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January

11 Saturday Talk: 'Roman Houses, Medieval Monasteries and Hill Forts: 
Wellbeing and Cynefin –  Community Archaeology with a sense of ‘place’
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Dr Mark Lewis, Amgueddfa Cymru (Gwen Williams)  - 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)
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)
30 Friday, 1pm Recital by Elin Rhys on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ at National Museum Cardiff -
FNMW sponsors the organ and recitals, so Click for a free ticket
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
27 Friday, 1pm  Recital by John Cheer on the Watkin Williams-Wynn Organ at National Museum Cardiff -
FNMW sponsors the organ and recitals. 
July
2 Wednesday Visit: Ludlow and Berrington Hall (Heather Graves, Len Metcalfe)
12 Saturday Talk: Peter Lord - No such thing as Welsh Art?' – a new exhibition
August
6 Wednesday
Visit to Aberystwyth for the exhibition -  ‘No such thing as Welsh Art?’  (Gwen Williams)
September
6 Saturday
Talk: Martin Shipton – 'The Welsh Media Crisis' (Nigel Morgans)
9 - 15
Tour: Chateaux and Gardens of the Loire Valley plus Monet's Gardens (Nigel Morgans)
October
12  - 16 Tour: Cornwall (Len Metcalfe - click for details) - Click here for the Booking Form
25 Saturday
Talk: Dr. David Moore – 'Ray Howard-Jones: Welsh woman war artist, mosaicist and painter of islands and wild coast'.
November
8 Saturday
Annual General Meeting (free event - click for papers) - Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, followed by:
Talk: Professor Tony Curtis – ‘Augustus John, Sir William Orpen and the Beautiful German Spy, artists in the First World War’ (Heather Graves)
December
1 Monday
Christmas Lunch - The Grand Hall, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

NOTE: Talks are normally held in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, occasionally are held in the Oriel Suite, starting at 10.30,
Admission charge is £10, payable at the door or by direct bank payment beforehand is
- includes 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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