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National Waterfront Museum

November 2014 to February 2015

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Festive Fun Day

Sat 6 Dec 12pm – 4pm


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From festive-inspired events to films, science demonstrations and talks, there is something for everyone this season.

Look out for the red poppyfor all events and exhibitions which help to tell the story of the outbreak of the First World War on Wales.

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Find us! Situated just a stone’s throw away from the stunning Swansea Bay coastline and just a five-minute walk from the city centre, the Museum is ideally placed in the Maritime Quarter – full of quaint, interesting and historic places to see and visit. Download the Swansea Marina Trail leaflet from www.museumwales.ac.uk to help you plan your day out.

By bus For the latest information and nearest stops visit www.traveline-cymru.info/

By road From outside Swansea, exit the M4 at junction 42 and follow the brown signs. From inside Swansea, the

Museum is located on Oystermouth Road next to the LC. For satellite navigation, use SA1 3ST.

By rail Swansea is served by mainline services to London Paddington. There are also links with Carmarthen and west Wales and stations in mid Wales via the Heart of Wales line.

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Visitor informationFacilities• Gift shop

• Cafe and children’s play area

• Disabled access and parking

• Wheelchairs available on request

• Baby changing facilities

• Changing Places toilet

• Hearing loops available

• Public lockers

• Free access to WiFi

• Pay and display car park (next to the LC on Oystermouth Road).

Group visits Perfectly located to offer you and your group a great day out. Pre-booked groups benefit from:

• Free guided tour

• 10% off in the cafe (£5pp min spend)

• 10% off in the gift shop (£5pp min spend)

• Complimentary refreshments for coach driver.

Details correct at time of printing. Please check www.museumwales.ac.uk before making a special journey.

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National Waterfront Museum Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 3RD (029) 2057 3600 (charged at local rate).

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November Sat 8 & Sun 9 Nov12.30pm-3.30pm Everlasting Poppy Pins

Make a special poppy brooch for Remembrance Sunday using layered fabric flowers.

Sat 8 Nov11am Dylan Thomas Walking Tour: Uplands

A Dylan Thomas literary tour led by Peter Thabit Jones. This walk will take you around Dylan’s birthplace, providing a fascinating insight into his early life.Walking rating: easy Meeting point: Uplands TavernThis tour is weather dependent.

Fri 7 Nov10am Baby Mice Song Time

Introduce Welsh to your baby and pick up basic words and phrases to use at home. Hosted by Twf.

Fri 7 Nov10.30amLittle Mice Club: Winter Theme

Drop in with your little ones to play, make, sing and meet Morys the Museum Mouse.Enjoy themed arts and crafts as well as bilingual songs and story time.

With Menter Iaith Abertawe, Twf and Mudiad Meithrin.

Mon 27 Oct-Sun 2 Nov12.30pm-3.30pmThree Cool Things to Make with a Straw

Make innovative crafts out of straws including a zappy zoomer and a floating ball game.

Sat 1 Nov10.30amCuppa Cymraeg

A tour of the galleries aimed at Welsh learners followed by a free cuppa.

Tues 4, 11, 18 & 25 Nov 10.30am-12.30pmExplore Books

Drop in to explore authors and books old and new. This month’s theme is Welsh authors or books set in Wales.


Under 5’s

up to 12 mths

Sun 9 Nov10am-3pmMarina Market Marina Market takes place inDylan Thomas Square.Browse stalls selling fresh food and beautiful hand crafted goods.

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Sun 9 Nov2pm Dylan Thomas Walking Tour: Marina

This walk will explore the historic and contemporary sitesassociated with Dylan.Walking rating: easyMeeting point: Museum ReceptionThis tour is weather dependent.

Sun 9 Nov 2.30pmA Month in the Country (PG 1987)

Sat 15 & Sun 16 Nov12.30pm-3.30pmMake a Movember Moustache!

Choose from our historical moustache menu to make a fun ‘tache on a stick.

Sat 15 Nov11amWarfare in the Age of the Crusades: A Clash of Contrasts

Join Professor John France (Swansea University) who will

discuss the way in which this war was fought as a conflict of different styles of fighting. Organized by the Historical Association.

Sat 15 Nov1pm & 3pmStreet Science:Can a sneeze freeze? and how to make the ultimate snowball

Join us for a fun look at the science behind some of winter’s wonders.

Sat 22 Nov 11amPlacing Dylan

Join Ceri Thomas, Swansea-based artist, curator and art historian as he talks about his art, his Placing Dylan exhibition at the Museum and living in Dylan Thomas’s first home. In conversation with Dylan Thomas biographer Hilly Janes.

Sat 22 Nov2pmDylan Thomas in Portrait

Join Hilly Janes, Dylan Thomas biographer as she

talks about her artist-father Alfred Janes, whose 1934 portrait of his friend the poet is on display at the Museum. In conversation with artist, curator and art historian Ceri Thomas.

Sat 22 & Sun 23 Nov11.30am, 1pm & 2.30pm3D Advent Calendar

Create a 3D Christmas tree advent calendar.

Fri 28 Nov7pm Wines for Christmas

Tickets £15/£12.50 available from the Museum gift shop or contact (029) 2057 3600.

Sat 29 & Sun 30 Nov 10am-4pmGreen FairBrowse this fair full of environmentally friendly, organic, fair trade and locally produced goods. Organized by the Environment Centre.

age 7-12

age 6+

Booking required Families Adults Talk Hands on.

All events are free unless this symbol is shown


Sat 6 Dec1.30pmLazy Crafternoons: Festive Wreath

Using local ivy, cinnamon sticks and dried orange slices, create a beautiful natural door-hanging. All materials provided. £5pp.

Sun 7 Dec2pm (English Language) 3pm (Welsh Language)A Child’s Christmas in Wales (U 2009)

Sun 7 Dec2pmA Child’s Christmas in Wales: Meet the Producer! Meet BAFTA award-winning producer Michael Jeffrey from Brave New World Productions and hear about the making of the Dylan Thomas animation.

Sat 6 Dec12pm – 3.30pmStreet Science: How to make snow in 10 seconds

A quirky look at how things we love about the festive season come to life through science.

Sat 6 Dec11am Thrifty Kids: Reindeers

Cut out cardboard shapes from a template and slot them together to make a 3D reindeer head. £2.50 per child.

Fri 5 Dec10am Baby Mice Song Time See page 4 for details.

Fri 5 Dec10.30amLittle Mice Club: Winter Theme

See page 4 for details.

Sat 6 Dec 10.30amCuppa Cymraeg See page 4 for details.

Sat 6 Dec 12pm-4pm Festive Fun Day

Featuring the amazinganimatronic penguin family.With children’s activities, carols and a visit from Santa.

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Thurs 11 Dec 7pmChristmas Quiz Night

Featuring rounds of music, general knowledge, mystery objects and a festive film clip round (with prizes)!Tickets £3.50pp (includes a glass of mulled wine and table nibbles) available from the Museum gift shop or contact (029) 2057 3600. Teams of six maximum.

Fri 12-Sun 14 Dec10am-4pm Festive Glass FairFeaturing glass-work created by students from the Swansea School of Glass, University of Wales, Trinity St David.

Sat 13 Dec10am-4pm Vintage & Handmade Christmas FairRich in vintage loveliness and steeped in handmade beauties, find that perfect one-off gift.

Sat 13 Dec 2pmA Fire in the Sky

Join Andrew Lound and the Swansea Astronomical Society for a dramatic account of the legendary 1908 ‘Tunguska’ incident.

Sun 14 Dec10am-3pmMarina MarketSee page 4 for details.

Sun 14 Dec2.30pmRoy Noble: Backwards to the Future

Join TV and radio favourite Roy Noble as he recounts his journey to stardom and becoming the man behind the dulcet tones in households across Wales. Then meet Roy in person with a special book signing from 3.30pm onwards.

Sat 20 Dec11am‘Orientalist’ Jones Heads West

A talk by Professor Michael Franklin (Swansea University) about Sir William Jones.Organized by the Historical Association.

Sat 20 Dec2pm Frozen 3D (PG 2014)

Sun 21 Dec2pm It’s a Wonderful Life (U 1946)

Sat 27-Weds 31 Dec & Fri 2-Sun 4 Jan12.30pm-3.30pm Glow in the dark Constellation Calendars

Get creative and make a glow in the dark star constellation calendar for the New Year.

Booking required Families Adults Talk Hands on. All events are free unless this symbol is shown


Sun 25 Jan 1pm-4pm Heavenly HarpsListen to the melodic sound of Shelley Fairplay as her beautiful harp music floats around the Museum and join Dynamic Harps, new Cardiff based student ensemble for their debt public appearance.

Sun 25 Jan 12pmLap Harps Workshop

Try out the national instrument of Wales, with harpist Shelley Fairplay. Including demonstrations on a Pedal, Celtic and Lap Harp. Places limited, book on arrival.

This month’s theme will help to banish the winter blues with books that make you smile.

Sat 17 & Sun 18 Jan12.30pm-3.30pmMake a Bird Feeder

Sat 17 Jan11amCartooning the First World War

A talk by Professor Chris Williams (Cardiff University), about the wartime newspaper cartoons of Joseph Morewood Staniforth (JMS). Organized by the Historical Association.

Sun 18 Jan2.30pmThe Penguin King 3D (U 2012)

Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jan12.30pm-3.30pm Santes Dwynwen Heart Wands

Make a cute sparkly heart wand complete with a Welsh word or phrase to celebrate this ancient love tradition.

Sat 10 Jan10.30amCuppa Cymraeg


Sat 10 & Sun 11 Jan12.30pm-3.30pmMari Lwyd Spoon Puppets

Celebrate this unusual ancient Welsh winter custom that includes a horse’s skull by making your own wooden spoon puppet.

Sat 10 & Sun 11 Jan12.30pm-3.30pmPlaying the Spoons

Join virtuoso spoons players Pat Smith and Ned Clamp who will be performing and leading a spoons workshop.

Sun 11 Jan 10am-3pmMarina MarketSee page 4 for details.

Tues 13, 20 & 27 Jan10.30am-12.30pmExplore Books

Drop in to explore authors and books old and new.

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Sat 31 Jan 11am Working for Victory: Welsh Industry and the First World War

A talk by Robert Protheroe-Jones (National Waterfront Museum), about the contribution of Welsh industry to the war effort. Organized by the Historical Association.

Tues 3, 10 & 24 Feb10.30am-12.30pmExplore Books

Drop in to explore authors and books old and new. This month’s theme will help to banish the winter blues with books that make you smile.

Fri 6 Feb10am Baby Mice Song Time


Fri 6 Feb10.30amLittle Mice Club: Love Theme


Sat 7 Feb10.30amCuppa Cymraeg


Sat 7 Feb11amThrifty Kids: Pegs

Make a peg board or even some magnetic peg note

Under 5’s

up to 12 mths

age 7+


holders for the family fridge.£2.50 per child.

Sat 7 Feb1.30pm Lazy Crafternoons: Pegs

Turn the humble wooden peg into a stylish shabby chic notice board to organize your notes or photos.Materials provided – all abilities welcome. £5pp.

Sun 8 Feb10am-3pmMarina MarketSee page 4 for details.

Sun 8 Feb10am-4pmPre-loved Popup FairFrom nostalgic finery and home ware, to accessories, books and trinkets, you are bound to find a bargain.Organized with Smock Vintage, for stall details contact [email protected]

February


Sat 14 Feb11am‘Avenging Angels’

An illustrated talk by Avenging Angels author Glenys Davies about her research into the early years of the First World War.Organized by the Historical Association.

Half Term

Sat 14 & Sun 15 Feb12.30pm – 3.30pmBig Love Art

Help us create a huge line of text to hang around the Museum to celebrate love this valentine’s weekend.With artist Carlos Pinatti.

Sat 14 Feb 2pmLesbians in Welsh Fiction A LGBT month talk by Dr Kirsti Bohata (Swansea University).

Half Term

Sat 14 Feb2pmKid’s Quiz

A fun and innovative quiz sure to get you scratching your head. Includes mystery objects, cartoon clips and prizes. Teams of six maximum.

Sat 14 Feb7pmValentine’s Quiz Night

Gather your friends and get competitive with music, mystery objects and a special romantic film round (with prizes)! Tickets £3.50pp (includes a glass of wine and table nibbles) available from the Museum gift shop or contact (029) 2057 3600. Teams of six maximum.

Half Term

Sun 15 Feb2.30pmMaleficent (PG 2014)

Half Term

Mon 16-Sun 22 Feb11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm & 3pmDecorate a Lucky Lantern

To celebrate Chinese New Year, transform a plain paperlantern into a colourfuldecoration.

Sat 21 Feb 11amThe Buried History of Disability in Britain’s Coalfields, 1780–1880 This talk by Daniel Blackie (Swansea University), unearths this buried history by drawing on new research into the social history of Britain’s coal industry. Organized by the Historical Association.

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Sat 21 Feb1pm & 3pmBubbles & Balloons Science Show

Discover the amazing things you can do with bubbles and balloons.

Sat 28 Feb11amThe First War – The War at Sea

An illustrated talk by Ray Savage on the often

neglected role of the Royal Navy in the First World War. Organized by the Historical Association.

Sat 28 Feb12pm-4pmSt David’s Celebration

From choirs and crafts to dragons and daffodils, experience the perfect way to celebrate Welsh culture.

Sat 28 Feb & Sun 1 March12.30pm-3.30pmAnimated Dragon Puppets

Make a dragon with movable wings, or a fire breathing dragon head from a paper cup.

Exhibitions Daily 10am to 5pm

The thousands of Welshmen who went to fight in Europe during the First World War were supported by many thousands more who worked in essential industries. This exhibition looks at how it contributed to the war effort and the impact of the war on Welsh industry.


Until Sun 15 March

Working for Victory: Welsh Industry and the First World War


Until Sun 30 NovPlacing DylanIn 1934 Dylan Thomas left 5 Cwmdonkin Drive to live in London. Sixty years later, London-born Ceri Thomas lived in the poet’s Swansea home and began producing artworks inspired by Dylan’s place, writing and name.

Until Sun 1 Feb Dylan Thomas by Alfred Janes A special chance to see a portrait of Dylan Thomas painted by his friend Alfred Janes. On loan from National Museum Cardiff.


Sat 8 Nov-Sun 22 Feb Memorial – Commemorating the First World War in Glass This exhibition from Swansea School of Glass displays a selection of cartoons (glass designs) and contemporary glassworks that are a response to the war.

Sat 6 Dec-Sun 29 MarchCalchThe Calch [lime] project investigates, preserves and interprets the limestone quarries and lime kilns at Herbert’s Quarry, near Brynamman. This exhibition examines the industry in Wales and what this community project has achieved.

Sat 31 Jan-Sun 22 MarchLiving by the SeaCommissioned by the Port of Milford Haven, as part of Seafarers Awareness Week 2013, these portraits of people who make their living at sea, were taken by pupils from Milford Haven School to raise awareness of the contribution made by seafarers working in Pembrokeshire.

Until MarchDylan’s Words: a Waterfront Literary Trail Follow a trail of quotations from the writings of Dylan Thomas selected by poet and Dylan-scholar Peter Thabit Jones.

Daily 10am to 5pmExhibitions

‘Tillerman (Green and Dying)’, oil on board

© Philip Newman, Team Leader, Skomer Marine Nature Reserve

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