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2019 diary


January

5 Saturday Talk: ‘Taffy was a Welshman’ - Christine James (Richard Carter)
25 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends - 1pm
February

5 Tuesday Visit: Tour of the BBC Cymru Wales Studios, Llandaff (Peter Davies)
16 Saturday
Talk: ‘My Life in Metal’ - David Petersen (Gwen Williams)
22 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends - 1pm
28 Thursday
St David’s Day Tea Party with traditional entertainment from Meurig Williams  (Jane Gagg and Trix Pryce)
March
  6 Wednesday
Visit: Oxford  (Dorn Swaffield)
23 Saturday
Talk: 'Elgar and the Hidden Enigmas’- Geraint Lewis (Trix Pryce)
29 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends -1pm
April
 13 Saturday
Talk: ‘Frank Lloyd Wright’ - Jonathan Adams (Kathleen Jones)
21 Sunday
Easter Sunday
26 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends -1pm
27 Saturday Talk: ‘Hadrian’s Wall and Vindolanda’ – Chris Dale (Trix Price)
May
6-10 Mon - Fri
Tour: Five days and four nights - Newcastle and Durham (Emrys Jones and Len Metcalfe)
24 Friday
Visit: National Museum of History, St Fagans (Christabel Hutchings)
28 Tuesday
Visit: The Hay Festival  (Dorn Swaffield)
31 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends -1pm
June
8 Saturday Talk: ‘William Burges - Gothic Revival Genius’ - Matthew Williams (Gwen Williams)
14 - 20
Tour: Six days and five nights in Lisbon - (Emrys Jones and Len Metcalfe)
24 Monday
Visit: The Elgar Museum and Hellens Manor, Ledbury (Richard Carter and Trix Pryce) - <blog>
28 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends -1pm
July
 6 Saturday Talk: ‘Post-reformation cross slabs in South-east Wales’ - Professor Madeleine Gray (Christabel Hutchings)
18 Thursday Visit: Llancarfan and the Cowbridge Physic Garden (Janet Jones and Dorn Swaffield)
26 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends - 1pm
August
6 Tuesday
Visit: Royal Worcester Porcelain Museum and Worcester Cathedral (Peter and Mari Davies)
21 Wednesday
Talk: ‘Lord David Davies - Part 2’ - Hefin Mathias (Gwen Williams)
27 Tuesday Visit: Nantgarw China Works Museum (Gwen Williams and Heather Graves)
30 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends - 1pm
September
  10 - 13
Tour: Four days in Dublin (Gwen Williams)
21 Saturday
Talk: ‘Penry Williams: an eminent man of Merthyr’ – Benjamin Price (Gwen Williams)
27 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends - 1pm
October
3 Thursday
Visit: The Elgar Museum and Hellens Manor, Ledbury (Richard Carter and Trix Pryce)
  19 Saturday
Talk: ‘The Blue Nile from its Source to the Sea’ - Aled Samuel (Kathleen Jones)
25 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends - 1pm
28 Monday
Visit: The National Museum Collections Centre, Nantgarw (Roger and Jane Gagg)
November
  2 Saturday
Annual General Meeting - Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, followed by a talk: ‘Dippy the Dinosaur's visit to Cardiff’
- Dr Caroline Buttler, Head of Palaeontology, National Museum Cardiff

24 Sunday Visit: London (Dorn Swaffield)
29 Friday
Free recital on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ in National Museum Cardiff - sponsored by the Friends - 1pm
December
 2 Monday
Friends' Christmas Lunch - The Grand Hall, National Museum Cardiff

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Note: Talks, except those in February, March and April, are usually held in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, commencing at 10.30 am.
Tickets for the talks, which are open to the general public, are available at the door.
Admission is £10 to include tea/coffee & biscuits following the talk.
Friends who book and pay in advance will only be charged £8.

Friends of the National Museum Wales is a member of the British Association of Friends of Museums (BAfM)

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