St Fagans National Museum of History

St Fagans National
Museum of History
Sain Ffagan: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru
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	The administration offices in the background
	Location in Cardiff, Wales
Former name	St Fagans National History Museum
Established	1948
Location	St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales
Coordinates	51°29′13″N 3°16′21″W / 51.4869°N 3.2725°W
Visitors	610,155 (2010); * Ranked 21st in the UK
Website	museum.wales/stfagans

St Fagans National Museum of History (/ˈfæɡənz/ FAG-ənz; Welsh: Sain Ffagan: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru), commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.^[2]

It consists of more than forty re-erected buildings from various locations in Wales, and is set in the grounds of St Fagans Castle, a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house.^[3] In 2011 Which? magazine named the museum the United Kingdom's favourite visitor attraction.^[4]

A six-year, £30-million revamp was completed in 2018 and the museum was named the Art Fund Museum of the Year in 2019.^[5]

^ "Visits made in 2010 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA". Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
^ Witty, Matthew. "The history of the suburb of St. Fagans". www.cardiffians.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
^ Clements, Laura (4 August 2018). "The story of Wales' best-loved museum as St Fagans hits 70". walesonline. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
^ Clare Hutchinson (29 September 2011). "National History Museum at St Fagans soars to the top of UK's favourite tourist sites". WalesOnline. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
^ St Fagans National Museum of History wins Museum of the Year, BBC, 4 July 2019, retrieved 4 July 2019

[ALVA-1] "Visits made in 2010 to visitor attractions in membership with ALVA". Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

[:2-2] Witty, Matthew. "The history of the suburb of St. Fagans". www.cardiffians.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

[:4-3] Clements, Laura (4 August 2018). "The story of Wales' best-loved museum as St Fagans hits 70". walesonline. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[4] Clare Hutchinson (29 September 2011). "National History Museum at St Fagans soars to the top of UK's favourite tourist sites". WalesOnline. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

[5] St Fagans National Museum of History wins Museum of the Year, BBC, 4 July 2019, retrieved 4 July 2019

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