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Swansea Museum

The Swansea Museum in , , is the oldest in , created for and by the Royal Institution of South Wales in 1841 to house its collections and provide research and learning facilities.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Amgueddfa Abertawe” and “Swansea Princess Way”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Waterfront Museum and Dylan Thomas Theatre.

Museum
Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0.
The , Swansea or NWMS is a in , , forming part of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. It is an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage. is situated 430 feet south of Swansea Museum.

Theater building
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a theatre in the Maritime Quarter, in the centre of the city of in . The theatre officially opened under its present name in 1983, but was home to the Swansea Little Theatre from 1979.

Museum
Photo: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an arts centre located in the Maritime Quarter in , Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building. is situated 760 feet northeast of Swansea Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include SA1 Swansea Waterfront and St Thomas.

Quarter
is mixed commercial and residential development on brownfield in the northern part of Swansea Docks, . The area lies directly to the southeast of Swansea city centre.

Suburb
Photo: J WILLIAMS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburban district and community in , . It is a mainly residential area which lies east of Swansea city centre across the and falls within the ward.

Swansea Museum

Latitude
51.6177° or 51° 37′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.93808° or 3° 56′ 17″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
9C3RJ396+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 600854319
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6290139
Wiki­data ID
Q7653706
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Swansea Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Amgueddfa Abertawe”
  • Basque: “Swansea Museum”
  • Catalan: “Amgueddfa Abertawe”
  • Catalan: “Swansea Museum”
  • Danish: “Swansea Museum”
  • French: “Amgueddfa Abertawe”
  • French: “Musée Swansea”
  • German: “Swansea Museum”
  • Irish: “Amgueddfa Abertawe”
  • Irish: “Swansea Museum”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amgueddfa Abertawe”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Swansea Museum”
  • Swedish: “Amgueddfa Abertawe”
  • Swedish: “Swansea Museum”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Abertawe”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Swansea Museum”. Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.