Wales

St Fagans National Museum of History near Cardiff is counting down the days until the most significant redevelopment in its history – and the largest grant ever given by HLF in Wales (£12.5 million) – is complete. Celebrating Italian culture in Wales Staff are putting the finishing touches to the

A project telling the story of a South Wales valley’s mining heritage has been awarded £49,700 by the National Lottery.

St Fagans National Museum of History is helping welcome thousands of visitors to Wales’s capital, Cardiff, as part of the National Eisteddfod - an important historic festival celebrating Welsh heritage and culture.

Two museums in North Wales are celebrating this week, having secured over £1.1million from the National Lottery to redevelop their facilities and make them better places to visit.

HRH The Prince of Wales has visited a medieval house which is being restored thanks to National Lottery players, and has met the craftspeople whose skills have helped saved the building.

Thanks to National Lottery players, St Fagans National Museum of History near Cardiff in South Wales is currently undergoing the most significant redevelopment in its history, having received £12.5million; the largest grant ever given by HLF in Wales. Now entering the final stages of its innovative

During a recent visit to St Fagans National Museum of History, HLF Chief Executive Ros Kerslake and the Head of HLF in Wales, Richard Bellamy, helped put some finishing touches to a new display.

Baroness Kay Andrews, Chair of HLF in Wales - and an award judge - has welcomed news that the Heritage Angel Awards, which celebrate the unsung heroes of heritage, are winging their way to Wales for the first time.

Wales’s only parish mortuary – or ‘Dead House’ (where bodies were kept in Victorian times before burial) – will be saved from ruin thanks to £50,000 raised by National Lottery players.

Five special places across Wales are celebrating today as they share close to £1.5million of National Lottery money to support their future cultural development.

Three of Wales’s most distinctive and picturesque landscapes are benefiting from nearly £5.5million National Lottery investment.

An animated film about the Newport Gun Girls will be shown at international film festivals around the world this year.