In 2025 we will be celebrating our bicentennial; to celebrate this impressive milestone of Merthyr Tydfil’s magnificent historic and cultural past, we will be presenting a year long series of community events, art exhibitions, lectures and school activities.
In early January 2025 our 1st art exhibition will be held in our Playroom Gallery, Cyfarthfa 200 - Schools and Community, a collaborative exhibition between our local schools, community groups and artists depicting Cyfarthfa Castle as, Home, School and Museum. You will see an array of new artworks, craft and sculptures juxtaposed with a selection of our magnificent photographic, art and social history collections.
In parallel you will see in our Yellow Gallery, a new exhibition that has been commissioned by Cyfarthfa Foundation that details their current engagement with our closed school building using VR technology and their plans for the restoration of the castle.
We are working with LGBTQ Historian Norena Shopland who will be presenting a talk in February 2025 to highlight the local LGBTQ stories with activities and events in our galleries that you can book onto.
We are excited to be developing an ‘Open Art and Photography Competition’ that will span across both temporary galleries from May-September, that will encourage emerging and established artists to enter for the chance to win prizes in recognition of their talent in response to a special brief, that will be announced early in 2025.
There will also be several Pop-Up exhibitions that will be woven within our calendar to showcase particularly special celebrations including Laura Ashley, Wallpaper Collections, Museum Take Overs, Back Stage Tours and many more.