National Wool Museum - Drefach Felindre, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
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Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales - Wool Museum. A restored working woolen-mill, & interpretive center. This excellent museum traces the cultural heritage of wool making in the Teifi Valley & across Wales.
Waymark Code: WMVFK8
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/12/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member MikeGolfJ3
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The National Wool Museum - A must-visit in West Wales for lovers of cultural history, Wool was the backbone of Welsh life, throughout most of the country, before the industrial revolution, when Coal & Iron became King. The Museum is located in Drefach Felindre, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire, South Wales.

"Discover the spellbinding story of the Welsh woollen industry
Wool was historically the most important and widespread of Wales's industries. The picturesque village of Dre-fach Felindre in the beautiful Teifi valley was once the centre of a thriving woollen industry, earning the nickname 'The Huddersfield of Wales'.

Located in the historic former Cambrian Mills, shirts and shawls, blankets and bedcovers, woollen stockings and socks were all made here, and sold in the surrounding countryside - and to the rest of the world.
Follow the process from Fleece to Fabric and visit the sympathetically restored listed mill buildings and Historic Machinery
A raised walkway gives a unique view of textiles in production at Melin Teifi, the site's commercial woollen mill, while the Textile Gallery displays aspects of the National Flat Textile Collection.

Families can have fun following the specially designed trail, 'A Woolly Tale', and create their own guide to making and using woollen cloth, trying their hand at carding, spinning and sewing along the way." Text Source: (visit link) & (visit link)
Theme:
Cultural History, Tracing the history of wool the most important and widespread of Wales's industries.


Street Address:
Dre-fach Felindre, near Newcastle Emlyn Llandysul Carmarthenshire, Wales. SA44 5UP


Food Court: yes

Gift Shop: yes

Hours of Operation:
April–September: 10am–5pm, daily. October–March: 10am to 5pm, Tuesday–Saturday.


Cost: 0.00 (listed in local currency)

Museum Size: Small

Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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