Llangollen Museum

29/05/2026

100 years ago today on 29th May 1926 the Llangollen National Council of Women held an open air rally for the North Wales Women's Peace Pilgrimage on the Smithfield (Market St Car Park)
The platform was decorated in blue and orange the pilgrimage colours. Miss Matheson spoke as did Mrs Thoday and Miss Woolsey. Mrs Silyn Roberts complied with repeated request for a "few words in Welsh" - to the joy of the large crowd.

The picture shows Market St in the 1920s with rows of charabancs. Looks as though it was just as hard to get a parking space then!
Photo Museum collection

27/05/2026

Dr Ian Brooks delivered an extremely informative talk at the museum tonight, and we had an excellent turnout. Thank you to everyone who attended. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

18/05/2026

Join us on Wednesday 27th May at 7pm at the museum for Dr Ian Brooks talk ‘From simple cairn to ritual monument’- Excavating prehistoric Bryneglwys.

Admission £3 on the door includes refreshments and biscuits.

We hope to see you there!

14/05/2026

Today we visited Pen yr Erw to visit the ruins of a cottage which local folklore says a witch once inhabited. It is said that locals butter would not congeal because the witch had ‘turned their butter’

Video coming soon!

11/05/2026

A Rare Smile

A recently rediscovered fragment of an abbot’s grave slab from North Wales may offer an unusual glimpse of a medieval personality. An archaeologist analyzed the two-foot-long stone piece and found that it once lay atop the tomb of an abbot named Howel, who led an important Welsh abbey around 1300. The slab depicts Howel in realistic fashion—rare for the period—and wearing a broad smile.

Records suggest Howel was a power broker during the period and might have been seen as an important source of stability in the community.

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/291-1803/trenches/6361-trenches-wales-medieval-abbot-grave-slab

04/05/2026

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28/04/2026

‼️TALK CANCELLED‼️
Due to unfortunate circumstances this talk is now postponed until further notice.

More details to follow, sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Join us on Wednesday 29th April at 7pm at 7pm for Dr. Jack Hunters talk on ‘Re-thinking sacred, magical and paranormal objects’ also with an introduction by Andy Harrop-Smith as “The Cunning Man”

Tickets are £3 on the door and refreshments provided.

We hope to see many of you there!

28/04/2026

Unfortunately, due to illness the talk tomorrow 29th April at 7pm has had to be postponed. We will reschedule and put details up as soon as possible. Apologies for the short notice and best wishes to the speaker for a speedy recovery.