Local authors John Cowper Powys and Elena Puw Morgan are featured, and we are very fortunate to have been given a number of artefacts by the Cowper Powys Society and the loan of artefacts from the granddaughters of Elena Puw Morgan.  Thomas Pennant was an author who wrote about his travels in Wales, including Edeyrnion, and whose books were illustrated by Welsh artists John Ingleby and Moses Griffith.  Edward Pugh of Ruthin wrote a Welsh guidebook entitled Cambria Depicta and illustrated it himself.  We will have prints of some of their local watercolours on display and wish to thank the Dee Valley AONB for supporting this exhibition through their Picturesque Landscapes project.

The WW2 Evacuees exhibition tells the story of the schoolchildren who came to live in the Corwen area from Cathcart School in Birkenhead to escape the bombing.  We want people who remember the evacuees or who were evacuees themselves to tell us of their experiences to enhance what is already an exciting addition to the Museum.

There will also be a display of puppets made by local people and children to celebrate the 1919 Corwen National Eisteddfod and to tell the story of our last Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndŵr.  These puppets bring a new and exciting dimension to the Museum and we are thrilled to have them. 

We are also pleased to announce a new Children’s Painting Competition.  Over the Open Weekend, local schoolchildren will be bringing in their artwork, showing their favourite local landscape, and they will be displayed in the Museum.  Prizes will be given on the afternoon of Saturday 21st March, an afternoon given over to storytelling for young and old alike.

Thursday 13th February 2020  6.30 pm  AGM followed by a talk from Paul Davies on Thomas Pennant and his Tours of Wales.  All are welcome.  If you are not a member you will not be able to speak or vote at the AGM but why not join?  It is only £6 per year and you will have a say in the future of the Museum. 

Thursday 27th February 2020  7.00 pm.   A Preview Evening for all our volunteers to see what has changed in the Museum for 2020. Lindsay is also going to give a short talk on her three months in Tanzania last year. 

Saturday 29th February and 1st March 11.00 am to 4.00 pm. The Museum will open with a special Open Weekend.  We are having a local schoolchildren’s painting competition and we are inviting the children  to bring in their paintings of a local landscape over the weekend and they will be displayed. 

Tuesday 10th March   7.00 pm.  Talk by Pat Quigley of the Powys Society on John Cowper Powys and his association with Corwen.  Venue to be arranged.  

Saturday 21st March  2.00-4.30pm.  Special afternoon when the prizes will be given to the winners of the Schools Painting Competition.  Fiona Collins will also be doing story telling in the afternoon in the Museum.  All small and large children welcome!

Wednesday 22nd April  7.00 pm.  A talk on the work of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and their project on the Picturesque Landscape.

All events will be at Corwen Museum apart from the Cowper Powys talk on 10th March and we are in the process of arranging the venue for this.  All are welcome and there is no admission charge.  There will be raffles at the talks and donations are always welcome.  
PLEASE NOTE THAT ACCESS TO THE MUSEUM OUTSIDE OPENING TIMES IS BY THE REAR DOOR.