On 2 October 2025, the National Library of Wales will open a new permanent exhibition - a powerful space that celebrates one of the most inspiring peace campaigns in Welsh history: the Welsh Women's Peace Petition.
This will be a place to learn, reflect, and draw inspiration - where history meets hope, and where seeds of action are sown to build a peaceful future for Wales and the world.
Central to the Peacemakers exhibition will be a copy of the iconic appeal and the famous oak chest that carried the message of peace across the Atlantic to America. The pages of the petition will be shown alongside the accounts of the women who signed it - one story at a time, starting with the story of Annie Hughes Griffiths. Personal items from her archive will be on display, including the diary she kept on that transatlantic journey - with her own words brought to life in sound and film.
But this is not just history. Visitors will be able to search for the names of their relatives in the petition through terminals in the exhibition space, thanks to a mass transcription process by the Library. They will be able to reflect, share their own message of peace, and become part of the peace story that continues to this day.
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