Corwen – Amgueddfa Corwen Museum

The Museum will re-open on Saturday 16th April

Corwen Museum — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:04:05 +0000

The Museum will re-open on Saturday 16^th April (Easter Saturday) with a great new Exhibition on Slate and the Making of Glyndyfrdwy Village. We will be telling the story of the families who earned their living from slate and how the village grew from a scattering of farms and smallholdings. As part of the display our volunteers are building a replica slate mine with sound and light to give a fully immersive experience.

Opening times will be:-

Monday to Friday 12.00 – 15.00

Saturday and Sunday 11.00 – 16.00

There is no admission charge but donations are always welcome.

Opening times will be:-

Monday to Friday 12.00 – 15.00

Saturday and Sunday 11.00 – 16.00

There is no admission charge but donations are always welcome.

Museum News February 2021

Corwen Museum — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:02:35 +0000

At this time of the year we are usually frantically working on new exhibition themes within the Museum for re-opening after the Winter on St David’s Day. Unfortunately, we are still not in a position to re-open because of Government restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and it may be some time yet before we feel it is safe for our volunteers and visitors.

This has not stopped us from meeting our aim of telling the public about the stories of Edeyrnion and we have been very busy, with shop window displays before Christmas, bringing the Christmas Story and the Pantomime to Corwen, and an ongoing display in the empty butcher’s shop window about the past history of Bridge Street told in photographs.

We are also working on an Edeyrnion Timeline to be displayed on the side wall of Canolfan Ni. Eight volunteers have been involved in research, photography, writing, translation and editing to produce an exhibition that will be installed in time for St David’s Day. So, this year our Museum moves outside!

We are also still adding to our artefacts and we were delighted to obtain a superb sampler made by a child in Cynwyd school in 1838.

Our Facebook page, written by Laura Watkins, has new postings every day on all sorts of subjects about the Edeyrnion area. From this page we are gathering photographs and stories from local people re-telling tales from the past and this will be a wonderful resource for the Museum. There are now over 1000 people following the page. Are you one of them?

Our Chairman, Jim Ritchie, has started to produce a monthly newsletter, primarily for our volunteers, but also for anyone with an interest in the Museum. If you would like a copy emailed to you use the Contact Page to make the request. We would also like to hear from you if you would be interested in volunteering with us. Maybe you would like to help with our next project – a series of boards on the side wall of the Museum telling the story of this area of Corwen that can be seen from the flagstaff on Pen-y-Pigyn. We look forward to hearing from you.

Museum News 26th August 2020

Corwen Museum — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:43:48 +0000

The Museum will remain closed this year because of the Covid-19 Pandemic but we are still busy:-

Daily posts are put on our Facebook page telling stories about Corwen and the Edeyrnion villages and requesting comments and information. Please visit and like the Corwen Museum page by following the link.

We are currently adding information about some of the artefacts in our Museum Collection to the Peoples Collection Wales, including the following: –

Compositions Book from the 1789 Corwen Eisteddfod

This book contains the compositions entered in the first public Eisteddfod held at the New Inn Hotel Corwen (now the Owain Glyndwr Hotel), in 1789.

Commemorative mug from the National Eisteddfod Corwen, 1919

This mug commemorates the National Eisteddfod held in Corwen from 4th to 8th August 1919. It was called the Victory Eisteddfod as it was the first Eisteddfod held following the end of the First World War.

Officer’s badge from the 1919 Corwen National Eisteddfod

This badge was worn by the Secretary of the Organising Committee of the National Victory Eisteddfod held in Corwen in 1919.

Wooden Marquetry Tray inscribed ” Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru 1919, Corwen”

A wooden marquetry tray commemorating the National Eisteddfod held in Corwen in 1919

Wooden plaque inscribed “Yma y cynhaliwyd Eisteddfod Gyntaf Urdd Gobaith Cymru – 1929”.

This wooden plaque was commissioned in 1979 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the first Urdd Eisteddfod which was held at the Pavilion, Corwen in 1929

Come and see our display of bardic chairs.

Corwen Museum — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 17:40:08 +0000

We are exhibiting Chairs from the 1902 and 1926 Corwen Chair Eisteddfods and from the 1936 Powys Eisteddfod that was held in Corwen. As a contrast, we also have the Chair from the 2009 Bala National Eisteddfod, which was not awarded because it was felt that the standard of poetry in the competitions was not high enough. The 2009 Chair was made locally, in a workshop in Betws Gwerfyl Goch and is very different to the style of chair in the early 1900s.

Museum Opening Hours for 2019

Corwen Museum — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:23:02 +0000

Our Opening Times this year are 11.00 am to 4.00 pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We are closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Spectacular World War 1 Weekend 24th and 25th February 2018

Corwen Museum — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:26:57 +0000

Corwen Museum re-opens on Saturday February 24th with a spectacular Open Weekend full of displays and activities based on the First World War. Come and see the army camp and taste the food they ate. Find out about the weapons they used and the uniforms they wore. The Exhibition runs on the Saturday and Sunday from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. There is free admission.

Inside the Museum there will be a special poppy installation created by the Corwen Youth Club, with 145 poppies to commemorate the 144 men and 1 woman who are named on the Edeyrnion War Memorials. Books of Remembrance will also be displayed along with our new Exhibition on how Corwen and its villages helped the war effort. There will be a reconstructed trench, with officer’s dugout and hospital field station. We are grateful for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to enable us to put on these displays.

The Museum is also celebrating the Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), with the beautiful work of renowned stained glass designer, Alf Fisher, displayed in our lovely chapel windows. They will be amazing.

This is a weekend not to be missed!

Lest we forget our young men of Edeyrnion who fell in the Great War

Corwen Museum — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:48:42 +0000

We hope you will come to see the Books of Remembrance in the Museum and pay your respects to the 144 young men and 1 woman who are named on our War Memorials in Edeyrnion. We are also hoping that some of you will have more information about these people – are they related to you? Do you have stories, letters, photographs or artefacts to do with their time as soldiers? We would love to hear from you.

Our Model Railway is having a facelift

Corwen Museum — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:42:54 +0000

Nick Collins is working every Wednesday to bring our Model Railway of the line from Berwyn Station to Glyndyfrdwy back into pristine condition. Come and see him at work.

Are you interested in volunteering at the Museum? As well as stewards, we have volunteers building displays, researching specialist subjects for our exhibitions, scanning and editing old photographs and maintaining our register of artefacts. Call into the Museum and leave your contact details or send a message on the website’s Contact Page. We would love to hear from you!

Have you seen our farming exhibition?

Corwen Museum — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:51:24 +0000

We have a fantastic exhibition on until November of farming and rural life in Edeyrnion and Denbighshire, including the “Farming Memories” Exhibition produced by Menter Iaith. It is well worth seeing and will bring back memories to many people who have been involved in farming over the years.

Have you seen our windows?

Corwen Museum — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:23:19 +0000

The Pilgrim in our photograph is one of six travellers through time who have journeyed to Corwen and are now depicted in our lovely chapel windows. Renowned stained glass designer, Alfred Fisher, has designed the windows, using vinyl rather than glass, to produce an effect that allows the natural light through, without losing the lovely lines of the figures. Join these travellers to Corwen and visit the Museum to meet these individuals and read their stories.Window 4 The Pilgrim