St Fagans National History Museum

A Cardiff open-air museum tracing the historical way of life, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people, St Fagans National Museum of History is also known as St Fagans for the village where it is situated. The museum is a member of Amgueddfa Cymru's larger network of national museums in Wales.

Following the Earl of Plymouth's donation of the castle and its surrounding acres, the museum was established in 1946. In 1948, it became accessible to the general public as the Welsh Folk Museum. Since that time, the museum's name has stayed the same in Welsh, but its English name has changed several times, first to the Museum of Welsh Life, then to St. Fagans National History Museum, and finally to its present name.

Iorwerth Peate came up with the idea for the museum, which was based on Skansen, Stockholm's outdoor museum of traditional Swedish architecture. The majority of the structures rebuilt at Skansen were made of wood and can be disassembled and put back together with ease, but a corresponding museum in Wales was intended to be more complex.

There are frequently artisans there carrying out traditional tasks and hawking their wares, and the tools and objects inside these structures provide an accurate picture of how they would have been utilized in the past. Traditional festivals, music, and dance activities, and a number of displays of artifacts and historical things are also held throughout the year. St Fagans National History Museum is one of the most beautiful historical sites in Cardiff.

Location: St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales