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January

11 Saturday Talk: Christabel Hutchings - ‘T.H. Thomas: the leading force behind the founding of National Museum Wales’ - NB in Oriel Suite
February

12 Wednesday  Talk: Professor Laura McAllister - ‘Leading the way’ (Gwen Williams)
28 Thursday
 St David’s Day Celebration - (Gwen Williams, Heather Graves, Lyn Owen)
March
8 Saturday
Talk: Edward Holdaway - ‘The Rees Family of Llandovery’ (Lyn Owen)
29 Saturday
Talk: Professor Tony Curtis – ‘Augustus John, Sir William Orpen and the Beautiful German Spy, artists in the First World War’ (Heather Graves)
April
   9 Wednesday
 Visit: Oxford - (LenMetcalfe and Heather Graves)
20 Sunday
 EASTER DAY
24 - 28
Tour Bradford / Leeds(Len Metcalfe) - Click here for the Booking Form
May
10 Saturday Talk: Anthony Penrose  – ‘The Legendary Lee Miller’ (Judith Foy))
14 Wednesday Visit: Batsford Arboretum and Chastleton House and Garden (Len Metcalfe, Heather Graves)
June
7 Saturday
Talk: Professor Sir Richard Evans  – 'Hitler’s People' (Judith Foy)
13 - 16
Tour London (Len Metcalfe - click for details) - Click here for the Booking Form
July
2 Wednesday Visit: Ludlow and Berrington Hall (Heather Graves, Len Metcalfe)
12 Saturday Talk: Dr. Mark Lewis, Senior Curator in Roman Archaeology, National Roman Legionary Museum
‘Community Archaeology with a sense of "place": Hill Forts,   Roman Houses and Medieval Monasteries'
August No Events
September
6 Saturday
Talk: Martin Shipton – 'The Welsh Media Crisis' (Nigel Morgans)
October
4 Saturday
Talk: Dr. David Moore – 'Ray Howard-Jones: Welsh woman war artist, mosaicist and painter of islands and wild coast'.
12  - 16 Tour: Cornwall (Len Metcalfe)
November
8 Saturday
Annual General Meeting - Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, followed by a Talk  (free event)
December
1 Monday
Christmas Lunch - The Grand Hall, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff  - date to be confirmed

NOTE: Talks are normally held in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, occasionally are held in the Oriel Suite, starting at 10.30,
Admission, payable at the door is £10 to include tea/coffee & biscuits following the talk - open to the general public.
Friends of the National Museum Wales is a member of the British Association of Friends of Museums (BAfM)
Registered Charity No. 701990

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