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For further information on a talk, trip or tour (bold text), point at it with the mouse and click. 2026 diary
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January

10 Saturday Talk: 'Wales into Space - the first Welsh Satellite' - Neil Monteiro, (Nigel Morgans)
February

14 Wednesday  Talk: 'The Gwen John Exhibition' - Lucy Woods, Curator, (Gwen Williams & Nigel Morgans)
27 Thursday
 St David’s Day Celebration (TBC) - (Gwen Williams, Heather Graves)
March
14 Saturday
Talk: 'Artistic Beauty and Taste' -  Panos Paris (Gwen Williams)
April
5 Sunday
 EASTER DAY
   11 Saturday Talk:
19 - 23
Tour Manchester (Len Metcalfe) - Booking Form available soon
May
6 Wednesday Visit: Oxford including Bodleian Library - (Len Metcalfe, Heather Graves)
9 Saturday Talk: Philip Burton goes to America - (Gwen Williams)
18-22
Tour  Bruges, Ghent & Antwerp (Nigel Morgans)
June
6 Saturday
Talk: Margaret Lloyd George - Richard Rhys O’Brien - (Gwen Williams)
10 Wednesday Visit: Croome Court TBC (Heather Graves & Len Metcalfe)
July
4 Saturday Talk:
15 Wednesday Visit: Hestercombe House or Stourhead House & Gardens TBC (Heather Graves & Len Metcalfe)
August
5 Wednesday
Visit: National Wool Museum & Woollen Mill, Drefach Felindre (Heather Graves & Len Metcalfe)  TBC
September
1 - 6
Tour:The Palaces & Arts of Bologna, Mantova, Ferrara, Ravenna & Lucca (Nigel Morgans) TBC 

Talk
October
11  - 15 Tour: Derbyshire (Len Metcalfe)
17 Saturday
Talk:
November
7 Saturday
Annual General Meeting (free event -  Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre,
followed by: Talk: Lord Leslie Griffiths (John Wilkins)
December
7 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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