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St Andrew’s Church and Plas Farm

In our blogs, we are taking the opportunity to look at some of the old photographs form the museum collection. This photograph shows St Andrew’s Church, along with Plas Farm and St Andrew’s Church School (National – Church of England- School).  The photograph is undated but is post 1869.  It shows how much the area …

Covid-19 Current Update Autumn 2021

1. Our current opening hours are 10-5, Tuesday to Saturday. 2. We are restricting numbers at in-person events and a mask must be worn unless eating or drinking. 3. We ask that you respect the 2m distancing rule at all times and that you use the hand sanitizers around the museum, (particularly before touching the …

‘Partaking of the Tea’ Mosaic

Influenced by the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi (‘treating breakage and repair as art of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise’), we created this fabulous mosaic at our recent ‘Partaking of the Tea’ wellbeing day. A fabulous group of women used crocks dredged from the Newport estuary and the wedding China of …