Learning

Neath Port Talbot Museum Service

Neath Port Talbot Museum Service operates two Museums:

• Neath Museum
• Cefn Coed Colliery Museum

Neath Museum

The museum is now located in the Leisure Centre, Dyfed Road Neath. The displays of artefacts tell the story of this historic market town from the period of Roman ‘Nidum’ to medieval Neath and the splendour of Neath Abbey once called the ‘fairest abbey in all Wales’. Victorian Neath is also represented with displays of costumes and items of everyday life. A photographic display also shows the changing face of the town.

Neath Museum is open from Tuesday until Saturday from 10.00 a.m. until 4.00 p.m. – entry is free of charge.

Neath Museum closes for lunch between 1.00 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.

Further details please ring (01639) 645726 during opening hours.

Cefn Coed Colliery Museum

Located near the village of Crynant in the Dulais Valley five miles north of Neath, Cefn Coed Colliery Museum tells the story of coal mining at Cefn Coed pit, once the deepest anthracite coal mine in the world. Cefn Coed was one of the most dangerous coalmines in Wales, gaining the nickname ‘The Slaughterhouse’. The story of the thousands of men who worked at Cefn Coed and at other pits in the anthracite coalmines of South West Wales is told in words and pictures at Cefn Coed.

Cefn Coed Museum is open daily from April to October inclusive from 10.30am – 5.00pm – entry to the museum is free.

Group visits are welcome in the winter period prior arrangement. For further details please ring (01639) 750556 (ansafone service during winter)

Cefn Coed is also the base for the Museum Education Officer, who is able to offer support for a wide range of subjects, particularly at Key Stage 2. Please telephone Clive Reed (Education Officer) on the above number for further details.