Visit our classic Swansea Branch web pages. Packed with information and news about our work.
Use this QR code to add our classic branch website to all your other mobile devices…see http://www.haswansea.org.uk
The landscape and reach involved in a study or love of history is immense. Whether on your doorstep, or the other side of the globe, history can hold the mind in thrall. Whatever your age or place of origin, history can offer unknown worlds in an ever fresh light.
These web links afford you space to intellectually roam, to be challenged, or encouraged, by our united past. To love an engagement with history to equal ours. We will amend the list regularly.
This months featured e-Museum link
How to get a job in a Museum? ; The V & A blog
”…meet Jasmine Sarkodee-Adoo, who joined V&A East as team administrator in 2023. Jasmine was part of a young people’s group at V&A East and has moved into the team at the museum”
Narrative source: https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/east/how-to-museum-job-administrator
We see how Jasmine has now progressed to organising events, and making a contribution to the life and visitor experience of the V & A.
The V & A article also provides the young reader with a range of interesting and useful web links to contextualise Jasmine’s experiences.
Museums are the caretakers of our socio-economic and cultural heritage. If, as a young reader, you have been awed by your first visit to a museum, this article offers an example of how you can achieve engagement with an institution, and begin to contribute to its journey, whatever your backgroud.
The Swansea Experience
The National Waterfront Museum, Swansea – https://museum.wales/swansea/whatson/
We are immensely grateful to the museum team for all their help and encouragement in support of our work.
Here at the NWM you will find events, and galleries looking at our industrial, social and community history. They have great cafe’s too. Family friendly and inclusive, a great spot to start a history journey.
Rydym yn hynod ddiolchgar i dîm yr amgueddfa am eu holl gymorth ac anogaeth i gefnogi ein gwaith.
Yma yn yr NWM fe welwch ddigwyddiadau, ac orielau yn edrych ar ein hanes diwydiannol, cymdeithasol a chymunedol. Mae ganddyn nhw gaffi gwych hefyd. Cyfeillgar i deuluoedd a chynhwysol, lle gwych i ddechrau taith hanes.
Swansea Museum, Swansea – http://www.swanseamuseum.co.uk/
“Swansea Museum is the oldest museum in Wales, and a fascinating treasure house of Swansea’s history. The collections contain all kinds of objects from the past of Swansea, Wales and the rest of the world.” Source: Swansea Museum web site
Beautifully situated on a historical corner site on Oystermouth Road, there is always much to see and do here.
“Amgueddfa Abertawe yw’r amgueddfa hynaf yng Nghymru, ac mae’n drysordy hynod ddiddorol yn hanes Abertawe. Mae’r casgliadau’n cynnwys pob math o wrthrychau o orffennol Abertawe, Cymru a gweddill y byd.”
Wedi’i leoli’n hyfryd ar safle cornel hanesyddol ar Heol Ystumllwynarth, mae llawer i’w weld a’i wneud yma bob amser.
The wider Wales Landscape
The National Museum, Cardiff – https://museum.wales/cardiff/
National Museum Cardiff (Welsh: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd) is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. Entry is kept free by a grant from the Welsh Government. Source: Wikipedia, Creative Commons
Amgueddfa ac oriel gelf yng Nghaerdydd, Cymru, yw Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd (Cymraeg: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd). Mae’r amgueddfa yn rhan o rwydwaith ehangach Amgueddfa Cymru. Mae mynediad yn cael ei gadw’n rhad ac am ddim drwy grant gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Ffynhonnell: Wicipedia, Creative Commons
National Roman Legion Museum – https://museum.wales/roman/whatson/
The National Roman Legion Museum (Wales) (Welsh: Amgueddfa Lleng Rufeinig Cymru) is a museum in Caerleon, near Newport, south-east Wales. It is one of three Roman sites in Caerleon, along with the Baths museum and the open-air ruins of the amphitheatre and barracks. It is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. Source: Wikipedia, Creative Commons
Amgueddfa yng Nghaerllion, ger Casnewydd, de-ddwyrain Cymru, yw Amgueddfa Lleng Rufeinig Cymru (Cymraeg: Amgueddfa Lleng Rufeinig Cymru). Mae’n un o dri safle Rhufeinig yng Nghaerllion, ynghyd ag amgueddfa Baddonau ac adfeilion awyr agored yr amffitheatr a’r barics. Mae’n rhan o rwydwaith ehangach Amgueddfa Cymru. Ffynhonnell: Wicipedia, Creative Commons
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers Museum – https://www.rwfmuseum.org.uk/index.php
The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Welsh: Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales’ Division, that was founded in 1689; shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was designated a fusilier regiment and became the Welch Regiment of Fusiliers; the prefix “Royal” was added in 1713, then confirmed in 1714 when George I named it the Prince of Wales’s Own Royal Regiment of Welsh Fusiliers. See more historical details here – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers
Catrawd troedfilwyr llinell o’r Fyddin Brydeinig oedd y Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig (Cymraeg: Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig), a rhan o Adran Tywysog Cymru, a sefydlwyd yn 1689; yn fuan ar ôl y Chwyldro Gogoneddus. Yn 1702, fe’i dynodwyd yn gatrawd ffiwsilwyr a daeth yn Gatrawd Gymreig Ffiwsilwyr; Ychwanegwyd y rhagddodiad “Brenhinol” ym 1713, yna cadarnhawyd yn 1714 pan alwodd George I yn Gatrawd Frenhinol y Ffiwsilwyr Cymreig Tywysog Cymru ei hun. Gweler mwy o fanylion hanesyddol yma – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers
The Metropolitan Vista
The British Museum – https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. The British Museum was the first public national museum to cover all fields of knowledge. Source: Wikipedia, Creative Commons
Mae’r Amgueddfa Brydeinig yn amgueddfa gyhoeddus sy’n ymroddedig i hanes, celf a diwylliant dynol yn ardal Bloomsbury yn Llundain. Ei gasgliad parhaol o wyth miliwn o weithiau yw’r mwyaf yn y byd. Mae’n dogfennu hanes diwylliant dynol o’i ddechreuad i’r presennol. Yr Amgueddfa Brydeinig oedd yr amgueddfa genedlaethol gyhoeddus gyntaf i gwmpasu pob maes gwybodaeth. Ffynhonnell: Wicipedia, Creative Commons
The Victoria & Albert Museum – https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world’s largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects.[4] It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
The V&A is located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in an area known as “Albertopolis” because of its association with Prince Albert, the Albert Memorial and the major cultural institutions with which he was associated. Source: Wikipedia, Creative Commons
Amgueddfa Victoria ac Albert (a dalfyrrir yn aml fel y V&A) yn Llundain yw amgueddfa fwyaf y byd o gelfyddydau cymhwysol, celfyddydau addurnol a dylunio, sy’n gartref i gasgliad parhaol o dros 2.27 miliwn o wrthrychau. Fe’i sefydlwyd ym 1852 a’i enwi ar ôl y Frenhines Victoria a’r Tywysog Albert.
Mae’r V&A wedi’i leoli ym Mwrdeistref Frenhinol Kensington a Chelsea, mewn ardal a elwir yn “Albertopolis” oherwydd ei gysylltiad â’r Tywysog Albert, Cofeb Albert a’r prif sefydliadau diwylliannol y cafodd ei gysylltu â nhw. Ffynhonnell: Wicipedia, Creative Commons
The Science Museum – https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city’s major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually in 2019,
Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, the Science Museum does not charge visitors for admission, although visitors are requested to make a donation if they are able. Temporary exhibitions may incur an admission fee. It is one of the five museums in the Science Museum Group. Source: Wikipedia, Creative Commons
Mae’r Amgueddfa Wyddoniaeth yn amgueddfa fawr ar Exhibition Road yn Ne Kensington, Llundain. Fe’i sefydlwyd ym 1857 ac mae’n un o atyniadau twristiaeth mawr y ddinas, gan ddenu 3.3 miliwn o ymwelwyr bob blwyddyn yn 2019.
Fel amgueddfeydd cenedlaethol eraill a ariennir yn gyhoeddus yn y Deyrnas Unedig, nid yw’r Amgueddfa Wyddoniaeth yn codi tâl ar ymwelwyr am fynediad, er y gofynnir i ymwelwyr roi rhodd os ydynt yn gallu. Gall arddangosfeydd dros dro godi tâl mynediad. Mae’n un o’r pum amgueddfa yn y Science Museum Group. Ffynhonnell: Wicipedia, Creative Commons
The Alternative Viewpoint
A Tincture of Museum – Museum 2.0. discuss – https://tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/
An insightful website, particularly liking the Lockdown Interviews. A range of museum people reflecting on the social crisis and the effect on the museum sector. See https://tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/category/the-lockdown-interviews/
Gwefan graff, yn enwedig hoffi’r Cyfweliadau Cloi. Amrywiaeth o bobl amgueddfeydd yn myfyrio ar yr argyfwng cymdeithasol a’r effaith ar y sector amgueddfeydd. Gweld https://tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/category/the-lockdown-interviews/
Connecting local communities with local history: HistoryPin – https://www.historypin.org/en/
Well worth exploring – a fusion of social history, community collaboration, the individual voice and the memories of place – all factored through imaginative use of technology. We love it!
Mae’n werth archwilio – cyfuniad o hanes cymdeithasol, cydweithio cymunedol, y llais unigol a’r atgofion o le – i gyd yn ffactoraidd trwy ddefnydd dychmygus o dechnoleg. Rydyn ni wrth ein bodd!
The World View
History news pages from the BBC – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c8nq32jw58pt
As the now recedes to become the recent past, which itself fades from living memory to become history – our national broadcaster captures that process, those events and the people. The BBC.
Wrth i’r gorffennol diweddar gilio erbyn hyn, sydd ei hun yn pylu o’r cof byw i fod yn hanes – mae ein darlledwr cenedlaethol yn cyfleu’r broses honno, y digwyddiadau hynny a’r bobl. Y BBC.
World history pages from The Smithsonian, USA – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/category/world-history/
Matching our expressed credo of historical knowledge and opinion, challenge and delight – this history archive from The Smithsonian is always worth a visit. Always edifying, sometimes uncomfortable, but never less than engaging.
Yn cyfateb i’n credo datganedig o wybodaeth hanesyddol a barn, her a hyfrydwch – mae’r archif hanes hon o The Smithsonian bob amser yn werth ymweld. Wastad yn golygu, weithiau’n anghyfforddus, ond byth yn llai na diddorol.
History, art, books, films and music from thousands of cultural institutions – https://www.europeana.eu/en
This is a vast historical resource for the digital European citizen. Looking for another take on a seemingly moribund facet of research? Interested in that just so image in the public domain? Want to acquire skills in curatorial endeavour? This is the one electronic encyclopedia you should bookmark!
Mae hwn yn adnodd hanesyddol helaeth ar gyfer y dinesydd Ewropeaidd digidol. Chwilio am agwedd arall o ymchwil sy’n ymddangos yn farwol? Oes gennych chi ddiddordeb yn y ddelwedd honno yn y parth cyhoeddus? Eisiau ennill sgiliau mewn ymdrech guradunol? Dyma’r un gwyddoniadur electronig y dylech chi nod tudalen!
history icon: Yasmin Zikra, Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) The Noun Project.
Lighthouse image: Creative Commons, courtesy of Wikipedia
The Historical Association - Swansea 