* Items found at Pentre Hall, Bronygarth now on display at the museum.
Latest news from Llangollen Museum
We are moving into the time of year now when the
weather is testing our new roof – so far it has proved up to the challenge.
Moving into November we will see the end of the Llangollen Museum
Sustainability Programme, kindly funded by the Lottery Heritage Fund, the
Community Ownership Fund, the Denbighshire Key Fund and the Clocaenog Wind Farm
Fund. So many thanks to all of them for enabling us to make the necessary
repairs and improvements to keep Llangollen Museum open.
The new security fencing and storage units have now
been put in, as has our new noticeboard (many thanks to Dave Bythell for that).
Our new entrance door is presently being made, and should be installed in a few
weeks and all of our windows and doors are being re-varnished or painted. Our
new web site will be going live in a few weeks, and is much more mobile and
tablet friendly.
We are excited to announce that the first session of
our newly-founded Young Archaeologists Club will take place on January 15,
2026, with ‘An Introduction to Archaeology’. Sessions will be held at
Llangollen Museum from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Thursday evenings. Please contact Gill
Smith on 07516023524 or gilliansmith2@hotmail.co.uk for more information. Visit the Clwyd and Dee Valley
Young Archaeologist’s Club at https://www.yac-uk.org/clubs/clwyd-and-dee-valley.
The following meetings will be:- The Iron and Bronze
Ages, Roles in Archaeology, Myths and Legends, Neolithic Rock Art, Midsummer
Celebrations and Eliseg’s Pillar.
On display in our item of the month cabinet is a truly
magical exhibit – a wand. This small hazel wand was found secreted away with
walnuts in the ceiling above the living room at Pentre Hall, Bronygarth.
It is
just one of many hundreds of objects that have been deposited in the house,
including children’s toys, leather shoes and straps, bent blades, pieces of
iron, animal bones, broken bottles, hagstones and much more. Taken together,
these objects represent a “spiritual midden”, and suggest a long history of
magical activity in the house. Come along to the Museum and see all of these
fascinating items.
In the art gallery is an exhibition of photographs of
Dinas Brân Castle by Jane Evans, along with historical paintings and drawings
of the Castle and some photographs taken during the recent excavations there by
Heneb.
In November Sylvia Hikins is mounting an exhibition entitled 'Changing
Landscapes', and booked for February is local Carrog artist Grace Hughes, who
paints landscapes inspired by the beauty
of the local area.
Our programme of talks continues. On October 29,
Dr Pauline Clarke will give an illustrated presentation about the Portable Antiquities
Scheme, and the Material Culture of Offa's Dyke.
Since its creation under the 1996 Treasure Act, the
Portable Antiquities Scheme has built a vast database of artefacts from England
and Wales. This talk, based on PhD research at the University of Chester,
explores what these finds reveal about British interactions with Anglo-Saxon
and Scandinavian neighbours, and how they help identify enduring sites in the
landscape—particularly in the under-researched Marches region.
Our November talk has been moved back into early
December. On December 10 Gill Smith will be giving an illustrated
talk on Hidden Histories and Folklore of North Wales Churches. This will be the
first of two talks covering churches from the local area to Anglesey, and the
ancient churches on the Pilgrimage route to Bardsey Island along the Lleyn
Peninsula.
All talks start at 7:00pm at the Museum. Tickets are
£3 at the door with refreshments provided. We hope to see you there.
Llangollen Museum will be closed over the Christmas
period from Monday 22 December to Sunday 4 January
(inclusive). We will also be closed for 8 days at the end of January (23 to 30), for cleaning and collection inspection.
* For all of the latest information about what is
happening at the Museum, do keep an eye on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/p/Llangollen-Museum-100057657969751/.
Finally, as with many voluntary organisations, we
desperately need more volunteers. If you want to be more involved with the
history of the area, and become a volunteer at the Museum, please contact our
manager Gill Smith at gilliansmith2@hotmail.co.uk or on 07516 023524.
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