edeyrnion – Amgueddfa Corwen Museum

Eisteddfod Powys Exhibition at Corwen Museum

Corwen Museum — Fri, 19 May 2023 14:00:20 +0000

The Eisteddfod Powys is coming back to Edeyrnion and Penllyn in October 2023 and, to promote this, and to celebrate the wonderful relationship there has been between Corwen and the Powys Eisteddfod, we have created a new exhibition telling this story. We are grateful for funding for the exhibition through the Cadwyn Clwyd LEADER Fund.

The Exhibition will run until the end of October 2023 and the Powys Eisteddfod is being held in Bala on the 27^th and 28^th October.

We are celebrating St David’s Day by moving Corwen Museum outside

Corwen Museum — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:33:34 +0000

We have not been able to open the Museum for almost a year now, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have therefore worked on a range of interpretation panels telling the story over time of the Edeyrnion area and have installed these on the side wall of Canolfan Ni, which is the Community Centre opposite the Museum. The project has been completed in time for St David’s Day. The exciting new display brightens up a drab wall and gives bitesize pieces of the story of Edeyrnion to whet people’s appetites to learn more. We hope you will come and see them.

We are now working on boards for the Museum wall opposite, that will give information about the buildings and sites that can be seen from this part of Corwen. We hope that visitors will be encouraged to explore the town and to enjoy the beauty of its setting.

We have nine volunteers working on research, photography, editing and translation and we are very grateful for the time they are giving to this exciting new development for Corwen Museum.

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.

Corwen Museum Facebook Diary 7th -14th May

Corwen Museum — Thu, 14 May 2020 15:03:36 +0000

We remember our soldiers and civilians who died serving in the 2^nd World War and are named on our eight war memorials.

The new Corwen Museum Exhibition ‘Artists and Authors with a Connection to Edeyrnion’ is featured. We are hoping that the Museum will be able to re-open soon so that visitors can see this and our other new exhibition on the WW2 Evacuees to Corwen.

The 2018 Ysgol Caer Drewyn Video ‘Ghosts of Corwen’ is shown.

We show the Corwen Constitutional Club Billiards medal and its links with a soldier who died in WW1.

There are items about Rhug and Pale Hall.

Follow the link to our Facebook page.

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.

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.

Find us on London Road, Corwen (A5) across from Corwen Manor (The Old Workhouse)

Editor | Golygydd — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:49:06 +0000

We have won Heritage Lottery Support!

Editor | Golygydd — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:16:45 +0000

We have today received £7900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), part of which will fund two exciting new exhibitions in the Corwen Museum, on the legend of Owain Glyndwr and Corwen – the Crossroads of North Wales. These displays will tell the story of Corwen and the Edeyrnion area from prehistoric times to the present day, through the eyes and ears of travellers and local people. The work will be done by volunteers from the local community .and we want to involve as many people as possible in this unique project.

The project will enable local people and visitors to the area alike, to understand how and why the area evolved over time. It is hoped that the local schools will become involved, giving the children a better understanding of the place where they live. A Community Memory Board will show photographs of Corwen Life and People since the Second World War, with space for individuals to record their thoughts and memories. We will also start building a Resource Centre so that photographs and documents from the past and present can be stored for use both now and in the future. We want the community to become involved in volunteering at the Museum, in research, display building and in stewarding. We also want the loan or donation of old photographs, documents and artefacts relating to Edeyrnion, to display. If you think you can help in any way please get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

The Museum is closed at present whilst the work is completed, but will re-open on Saturday 18^th February. We are holding a Community Open Day on Saturday 25^th February from 10.30 am to 7.00 pm and hope that you will be able to join us.

Exhibition news

Editor | Golygydd — Sun, 11 May 2014 11:29:04 +0000

There have been some very exciting developments regarding the Railway Exhibition. Can Edeyrnion are working with Llangollen Railway Trust and Corwen Railway Society to make the Exhibition a permanent museum, based at Capel Coch in Corwen. This has the full backing of the Heritage Lottery Funders and will open to coincide with the first passenger train to arrive in Corwen – hopefully in July this year. A series of temporary exhibitions will run alongside the permanent exhibits covering all aspects of the heritage and culture of the Edeyrnion area. We are looking for volunteers to help in all aspects of running the exhibitions and invite local groups and organisations to come forward with ideas and support for the temporary displays. We want this to be a museum involving the whole community.