Wrexham HeritageWrexham Museum tells the story of Wrexham and surrrounding area through interactive and family friendly displays.
Come and help us build a model inspired by the Acton Gateway and the Four Dogs in Wrexham under the guidance of LEGOMASTER Steve Guinness.
Book your family ticket for one of the three sessions available on the day.
Each session lasts one hour.
Session start times:
11:30am
1.00pm
2.00pm
18.02.2022 – 07.05.2022
See the world built in LEGO® bricks
They are one of the most recognisable and successful toy companies in the world – but did you know LEGO® bricks used to be manufactured here in Wrexham?
Initially the world-famous bricks were produced in a factory on Hugmore Lane on Wrexham Industrial Estate. Later LEGO built a new UK distribution centre on Ruthin Road.
The Ruthin Road site in particular is still fondly remembered by many local people. Who could forget the iconic, giant LEGO bricks that once stood next to the entrance?
To celebrate this historic connection between Wrexham and the Danish toy manufacturer Wrexham Museum will be hosting Brick Built, a touring exhibition by Warren Elsmore featuring his team’s models of famous buildings, monuments and structures made from LEGO bricks.
The exhibition will include Warren’s LEGO museum containing models and products from the early years of the company up to the present day.
Naturally there will be an area in the gallery where you can build your own LEGO models. Look out also for news of the special events days during the exhibition!
A highlight of the exhibition will be the model celebrating the civil engineering marvel of the canal age, our local World Heritage Site, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, created specifically for this exhibition.
Glyndwr University design students are also contributing a film and a model of the School of Creative Arts building for display in the exhibition.
Image: Courtesy of Warren Elsmore.
The great re-enactment team behind Park in the Past and Chester’s Roman Tours will be outside the museum bringing Roman Britain and the legionaries back to life with living history displays and pop-up demonstrations as they prepare for their summer military campaign.
FREE. Suitable for families, children and wannabe legionaries or auxiliaries. No need to book, just drop in.
11am-3pm
The great re-enactment team behind Park in the Past and Chester’s Roman Tours will be outside the museum bringing Roman Britain and the legionaries back to life with living history displays and pop-up demonstrations as they prepare for their summer military campaign. FREE. Suitable for families, children and wannabe legionaries or auxiliaries. No need to book, just drop in.
July 17th 2021 sees the opening of Hidden Holt: The Story of a Roman Site, the first new exhibition at Wrexham Museum since the end of lockdown.
The title, Hidden Holt, is a reference to the nationally important Roman site hidden beneath the surface of the fields to the north-west of the popular border village.
The village of Holt has long celebrated its links with the Roman Empire and the village was once referred to as ‘Castle Lyons’, which was thought to derive from an older name meaning castle or camp of the legions.
The exhibition reveals the story of how this once lost Roman site was re-discovered in the early 20th century and excavated in the years prior to the First World War. The exhibition showcases the many finds from these excavations, most of which have not been displayed in north-east Wales for over a century.
Hidden Holt is a joint project between Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Holt Local History Society, Wrexham Glyndwr University and Wrexham Museum.
Dr Kath Davies, Director of Collections and Research, Amgueddfa Cymru, said, “We’re proud of our commitment to making the national collections as widely available as possible. The finds from the excavation were acquired by the national museum nearly a century ago and will now be forming the core of this important exhibition at Wrexham.”
Sue Payne, chair of Holt Local History Society said “Holt Local History Society was formed in 1992 and currently has 100 members. Ever since then we have been keen to find out more about Holt’s history – in particular the Roman Tile and Pottery works excavated in 1907-15. The society commissioned a Geophysical Survey and report by ASW (Archaeology Survey West) in 2018. We then visited the National Museum Wales, Cardiff and St Fagan’s to view that excavation’s finds, which were donated to Cardiff in 1925.
“We are delighted that this has led to Wrexham Museum’s plan to hold a major exhibition, which tells the story of the excavation, and displays some 80 objects which have not been seen in north Wales since 1925. We have been pleased to have been extensively involved in its preparation.”
Councillor Hugh Jones, Wrexham Council’s Lead Member for Communities, Partnerships, Public Protection and Community Safety, said: “2021 is turning out to be Wrexham’s Year of Roman Heritage: the Rossett Roman Lead Pig is on display at the British Museum in London, plans are afoot for an excavation this autumn into a villa site also found near Rossett, and the Hidden Holt exhibition has provided a chance for a local history group to work with their local museum, their local university and Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales to create a special exhibition on our most important Roman site bringing Holt’s Roman collections home for the first time in a hundred years.
“We are incredibly lucky to have seen so many exciting Roman discoveries unearthed right on our doorstep here in Wrexham. I would urge everyone to visit the exhibition and take advantage of the opportunity to see this remarkable collection in up close.”
The exhibition includes:
Holt’s Roman site will also be the subject of one of the talks at the Festival of British Archaeology Wales on July 29th which is being organized by Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales and the four Welsh regional archaeological trusts.
Hidden Holt is on show from July 17th until January 29th 2022.
24.10.20 – 31.10.20
50p per trail (includes little treat)
Follow our resident spooky spiders and crack to the code to escape!
Perfect for little horrors!
Bryn’s Buddies is our history club for children aged 7-11 years and our theme for October is Mystery Objects.
You will need access to Zoom.
Please make sure you book & pay for the session via phone by 02.10.20 so we can send joining instructions and resources to you.
01978 297460
A festival
From February 17th 2020
Wrexham Museum’s latest exhibition, Back To School, chronicles how school locally has changed over the past two centuries through memories, mementos, archives and old photographs.
It’s a celebration of one of those life stages we all pass through – the best days of our lives, the prison from which we longed to escape, the start of lifelong friendships and the source of fond memories and funny stories – with larger than life teachers who inspired our imagination or drove us to prove them wrong.
The exhibition includes:
Over the next few months, visitors to the exhibition will be able to enjoy the many school memories that are being gathered and recorded by the volunteers at Calon FM’s oral history project, School Days: Stories from the Schoolyard. The recordings will form the basis of six programmes on Wrexham’s school history. Staff at the museum are still recruiting volunteers to help this project.
The exhibition opened on February 17th and runs until March 5th 2021.
For more information, call 01978 297 460 or follow the museum on facebook.
