8. Debate: The Thurley Review of Amgueddfa Cymru

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:42 pm on 23 January 2018.

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Photo of Gareth Bennett Gareth Bennett UKIP 5:42, 23 January 2018

Well, I'll go on to that, Lee. I will tell you later.

It has recently been refurbished with the addition of a new main building, a craft workshop and other facilities. The new building contains an enlarged cafe, activity and event spaces, some of which can be hired out to groups, and a bigger gift shop. So, this will hopefully help the museum at St Fagans to raise more revenue, and is therefore a welcome development and one that could be followed by the other museums under the umbrella of Amgueddfa Cymru.

Now, to raise Lee's point, I mentioned the old name of the St Fagans museum, which was what I knew it as growing up. It has since been called the Museum of Welsh Life, and is now, I see, named the St Fagans National Museum of History—neither of which are as evocative as the original name, in my opinion. Can I therefore issue a plea to the museums to keep their evocative, original names? Because I also noticed that—