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Museums

Carmarthen County Museum

The County Museum presents many aspects of Carmarthenshire's rich and varied past. Displays include local archaeology, Egyptology, pottery, portraits, landscape paintings, Welsh furniture, costume, a Victorian schoolroom, life on the farm and the homefront in World War II.

The building was once the palace of the Bishops of St. David's (1542 - 1974) and it was here that the New Testament was first translated into Welsh in 1567. Visitors can still see the tranquil, private chapel used by the bishops.

Picnic in the delightful grounds, or follow the footpath around the Bishop's Pond, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and home to dragonflies and herons (the path is closed May - July).

The museum is in the village of Abergwili, approximately 1 ¹/₂ miles east of Carmarthen, on the A40 (Llandeilo).

Where
	Abergwili, Carmarthen. SA31 2JG
Telephone
	01267 228696
Opening Times
Monday – Saturday 10.00 – 4.30

Kidwelly Industrial Museum

Kidwelly Tinplate Works was established in 1737 and operated with varying success until its closure in 1941.

Rescued by the Kidwelly Heritage Centre and Tinplate Museum Trust in 1982, the old works now interprets not only the tinplate industry, but also coal mining and brick manufacture in the area.

On display are the machinery and tools used in these former key industries of Carmarthenshire.

Located near Kidwelly, turn off the A484 Kidwelly by-pass onto the Mynydd-y-garreg road.

Where
	Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. SA17 4LW
Telephone
	01554 891078
Opening Times
Monday – Saturday 12.00 – 5.00

Parc Howard Museum

Parc Howard houses a renowned collection of Llanelli Pottery (1839 - 1921), an art collection and material related to the history of the town.

Parc Howard was built by the Buckley family in 1885, a family with a long association of brewing in the town.

The mansion, with its 27 acre park, was given to the town of Llanelli in 1912 by Sir Stafford and Lady Howard.

Where
	Felinfoel Road, Llanelli. SA15 3LJ
Telephone
	01554 772029
Opening Times
Monday – Friday 11.00 – 6.00 Saturday 2.00 - 6.00

Pendine Museum of Speed

Opened in 1996, the museum interprets the Pendine area, focusing on the use of the sands at Pendine for land speed attempts and racing.

The main exhibit for the summer season is 'Babs', the motor car used by Parry Thomas on his fatal attempt at the record in 1927.

Other record breaking and fast vehicles can be seen at other times.

Where
	Pendine, Carmarthenshire SA33 4NY
Telephone
	01994 453488
Opening Times
Monday – Friday 10.00 – 5.00