St Fagans National Museum of History

Situated on the outskirts of Cardiff at St. Fagan’s, is one of Wales’ major visitor attractions. An attractive range of historic buildings from all over Wales are gathered in a beautiful natural woodland setting. Among older exhibits can be found a preserved row of fully furnished Merthyr workers cottages from the 1800s. Shops from another mining valley village and the perfectly preserved Oakdale Miners Institute dating from 1906 provide architypical buildings from the industrial society of the time.