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.

Our 2023 Season opens on Easter Saturday 8th April

Corwen Museum — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:58:16 +0000

The Museum re-opens after the Winter break on Saturday 8th April (Easter Saturday) and if you have been before you will notice some changes. We have kept the popular ‘Slate and the Development of Glyndyfrdwy Village’ exhibition for a second year and this year we also have the Owain Glyndŵr Puppet Show which is not to be missed.

There is a dedicated children’s area where children can dress up as one of Owain Glyndŵr’s soldiers and/or design their own coat of arms. There is also a children’s model railway to play with upstairs whilst admiring the ‘more adult’ model railway of the line from Berwyn to Carrog Stations.

There is no admission charge but we appreciate donations to keep us going.

We look forward to seeing you Monday to Friday 12.00 to 3.00 pm and Saturday/Sunday 11.00 am to 4.00 pm.

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.

The Museum has now closed for the Winter

Corwen Museum — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:10:46 +0000

The Museum has now closed for our annual Winter work on the production of our new exhibitions for 2022. Our new themes will be on the story of Glyndyfrdwy, the Moel Fferna Slate Quarry and Mine and the local slate workers. If you have artefacts, photographs or documents relating to these we would love to hear from you, or if you want to volunteer to help with research or the design and installation of the displays. Please contact us on our website – www.corwenmuseum.org.uk.

Our Outside Museum

Corwen Museum — Sat, 01 May 2021 13:36:53 +0000

Come and see our new display on the outside of the Corwen Museum Wall, giving a map and information about the places of interest to see in the beautiful town of Corwen.

We are celebrating St David’s Day by moving Corwen Museum outside

Corwen Museum — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:33:34 +0000

We have not been able to open the Museum for almost a year now, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have therefore worked on a range of interpretation panels telling the story over time of the Edeyrnion area and have installed these on the side wall of Canolfan Ni, which is the Community Centre opposite the Museum. The project has been completed in time for St David’s Day. The exciting new display brightens up a drab wall and gives bitesize pieces of the story of Edeyrnion to whet people’s appetites to learn more. We hope you will come and see them.

We are now working on boards for the Museum wall opposite, that will give information about the buildings and sites that can be seen from this part of Corwen. We hope that visitors will be encouraged to explore the town and to enjoy the beauty of its setting.

We have nine volunteers working on research, photography, editing and translation and we are very grateful for the time they are giving to this exciting new development for Corwen Museum.

Museum News February 2021

Corwen Museum — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:02:35 +0000

At this time of the year we are usually frantically working on new exhibition themes within the Museum for re-opening after the Winter on St David’s Day. Unfortunately, we are still not in a position to re-open because of Government restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and it may be some time yet before we feel it is safe for our volunteers and visitors.

This has not stopped us from meeting our aim of telling the public about the stories of Edeyrnion and we have been very busy, with shop window displays before Christmas, bringing the Christmas Story and the Pantomime to Corwen, and an ongoing display in the empty butcher’s shop window about the past history of Bridge Street told in photographs.

We are also working on an Edeyrnion Timeline to be displayed on the side wall of Canolfan Ni. Eight volunteers have been involved in research, photography, writing, translation and editing to produce an exhibition that will be installed in time for St David’s Day. So, this year our Museum moves outside!

We are also still adding to our artefacts and we were delighted to obtain a superb sampler made by a child in Cynwyd school in 1838.

Our Facebook page, written by Laura Watkins, has new postings every day on all sorts of subjects about the Edeyrnion area. From this page we are gathering photographs and stories from local people re-telling tales from the past and this will be a wonderful resource for the Museum. There are now over 1000 people following the page. Are you one of them?

Our Chairman, Jim Ritchie, has started to produce a monthly newsletter, primarily for our volunteers, but also for anyone with an interest in the Museum. If you would like a copy emailed to you use the Contact Page to make the request. We would also like to hear from you if you would be interested in volunteering with us. Maybe you would like to help with our next project – a series of boards on the side wall of the Museum telling the story of this area of Corwen that can be seen from the flagstaff on Pen-y-Pigyn. We look forward to hearing from you.

Latest News 12th July 2020

Corwen Museum — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:25:23 +0000

Although the Museum is shut, we are still busy working. We are updating our artefacts database and taking photographs of each artefact in the way recommended by Gruffydd Jones of the Peoples Collection Wales, so that we can upload images and descriptions of our artefacts to the Peoples Collection for the interest of a world-wide audience.

One of the first objects to go on the Peoples Collection will be this medal, made to commemorate the visit by Queen Victoria to Corwen and Bala in 1880.

We are also looking at ways of moving some of displays out into the town, into shop windows and on to external walls. This is an exciting new development that will allow the Museum to connect with local people and visitors whilst the building itself is closed.

The Museum Facebook page has continued to post stories about men and women who worked or fought to help the War effort from 1939 to 1945. One of these stories was about the Hughes family of Corwen, particularly Robert Hughes, who fought in the First World War and was in the Home Guard in the Second World War, having unsuccessfully, because of his age, tried to enlist as a soldier. The photograph shows Robert with his family.

Information regarding researching family history continued throughout June. In July we have started to post articles from old local newspapers, particularly looking at adverts put in by local Corwen shops and asking for peoples’ memories of the shopkeepers and the situation of their businesses in the town. This is important research for a future exhibition.

Please follow the Facebook link for more on these.

Corwen Museum Facebook Diary June 1st -14th

Corwen Museum — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 15:59:33 +0000

With time on their hands during lockdown, people have been sorting through drawers and finding old family photographs, which have made them think about their family history, maybe for the first time. We decided, therefore, to post a series of articles on starting to research your family tree. If you are interested in doing this have a look at our Facebook Page to help you get started.

Each day we have remembered someone from Edeyrnion who fought in the Second World War. The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded to Micky Wynn, 7th Baron Newborough of Rhug, Corwen. Read his amazing story, including his escape from Colditz.

One soldier who fought and did not come home was Thomas Owen Jones of Corwen. Aged 22 years he was killed in India and is buried in the Imphal War Cemetery. The inscription on his grave reads ‘God’s finger touched him and he slept.’

This lovely piece of needlework, which is exhibited in the Museum, was stitched by local lady, Mari Davies, in 1989, to commemorate 70 years of the WI in Corwen, which began in 1919. Corwen WI has just celebrated its 100 year anniversary and is still going strong.

Our latest artefact is an Ellis Evans Chemist, Corwen bottle. You can see the Chemist Shop in the photograph taken during a Corwen Eisteddfod.

For more on all of these diary items follow the link to our Facebook Page.

A Big Thankyou

Corwen Museum — Thu, 07 May 2020 17:09:24 +0000

We have been told by Denbighshire County Council that our free rental period has been extended until the end of June is a great relief. We have also received a donation of £560 from ‘Making a Difference Locally’, the charity launched by Nisa Retail Ltd to support local communities. We are therefore in a good financial position to ride out the present shutdown and to be ready to welcome all those visitors who are raring to get out and do something! Let us hope it will not be too long before it is safe for us to re-open.