Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Since 1888 Newport Museum and Art Gallery has been collecting evidence of Newport’s history, culture and environment. Areas include archaeology, Natural and Social History.
Themes covered by the collections range from domestic and personal life, education, religion and politics to local industrial developments and agriculture and include objects as varied as tools, vacuum cleaners, mangles, washing machines, household equipment to wartime artefacts, photographs and costume.
 The most significant collections within social history are the Transporter Bridge archive, which includes all the original designs for the bridge and photographs of its entire construction and the Chartist collection; weapons, broadsheets, silver and prints from the 1839 Chartist protest in Newport.
Most of the collection was donated by the people of Newport and tells their stories through their eyes.
Education:
Education has always been a very important aspect of the Museum, Newport being one of the first museums in the country with an organised schools service. Our education experience is for all ages; to see the range of activities we offer visit our creative learning pages.
Newport Museum & Art Gallery is free to enter:
Opening hours
Monday - Thursday 9.30am – 5.00pm
Friday - 9.30am – 4.30pm
Saturday - 9.30am – 4.00pm
John Frost Square
Newport
South Wales
NP20 1PA
Telephone: (01633) 656656
E-mail: museum@newport.gov.uk
Facilities include:
- Light refreshments in the café overlooking John Frost Square
- Shop with a range of heritage related items for sale
- Tourist Information Centre
- Lifts to 1st and 3rd floors; access to 2nd floor by arrangement
- Toilets for the disabled
- Nappy changing facilities
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