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The National Library of Wales unveils new strategy for 2025-2030

The National Library of Wales unveils new strategy for 2025-2030

The Strategy will guide how we develop the National Collections of the nation’s memory and engage with a wider range of audiences in every part of the country.

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Aberystwyth Celebrated with a Visual Mosaic of Photography

New exhibition of photographs by Bruce Cardwell opens celebrating some of Aberystwyth's characters.

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'No Welsh Art'

Curated by art historian Peter Lord and featuring over 250 works, this new exhibition challenges the myth and reveals the richness of Wales’s visual culture as well as our social and political history.

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‘Treasures’ is a permanent exhibition showcasing iconic items from the Library’s collection

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Margaret Jones and the Art of Book Illustration in Wales

Margaret Jones and the Art of Book Illustration in Wales

Margaret Jones's legendary edition of Y Mabinogi was published in 1984 and has...

TAITH CYMRAEG / WELSH LANGUAGE TOUR: ‘Dim Celf Gymreig’

TAITH CYMRAEG / WELSH LANGUAGE TOUR: ‘Dim Celf Gymreig’

Join art historian Peter Lord, curator of the No Welsh Art exhibition, for this...

TAITH SAESNEG / ENGLISH LANGUAGE TOUR: ‘No Welsh Art’

TAITH SAESNEG / ENGLISH LANGUAGE TOUR: ‘No Welsh Art’

Join art historian Peter Lord, curator of the No Welsh Art exhibition, for this...

Dan Sylw / In Focus: Art and Poetry - Looking at Afterlives with John Barnie

Dan Sylw / In Focus: Art and Poetry - Looking at Afterlives with John Barnie

Inspired by a group of paintings belonging to the artist and art historian Peter...