Date/Time:
23/09/2017
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: National Waterfront Museum.
History Day
23 September 2017, 10am – 4pm
Cost: Free
Suitability: Adults
Spanning both the National Waterfront Museum and neighbouring Swansea Museum, join us for a full day of talks and seminars. Open to all to drop in, or stay the whole day.
Provisional programme of talks:
Swansea Museum:
10.10: Gerald Gabb: Launch of the 2017 issue of Swansea History Journal (Minerva)
10.30: Mark Lodwick: ‘Recent Finds in the Swansea Area’
11.30: Helen Hallesy: ‘Commemorative Local Ceramics of the Early 19th Century’
12.40: Lunchtime seminar: ‘Nostalgia and History have nothing in common’
The National Waterfront Museum:
14.00: Teresa Hillier: ‘The Legacy of Longfields’
14.40: Ian Smith: ‘Community Museums’
15.30: Gerald Gabb: ‘Swansea and the Sea’
This event is in partnership with The Historical Association (Swansea branch) and the Royal Institution of South Wales
https://museum.wales/swansea/whatson/9610/History-Day/
