St Fagans National History Museum is a little like the ‘Old Sydney Town’ of Wales, which means it’s a open-air museum showcasing what life was like in Wales hundreds of years ago.
It’s broadly divided into two halves, one containing the farms and village buildings; the other the castle and gardens. The buildings are (mostly) original and have been moved there from all over Wales. It’s not restricted to one period or region, and there’s a large variety of buildings to explore (from houses to stores to working buildings). I particular liked a terrace house with six units that had been furnished for six eras from 1830 until 1985!
We found ten piglets in one of the farms! There were other animals (sheep, cows, ducks etc) as well. There’s also recreations going on (since most of the equipment still works) and shops sell period food.
The castle side included an old manor house (the top photo shows the other side) surrounded by beautiful gardens. We both found this side of the museum the best.
We didn’t see everything. It’s massive and would take many hours. It was quite hot today and we were both tired after several hours of exploring. It was siesta time!
But not before a stop at an amazing retro game store I randomly found on the Internet. It was loaded with stuff I may had bought if I didn’t worry about getting it home, but in the end I ended up adding the first (and last) Spectrum game to my collection:
That tape (which still loads!) is 29 years old 🙂
I asked the proprietor if he had any Zzap or Crash magazines (my holy grails) in stock. Incredibly he did, but burned them in a bonfire ~3 weeks ago because no one ever wanted them and he didn’t have the space. It almost brought a tear to my eye 🙂