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exhibition – Amgueddfa Corwen Museum http://www.corwenmuseum.org.uk Corwen Museum | Amgueddfa Corwen Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:34:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 The Museum will re-open on Saturday 16th April /the-museum-will-re-open-on-saturday-16th-april/ Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:04:05 +0000 /?p=866 The Museum will re-open on Saturday 16th 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.

The Museum will re-open on Saturday 16th 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.

 

]]> Come and see the past! Anderson Shelter in Corwen Museum! /come-and-see-the-past-anderson-shelter-in-corwen-museum/ Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:01:58 +0000 /?p=597 On September 1st 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!       

]]> Trips made by our volunteers /trips-made-by-our-volunteers/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:59:11 +0000 /?p=481 17th July 2018

 

 

Our trip on 17th July was to the home of the Welsh Poet, Hedd Wyn, at Yr Ysgwrn, Trawsfynydd.  This place is really special and we were very moved to see the “Cadair Ddu”, the Birkenhead National Eisteddfod Chair that Hedd Wyn won posthumously in 1917 only a few weeks after his death at Passchendaele.  We were also moved by the photographs of the other young men from Trawsfynydd who died during the First World War.  We have done a similar project around the young men of Edeyrnion who are remembered on our War Memorials, some of whom would have known and maybe have served with Hedd Wyn in the Royal Welch Fusiliers.

 

21st June 2018

 

 

A group of our volunteers visited the Ironworks at Bersham, Wrexham, followed by a tour of the North East Wales 100 Objects Exhibition at Wrexham Museum and the Wrexham Archives.  The day was a great success and we came back with a better understanding of the process of iron manufacture and the natural elements found in that locality that made Bersham so successful.  The Archivist at Wrexham Museum gave us a lot of useful information about how we should be protecting the records and photographs in our collection and we will be putting this into practice.  Everyone enjoyed the 100 Objects Exhibition which included a Corwen Eisteddfod Chair and Llangollen Railway headboard from our collection.

]]> Lest we forget our young men of Edeyrnion who fell in the Great War /lest-we-forget-our-young-men-of-edeyrnion-who-fell-in-the-great-war/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:48:42 +0000 /?p=412 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. 

]]> Have you seen our farming exhibition? /have-you-seen-our-farming-exhibition/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:51:24 +0000 /?p=390

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 is up and running! /corwen-museum-is-up-and-running/ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 22:07:35 +0000 http://www.canedeyrnion.org.uk/?p=234 Our Museum is now open in Capel Coch (next to Bargain Booze).  It will be open every day from Saturday March 21st 2015 to Sunday 4th October 2015 and then weekends only during October 2015.   Opening times are 11.00 am to 3.45 pm approximately and admission is free (although donations will be very welcome and will help us to keep the museum going next year.)

If you want to help us with the museum (we are all volunteers) please use the contacts page or talk to the volunteers in the museum.  You will be very welcome.

Our thanks go to the Heritage Lottery Fund which has helped us to finance the exhibitions and to all the volunteers who have worked to set it up and continue to

work as stewards.

 

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]]> Exhibition news /exhibition-news/ Sun, 11 May 2014 11:29:04 +0000 http://www.canedeyrnion.org.uk/?p=156 There have been some very exciting developments regarding the Railway Exhibition. Can Edeyrnion are working with Llangollen Railway Trust and Corwen Railway Society to make the Exhibition a permanent museum, based at Capel Coch in Corwen. This has the full backing of the Heritage Lottery Funders and will open to coincide with the first passenger train to arrive in Corwen – hopefully in July this year. A series of temporary exhibitions will run alongside the permanent exhibits covering all aspects of the heritage and culture of the Edeyrnion area. We are looking for volunteers to help in all aspects of running the exhibitions and invite local groups and organisations to come forward with ideas and support for the temporary displays. We want this to be a museum involving the whole community.

]]> Can Edeyrnion celebrates receiving a Heritage Lottery Grant of 8400 pounds /new-post-not-for-slideshow/ /new-post-not-for-slideshow/#respond Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:43:39 +0000 http://www.llangollenweb.co.uk/canedeyrnion/?p=21 The champagne is out to help us celebrate receiving a Heritage Lottery grant to fund two exhibitions in 2014.

The first exhibition will be held to coincide with the first passenger trains coming into Corwen since the Beeching cuts. There will be displays to tell the story of the restoration of the line from Llangollen, as well as an exhibition of the history of the train in the Corwen area.

The second exhibition will coincide with the Walking Festival in August and will be describing in pictures the walking heritage of Edeyrnion and the Dee Valley.

]]> /new-post-not-for-slideshow/feed/ 0 Welcome to the website! /hello-world/ /hello-world/#respond Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:09:55 +0000 http://www.llangollenweb.co.uk/canedeyrnion/?p=1 Welcome to our brand new website, where we will keep you up to date on all the events and news of interest regarding heritage and culture in the Edeyrnion and Dee Valley area. We hope that you will be a frequent visitor and will be encouraged to join our society. If you have any comments about the website – good or bad – please contact us

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