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Decolonising the National Art Collection

16.10.2023 The National Library of Wales is pleased to welcome brand new and exciting works of art to the National Art Collection in Aberystwyth. As part of the Library’s Anti-Racist Project,…  

Celebrating Black History Month at the National Library of Wales

11.10.2023 The National Library of Wales will celebrate Black History Month this year with a series of activities that celebrate the diversity of Wales. This month will see the launch of a…  

Landscape prints

The Landscape Prints Collection consists of over 14,000 prints, mainly of Welsh scenery. The majority can be dated to between 1750 and 1850, but there are some earlier prints in the collection. The…  

Portraits

The Library has the largest collection of contemporary Welsh portraits in any public establishment. The collection consists of approximately 15,000 items in various media and more than 50,000…  

Paintings and drawings

The paintings and drawings collection includes: 4000 framed items 8000 mounted items  Over 500 Drawing Volumes Contemporary work Contemporary works include pictures…  

Pictures

The Library collects pictures that illustrate or portray places in Wales, people of Welsh background who live in Wales and other places, as well as individuals who have played a part in Wales’…  

Welsh school magazines

This list is incomplete but should include all current Welsh school magazines and newspapers received by the Library as well as back numbers of most titles. We are anxious for our collection to…  

Community newspapers

An A-Z list of Welsh language community newspapers published in Wales, with an appendix of ones that have ceased publication. *Available in Welsh only. A YR ANGOR Papur bro…  

The press in Australia

Emigration from Wales to Australia increased at the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, and Welsh-speaking communities grew in the states of Victoria and New South Wales. Australian…  

The press of the Welsh colony in Patagonia

During the second half of the 19th century the government of Argentina was eager to attract immigrants from Europe to colonise its southern territory. A number of Welshmen took the opportunity to…  

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