Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

Teulu o saith o amgueddfeydd yng Nghymru. A family of seven museums in various parts of Wales. Posts from the Learning Department at National Museum Cardiff.

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Heddiw yw pen-blwydd Thomas Gainsborough! Dyma ei phaentiad ‘Tirlun Creigiog Coediog gyda Chariadon Gwledig, Bugail a Gwartheg' o Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd.

Today is Thomas Gainsborough’s birthday! Here’s his painting ‘Rocky Wooded Landscape with Rustic Lovers, Herdsman and Cows’ from National Museum Cardiff.

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Dyma fersiwn fach o un o'n horielau Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd wedi gwneud gartref gan Jade, un o'n Cynorthwywyr yr Amgueddfa dalentog iawn!

Allwch chi wneud amgueddfa fach eich hunan?

Here’s a mini version of one of our galleries at National Museum Cardiff, made at home by Jade, one of our very talented Museum Assistants!

Can you make a mini museum of your own?

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Ydych chi wedi gweld unrhyw adar diddorol ar eich cerdded dyddiol? Beth am lawrlwytho ein canllaw sbotiwr adar i'ch helpu i'w hadnabod?

Have you seen any interesting birds on your daily walk? Why not download our bird spotting guide to help you identify them?

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Heddiw yw pen-blwydd JMW Turner. Dyma'i baentiad 'Yr Enfys'.

 Ydych chi wedi bod yn gwneud enfysau ar gyfer y CIG a'u rhoi yn eich ffenestr? Byddem wrth ein bodd yn eu gweld!

Today is JMW Turner’s birthday. Here’s his painting ‘The Rainbow’. 

Have you been making Rainbows for the NHS and putting them in your window? We’d love to see them!  

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Gweithgaredd Dyddiol: Pe gallech chi ddylunio Amgueddfa eich breuddwydion, sut olwg fyddai arni?

Daily Activity: If you could design your dream Museum, what would it look like?

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Minecraft your Museum!

Competition for 7-11 year olds.

The Challenge: Use your imagination to build your dream museum in Minecraft. Decide how you would like the building to look and fill it with some of your favourite Museum objects. They could be anything from any of our seven museums, such as a Dinosaur, a Roman coin or a house from St Fagans!

Prizes: Win a VIP trip for you & your whole class to your chosen museum - when schools re-open!  A prize will be awarded to each year group (Yrs. 3-6).

Deadline: 31st June 2020

More details on our website.

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Minecraft eich Amgueddfa!

Cystadleuaeth i blant 7-11 oed

Y her: Defnyddiwch eich dychymyg i adeiladu amgueddfa ddelfrydol yn Minecraft. Adeiladwch adeilad mawreddog a’i lenwi gyda’ch hoff wrthrychau. Gallwch chi ddewis unrhyw wrthrych o’n saith amgueddfa – deinosor, ceiniog Rufeinig neu dŷ o Sain Ffagan!

Gwobrau: Cyfle i ennill taith tu ôl i’r llenni i’r dosbarth cyfan yn eich hoff amgueddfa! (Pan fydd yr ysgolion yn ailagor). Bydd gwobr i bob dosbarth blynyddoedd 3 i 6.

Dyddiad cau: 31 Mehefin 2020

Darllenwch mwy ar ein gwefan.

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A red seaweed specimen that was collected on this day in 1881 by E.D. Marquand in Penzance, Cornwall.

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Wedi troi’n garreg, ond nid ffosil! Nyth aderyn petraidd, wedi’i greu drwy gael ei roi mewn dŵr llawn calsiwm.

Turned to stone but not a fossil, a petrified birds nest, produced by being placed in calcium rich waters.    

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Some of our conservation staff have been supporting the security teams by joining the night shift at the Museum. These photos they took give a new perspective to the displays!

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Mae ein hamgueddfeydd ar gau ond mae ein gwefan ar agor! Ewch i amgueddfa.cymru i bori'r casgliadau, darllen erthyglau diddorol a chael gafael ar weithgareddau i’w gwneud gartref

Our museums are closed but our website isn't! Visit museum.wales to explore our collections online, read interesting articles about our work & look at activities we have for you to do at home

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Mae Tîm Addysg Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd yn meddiannu Twitter GEM rhwng 3 a 5pm. Ymunwch â Steph, Dan, Carla a Grace am sesiwn holi ac ateb ar rannu sgiliau addysg. Croeso i chi drafod yn Gymraeg neu Saesneg. AD ogydd!

The Learning Team at National Museum Cardiff are excited to be hosting today’s GEM Twitter takeover between 3-5pm. Join Steph, Dan, Carla & Grace from the team for a Q&A on Education Skills Sharing. Discussion in Welsh or English is welcome. Please retweet and get involved!

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On this day in 1951, Ivor Novello died. Born David Ivor Davies in Cardiff in 1893 he was a playwright, composer and actor, and was famous for the First World War hit ‘Keep the Homes Fires Burning’. 

Top: Signed studio photograph of Ivor Novello.

Bottom: Signed studio photograph of Novello’s mother, Madame Clara Novello Davies, showing her seated holding a photograph of her son.

Both from the collections at St Fagans Museum of National History.

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A World Book Day post from Senior Curator and marine worm expert Katie Mortimer-Jones!

“Sharing one of my favourite books - McIntosh’s British Marine Annelids, so many beautiful images of marine bristle worms. Of course my favourite image being a shovelhead worm!“

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Waw! Roedd sawl edrychiad o sioe Alexander McQueen ym Mharis neithiwr wedi eu hysbrydoli gan batrymau ein casgliadau Amgueddfa Cymru yn Sain Ffagan. Darllenwch mwy ar Vogue.

Wow! Several looks from Alexander McQueen’s show in Paris last night were inspired by Amgueddfa Cymru’s collections at St Fagans. Read more over at Vogue.

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St Fagans National Museum of History has launched a self-guided mindful tour. This free map of the gardens encourages visitors to take in their surroundings and explore their different senses. Read more on our blog.

Pick up a copy at the information desk, or download a PDF from the resources page of our website.

Design and illustration by Frank Duffy.

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A fascinating blog post about Ming the clam, an Ocean Quahog that was found to be the oldest non-colonial animal known to science!