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Over the last few weeks the Library blog has moved to this page.

Here you can follow all the news from the Library and better get to know some of the Library's collections.

The blog was moved for technical and sustainability reasons along with the requirement to create a new comprehensive News area. As part of this work, posts from January 2023 onwards were moved to this page, but unfortunately due to a lack of resources it wasn't possible to incude older posts.

It's possible to use an archive version of the blog on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to see older posts. If you can't find the post you require you can contact the Enquiries Service and we'll do our best to help.

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Plate II: A Bird's eye view of a Mandan village

The Welsh origins of the Mandans

The Library has recently purchased at auction a book by the American artist and author George Catlin. In the book, he speculates that the Mandan tribe in North America is of Welsh origin. The language of the Mandans, their appearance and their nature are used by Catlin to support his theory.

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Peniarth Audiovisual Exhibition – Asia Through The Lens

A closer look at the current audiovisual items on display as part of the Asia Through The Lens exhibition.

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From the Stacks – An addition to the Arthurian Collection

The latest find from our legacy collection is a deluxe edition of ‘King Arthur's Wood: a fairy story: and with it the tale re-told of Sir Gareth of Orkney and ye Ladye of ye Castle Perilous’ by the famous Canadian artist, Elizabeth Forbes (1859-1912) published in 1905.

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The first Royal Welsh Show

A look at items from the archives to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Royal Welsh Show

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A wide view from the back of a room of people sitting in comfortable red sofas, looking toward the front, where a person is standing and presenting. There are two BSL interpreters facing the audience too. The walls are adorned with various posters and works of art.

Cymru Anabl – opening the door on archive film

Nia Edwards-Behi, Audiovisual Cataloguer, reflects on the process of planning and hosting a series of inclusive workshops as part of the Cymru Anabl project.

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Ann, second from the right, phtographed with the NLW Archives and Manuscripts team in 2017

Ann Francis Evans (1967-2023)

An archivist remembered in a hundred archives

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Two pupils with their teaching receiving their award

Library host Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative awards ceremony

Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative Awards Ceremony was held at the National Library of Wales

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The Theater of Insects

'The Theater of Insects' by Thomas Mouffet was purchased recently by the Library to add to their extensive collection of literature about bees.

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All pages digitised - another milestone for the Welsh Women's Peace Petition project

The Welsh Women's Peace Petition project, which celebrates a 100-year-old petition containing almost 400,000 signatures of people claiming world peace, has reached another milestone. Following a period of cataloguing the...

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