding for the exhibition through the Cadwyn Clwyd LEADER Fund.

The Exhibition will run until the end of October 2023 and the Powys Eisteddfod is being held in Bala on the 27^th and 28^th October.

The Museum will re-open on Saturday 16th April

Corwen Museum — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:04:05 +0000

The Museum will re-open on Saturday 16^th April (Easter Saturday) with a great new Exhibition on Slate and the Making of Glyndyfrdwy Village. We will be telling the story of the families who earned their living from slate and how the village grew from a scattering of farms and smallholdings. As part of the display our volunteers are building a replica slate mine with sound and light to give a fully immersive experience.

Opening times will be:-

Monday to Friday 12.00 – 15.00

Saturday and Sunday 11.00 – 16.00

There is no admission charge but donations are always welcome.

Opening times will be:-

Monday to Friday 12.00 – 15.00

Saturday and Sunday 11.00 – 16.00

There is no admission charge but donations are always welcome.

Come and see the past! Anderson Shelter in Corwen Museum!

Corwen Museum — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:01:58 +0000

On September 1^st this year we mark the beginning of World War 2 in 1939. Here in North Wales it was a fine, sunny morning, but the future was to be far from sunny. Often people had to hide away from bomb blasts in specially constructed underground shelters, half buried in the ground with earth heaped on top. Sometimes built in peoples’ back gardens, and named after their designer, they were known as ‘Anderson Shelters’.

They were made from six corrugated iron sheets bolted together at the top, with steel plates at either end, and measured 6ft 6in by 4ft 6in. They were very effective at saving lives and preventing major injuries during air raids, but they were really cold during the winter months. Designed for six people, they were free to those with an annual income of less than £250, (The average salary at that time was £200.) For those who didn’t fall into this category, the price was £7.

Come and see our reconstructed Anderson Shelter at Corwen Museum. Set in the old red brick chapel on the A5 in Corwen, our opening times are 11.00 am to 4.00 pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Do come and see the small space, hear the war time radio news broadcasts and popular music. Then stay a while to see the model railway and the other treasures we have!

Museum Opening Hours for 2019

Corwen Museum — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:23:02 +0000

Our Opening Times this year are 11.00 am to 4.00 pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We are closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Spectacular World War 1 Weekend 24th and 25th February 2018

Corwen Museum — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:26:57 +0000

Corwen Museum re-opens on Saturday February 24th with a spectacular Open Weekend full of displays and activities based on the First World War. Come and see the army camp and taste the food they ate. Find out about the weapons they used and the uniforms they wore. The Exhibition runs on the Saturday and Sunday from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. There is free admission.

Inside the Museum there will be a special poppy installation created by the Corwen Youth Club, with 145 poppies to commemorate the 144 men and 1 woman who are named on the Edeyrnion War Memorials. Books of Remembrance will also be displayed along with our new Exhibition on how Corwen and its villages helped the war effort. There will be a reconstructed trench, with officer’s dugout and hospital field station. We are grateful for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to enable us to put on these displays.

The Museum is also celebrating the Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), with the beautiful work of renowned stained glass designer, Alf Fisher, displayed in our lovely chapel windows. They will be amazing.

This is a weekend not to be missed!

Lest we forget our young men of Edeyrnion who fell in the Great War

Corwen Museum — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:48:42 +0000

We hope you will come to see the Books of Remembrance in the Museum and pay your respects to the 144 young men and 1 woman who are named on our War Memorials in Edeyrnion. We are also hoping that some of you will have more information about these people – are they related to you? Do you have stories, letters, photographs or artefacts to do with their time as soldiers? We would love to hear from you.

Trip to see Bronze Age Spearhead found in Corwen

Corwen Museum — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:06:43 +0000

On Friday 20^th October, a group of volunteers from Corwen Museum went to Storiel Bangor to see a bronze spearhead that had been found at Plas yn Ddol, Corwen, in the 1980s and was given to Bangor Museum for safekeeping.

It was fascinating to look at an object that was used for hunting for food 3500 years ago in the forests around Corwen, and we were all very excited.

We want to be able to bring this piece of our history back to Corwen Museum but will need to become an accredited museum first, which will take some time. In the meanwhile, we have photographs and a wonderful story of how the spearhead was found, lost and found again by a sharp-eyed and inquisitive ten year old boy.

Our Model Railway is having a facelift

Corwen Museum — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:42:54 +0000

Nick Collins is working every Wednesday to bring our Model Railway of the line from Berwyn Station to Glyndyfrdwy back into pristine condition. Come and see him at work.

Are you interested in volunteering at the Museum? As well as stewards, we have volunteers building displays, researching specialist subjects for our exhibitions, scanning and editing old photographs and maintaining our register of artefacts. Call into the Museum and leave your contact details or send a message on the website’s Contact Page. We would love to hear from you!

Have you seen our farming exhibition?

Corwen Museum — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:51:24 +0000

We have a fantastic exhibition on until November of farming and rural life in Edeyrnion and Denbighshire, including the “Farming Memories” Exhibition produced by Menter Iaith. It is well worth seeing and will bring back memories to many people who have been involved in farming over the years.

Corwen Museum welcomes you in this ‘Year of Legends’

Corwen Museum — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 19:57:07 +0000

Come and find out about Owain Glyndwr, the last Welsh Prince of Wales, who owned land throughout the Edeyrnion area during the late 1300s and who had a magnificent estate at Glyndyfrdwy. Find out why Prince Henry (later to be Henry V of England) destroyed this estate and devastated the Corwen area in 1403.