Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, is a Welsh Government sponsored body that comprises eight museums in Wales:
- National Museum Cardiff
- St Fagans: National History Museum, Cardiff
- Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon
- National Woollen Museum, Dre-fach Felindre near Llandysul
- National Slate Museum, Llanberis
- National Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon
- National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
- National Collections Centre, Nantgarw
- Turner House Gallery, Penarth
In addition to these sites, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales runs Oriel y Parc, a gallery of Welsh landscape art in St David's, with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.
Rhagor (Welsh: more), an online supplement to the physical institutions, contains information on items in the museum collection and images of further items which are not on display.
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