Meet our new Football Museum Engagement Officers
As the work to build a new Football Museum for Wales in Wrexham continues to progress, we’re now delighted to be able to introduce you to the two newest members of our team. Delwyn Derrick and Shôn Lewis have recently been appointed as the new Engagement Officers for the Football
See the brand new design plans for Wrexham Museum and the Football Museum for Wales
Plans are now progressing to build a brand new Football Museum for Wales alongside a fully revamped Wrexham Museum on Regent Street. The new ‘museum of two halves’ is going to be a major new national attraction for Wrexham City Centre, celebrating Welsh football, past and present, in all its
£45,000 AWARDED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FOOTBALL MUSEUM IN WREXHAM
We’ve received the fantastic news that we’ve been awarded a £45,000 development grant to progress plans for the Museum of Two Halves – the Football Museum for Wales by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The award offers us the opportunity to secure a further grant of over £2 million to
More details and concept drawings released…
Cymru qualifying for the World Cup, City Status, a City of Culture bid, Wrexham AFC playing at Wembley and just miss out on promotion in the first full season Rob and Ryan have taken charge as owners, Kop Development plans, that Mullin Goal, Tŷ Pawb shortlisted for Museum of The
FAW donates Wales stars’ shirts to Football Museum collection
The museum was pleased to receive a further donation from the FAW in January, particularly some shirts with a Wrexham theme. From the World Cup qualifying match v Estonia (which Wales won 1-0 in Tallinn on 11 October), we have received signed match worn shirts from Harry Wilson, Danny Ward
64 Years On: How Wales Reached The 1958 World Cup
The nation is gearing up for vital World Cup play-offs in March, which we hope will end in Wales’s qualification for a first finals appearance since 1958. Saturday 5 February marks the anniversary of the last time Wales qualified for a World Cup finals, some 64 years ago, with a
The FAW Premier Cup
When FAW President Steve Williams arrived at the museum recently with boxes of objects to donate to the Welsh Football Collection, it was a Wrexham supporting colleague who spotted a wooden ball trophy and identified it…as the FAW Premier Cup! Launched as the Invitation Cup in 1997-98, the competition changed
The Results Are In – Your Views on New Town Centre Attraction
Last month we launched a Wales-wide public survey to help us design a brand new attraction coming to Wrexham town centre. Wrexham Council, in partnership with the Welsh Government, are undertaking a major redevelopment of the Wrexham Museum building to create a joint Football Museum for Wales and Wrexham Museum
A Football Museum for Wales – Design Team Announced
The realisation of a Football Museum for Wales here in Wrexham has come a step closer with the appointment of the design team. Haley Sharp Design (hsd), together with architects Purcell and quantity surveyors MDA Consulting, will work with Wrexham Council and the Welsh Government to develop the designs of the new museum before