National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff is a museum building at Cathays Park and Castle. It was established in 1912.

Also recorded as Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd; Museum of Cardiff; Cardiff Museum; National Museum & Galllery Cardiff; National Museum of Wales; Museum Cardiff.

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Identity

What the record establishes about National Museum Cardiff.

National Museum Cardiff is recorded as held by Cathays Park and Castle. National Museum Cardiff is associated with United Kingdom and Wales. Wellcome Collection records 26 objects associated with this heading. National Museum Cardiff is recorded from 1912.

Authority records

The identifiers under which National Museum Cardiff may be traced in institutional catalogues.

National Museum Cardiff is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q1321874.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1928 to 1998.

Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru. A guide to the collection of painting and sculpture in the National Museum of Wales. J. D. Innes at the National Museum of Wales. Welsh china : an illustrated handbook...[of] pieces ...in the collection of the National Museum of Wales. National Museum of Wales, 1927-77. Some aspects of forestry in Wales : a handbook to a temporary exhibition based on the tree collections in the Department of Botany, May 1-Sept. 28, 1935. The museum and its contents : a short guide. Brecon Beacons National Park scenery : a geological interpretation. Guide to the collection of Welsh bygones : a descriptive account of old-fashioned life in Wales, together with a catalogue of the objects exhibited. The eggs of British birds : illustrated by the National Collection. A catalogue of the Library of the National Museum of Wales., dated 1992-, held by Wellcome Collection. The papers of H.T. De la Beche (1T. S96-1855) in the National Museum of Wales / by T. Sharpe & P.J. McCartney., dated 1998, held by Wellcome Collection. The museum and its contents : a short guide., dated 1938, held by Wellcome Collection. The British Medical Association, Cardiff Meeting, July 1928. Catalogue of manuscripts, charms, remedies, and various objects illustrating the history of medicine in Wales. Exhibited in the National Museum of Wales., dated 1928, held by Wellcome Collection. Guide to the collection of Welsh bygones : a descriptive account of old-fashioned life in Wales / by Iorwerth C. Peate, M.A ; together with a catalogue of the objects exhibited., dated 1929, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 26 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Thomas, Sir Illtyd, (6 June 1864–22 June 1943), DL, JP Cardiff; Senior Alderman, Cardiff; Hon. Treasurer of National Museum of Wales, 1917–25; Hon. Freeman of City of Cardiff, Who Was Who, 2007. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Museum International, 1957. John, David Dilwyn, (20 Nov. 1901–2 Oct. 1995), Director, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1948–68, Who Was Who, 2007. Savory, Hubert Newman, (7 Aug. 1911–21 Feb. 2001), Keeper of Archæology, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1956–76, Who Was Who, 2007.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 24 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 8 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

It is associated with United Kingdom and Wales. The record gives 1912 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It forms part of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.

It is recorded in the collection of Cathays Park and Castle.

Chronology

  1. 1912National Museum Cardiff established.
  2. 1912National Museum Cardiff is recorded from 1912.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    John, David Dilwyn, (20 Nov. 1901–2 Oct. 1995), Director, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1948–68, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Museum International, 1957

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  3. 3.

    Savory, Hubert Newman, (7 Aug. 1911–21 Feb. 2001), Keeper of Archæology, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1956–76, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Nature, 1964

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Thomas, Sir Illtyd, (6 June 1864–22 June 1943), DL, JP Cardiff; Senior Alderman, Cardiff; Hon. Treasurer of National Museum of Wales, 1917–25; Hon. Freeman of City of Cardiff, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming National Museum Cardiff.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 26 works naming National Museum Cardiff.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

    Consult the source
  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1321874: National Museum Cardiff

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

    Consult the source
  9. 9.

    “National Museum Cardiff”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Institutions