Abstract
THE annual report for 1932-33 of the National Museum of Wales shows with what fine spirit the people of Wales are supporting their progressive Museum. The opening of the exhibition galleries in the east wing threatened to be marred by the existence of a considerable debt upon the building; but a public appeal has resulted in the receipt of more than three hundred contributions, so that, as promised moneys come in, the debt will be finally extinguished. The Folk Industries Gallery in the new wing was opened to the public in July 1933. It illustrates a side of museum activity of much interest to the public. Amongst the exhibits are the plant of a woollen yarn factory, and series showing the whole range of the woollen industry in Wales, cider-making, sawing, fishing and pottery-making. An early cast-iron gate, an engine from Neath Abbey Iron Works and an early colliery train illustrate the transition effected by the Industrial Revolution. Special reference should be made to the reconstructions of a rural smithy and a wood-turner's shop.
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National Museum of Wales. Nature 133, 719 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133719a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133719a0