Visit CofGâr

Carmarthenshire Museum tells the stories of people and places in Sir Gâr across 50,000 years of human history. The museum has been housed in the Old Bishop’s Palace of St David’s since 1978 in the village of Abergwili, just outside Carmarthen, in south-west Wales. We’re owned and run by Carmarthenshire County Council (CofGâr).

Dylan Thomas Boathouse was the last home of Wales's most famous poet, Dylan Thomas, who lived here in Laugharne on the south-west Wales coast with his family for four years until 1953. This “seashaken house on a breakneck of rocks” was a special place for them all - a warm and happy family home. We’re owned and run by Carmarthenshire County Council (CofGâr).

Kidwelly Tinplate Works was one of the first in Britain and is now the oldest surviving tinplate works anywhere in Europe. The old industrial museum onsite closed in 2017. The site is now a service priority to reopen as a modern museum and community resource. We’re owned and maintained by Carmarthenshire County Council (CofGâr).

The Museum of Land Speed tells the iconic story of Pendine Sands and the renowned sporting records set here. The museum opened in 2023 as a family-friendly, sustainably-designed venue in the village of Pendine, on the south-west Wales coast. We’re owned and run by Carmarthenshire County Council (CofGâr).

Parc Howard Museum showcases the ideas, imagination, and invention of the town of Llanelli through time. This hands-on, family-friendly museum is situated on the south-west Wales coast, in the heart of entrepreneurial Llanelli. We’re owned and run by Carmarthenshire County Council (CofGâr).