Neath Port Talbot Museum Service
Neath Port Talbot Museum Service operates two Museums:
Neath Museum
The museum is now located in the Leisure Centre, Dyfed Road
Neath. The displays of artefacts tell the story of this historic
market town from the period of Roman ‘Nidum’ to medieval Neath and
the splendour of Neath Abbey once called the ‘fairest abbey in all
Wales’. Victorian Neath is also represented with displays of
costumes and items of everyday life. A photographic display also
shows the changing face of the town.
Neath Museum is open from Tuesday until Saturday from 10.00 a.m.
until 4.00 p.m. – entry is free of charge.
Neath Museum closes for lunch between 1.00 p.m. and 1.30
p.m.
Further details please ring (01639) 645726 during opening
hours.
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
Located near the village of Crynant in the Dulais Valley five
miles north of Neath, Cefn Coed Colliery Museum tells the story of
coal mining at Cefn Coed pit, once the deepest anthracite coal mine
in the world. Cefn Coed was one of the most dangerous coalmines in
Wales, gaining the nickname ‘The Slaughterhouse’. The story of the
thousands of men who worked at Cefn Coed and at other pits in the
anthracite coalmines of South West Wales is told in words and
pictures at Cefn Coed.
Cefn Coed Museum is open daily from April to October inclusive
from 10.30am – 5.00pm – entry to the museum is free.
Group visits are welcome in the winter period prior arrangement.
For further details please ring (01639) 750556 (ansafone service
during winter)
Cefn Coed is also the base for the Museum Education Officer, who
is able to offer support for a wide range of subjects, particularly
at Key Stage 2. Please telephone Clive Reed (Education Officer) on
the above number for further details.
