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Connecting unique cultural space across the region - welcoming families, friends and communities to discover something new.

We are CofGâr

We are the Carmarthenshire County Council museums and arts service and we care for five museums in West Wales.

Museum visitors exploring an inscribed standing stone exhibit inside Carmarthenshire Museum.

Carmarthenshire Museum

Discover the chapters of Carmarthenshire's history in the beautiful Old Bishop's Palace of St David's, filled with family-friendly exhibitions and events.

Discover the Sir Gâr Story
Person seated at a desk in a historic interior (the Writing Shed), with papers, shelves and curtained windows in the background.

Dylan Thomas Boathouse

Visit the iconic last home of Wales's most famous poet and find out how this 'seashaken house' in the 'lovely town' of Laugharne inspired some of his most successful works.

Explore the 'imperishable' Boathouse
Group tour inside a historic industrial building, with visitors wearing high-visibility vests and safety helmets while viewing large pieces of preserved machinery.

Kidwelly Tinplate Works

Kidwelly is home to the oldest surviving tinplate works in the world, and we're working on bringing this wonderful site back to life. View our latest news, events, and guided tours here.

Be part of the reimagination
Group of schoolchildren pointing towards the Museum of Land Speed building during an educational visit.

Museum of Land Speed

Experience this family friendly museum that tells the story of Pendine Sands and the iconic land speed records that were set there.  

Ready. Set. Explore!
Two children wearing navy jackets and jeans sit on a large tree stump in front of a historic stone building. One child gives two thumbs up while both face the camera. A paved driveway, lawn, and landscaped garden areas surround the building on an overcast day.

Parc Howard Museum

Play, discover, and learn at the heart of Llanelli with exhibitions filled with ideas, inventions, and imagination.

Inspire your imagination

Explore our exhibitions and events

Logo for the Welsh Museums Festival featuring a row of colourful geometric shapes in blue, purple, orange, green, pink, and yellow above the bilingual text: “Gŵyl Amgueddfeydd Cymru / Welsh Museums Festival.”
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Welsh Museums Festival

Witches, pumpkins and not a scrap of plastic: a sustainable Halloween at CofGâr!

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Landscape painting depicting a dramatic mountain range beneath a wide sky filled with layered clouds. The central peak rises prominently above surrounding ridges, rendered in deep blue and purple tones, while rolling hills and moorland stretch across the foreground.
Parc Howard Museum

The Wild Men of Arenig

For periods of time between 1910 and 1913, the artists James Dickson Innes and Augustus John, and occasionally Derwent Lees, formed an artistic community in the Arenig valley in North Wales. Together they produced radical landscape paintings that transformed the visual language of Welsh art.

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Illustrated Halloween-themed image of a large historic mansion with glowing orange windows against a dark orange sky, alongside a circular photo of a person gardening and holding freshly harvested vegetables.
Parc Howard Museum

Garlic, Pumpkins, and Vampires!

Adam Jones (Adam yn yr Ardd), the S4C and BBC Radio Cymru gardener, will lead a bilingual hands-on workshop for children.

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Group of participants reaching through a large web of strings as part of a team-building challenge, with a person wearing a pointed witch-style hat seated in the centre. The image includes decorative spiderweb graphics and the “Mess Up The Mess” logo.
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Spooktacular Drama Session

Want to get in the mood for a haunting Halloween?

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Close-up of a hand using a paintbrush to create a watercolour landscape painting in soft greens, blues, and yellows, promoting a landscape painting workshop at Carmarthenshire Museum.
Carmarthenshire Museum

Landscape Painting Workshop

Drawing inspiration from the Romantic Wales: Turner and his contemporaries exhibition, this workshop invites participants to explore landscape painting through a fresh and expressive approach.

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October 2026
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The Voteporix Stone

If you like objects with stories to tell, don’t miss this impressive standing stone at Carmarthenshire Museum. It’s unusually large, beautifully carved, and it carries messages in two different writing systems. 

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The Voteporix / Voteporigis Stone
Illustrated Halloween-themed image of a large historic mansion with glowing orange windows against a dark orange sky, alongside a circular photo of a person gardening and holding freshly harvested vegetables.
16/10/26

Witches, wizards and not a scrap of plastic

Have a sustainable Halloween at CofGâr!

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Two children use an activity and drawing station inside the Dylan Thomas Boathouse. One child selects coloured pens from a wall-mounted holder while another draws at a wooden desk.
16/10/26

Buddsoddiad sylweddol wedi'i sicrhau ar gyfer Cartref Dylan Thomas

Mae Cartref Dylan Thomas yn Nhalacharn wedi derbyn dros £77,000 o Gronfa Treftadaeth, Twristiaeth a Diwylliant – menter ar y cyd rhwng Llywodraeth y DU a Llywodraeth Cymru.

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Two children use an activity and drawing station inside the Dylan Thomas Boathouse. One child selects coloured pens from a wall-mounted holder while another draws at a wooden desk.
16/10/26

Major investment secured for Dylan Thomas Boathouse

The Dylan Thomas Boathouse in Laugharne has been awarded over £77,000 from the Heritage, Tourism and Culture Fund, a joint UK and Welsh Government initiative. 

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Children and accompanying adults take part in an interactive activity inside a historic room with dark wood panelling and a grand piano. Several children stand with their hands on their heads while following instructions, while others watch nearby.
16/10/26

Grant mawr gan Lywodraeth Cymru i hybu diwylliant ar draws Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru

Mae cymunedau ar draws Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru ar fin elwa o fuddsoddiad diwylliannol mawr, wrth i'r rhanbarth sicrhau grant a ddyfarnwyd o dan ffrwd ariannu newydd Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer ei Blaenoriaethau ar gyfer Diwylliant.

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Children and accompanying adults take part in an interactive activity inside a historic room with dark wood panelling and a grand piano. Several children stand with their hands on their heads while following instructions, while others watch nearby.
16/10/26

Major Welsh Government grant to boost culture across Mid and West Wales

Communities across Mid and West Wales are set to benefit from a major cultural investment, as the region secures a grant awarded under Welsh Government’s new funding stream for its Priorities for Culture.

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From CofGâr to you

A young couple look at each other in front of a laughing woman holding a folder. The Boathouse patio is in the background and the Taf estuary beyond.

Wedding and Celebration Hire

Say “I do” in one of CofGâr’s enchanting venues, where history and romance come together to create a truly unforgettable setting.

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Five boys pull on a rope on a beach with the Museum of Land Speed in the background.

Workshops at the Museum of Land Speed

Workshops here focus on both the science of speed, and also the rich natural landscape of the Pendine Sands.

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A two-storey white cottage sits on a cliff overlooking a river with a sloping garden in front.

Hire the Dylan Thomas Boathouse

Rustic charm, literary inspiration, and breathtaking scenery.

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White ceramic bowl decorated with a hand-painted design of three red fruits and green leaves on branching stems, viewed from above.

Object Donations

Find out about donating an object to the museum and how we make decisions about what we accept.

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We are CofGâr.

We care for five museums as the Carmarthenshire County Council museums and arts service