Looking through the Lens

We have lots of regular visitors to the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks site. Recently a group of people from the Crisis Art Group joined Ray and Geoff for a tour of the site in preparation for a photography project they will...

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HLF Funding Success

Plans to revitalise the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks have received funding from the HLF worth £3.56million. The funding will be used to refurbish the Powerhouse to create a distillery and visitor centre. The project is managed by Swansea council in association...

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Restoration starts on Musgrave Engine House and Crane

Restoration Work has started at the Musgrave Engine House. In addition to the consolidation of the building (funded by Swansea Council (£180,000) and Cadw (£100,000) to repair the roof and secure the building, The Friends of the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks,...

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Man Engine Cymru finale at Hafod-Morfa Copperworks

The Man Engine visited the Copperworks site for a hugely spectacular finale to the 5-day tour of South Wales. Over 6000 people attended the finale and over 40,000 for the entire tour. The Hafod-Morfa Copperworks spectacular celebrated 300 (and...

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Man Engine Cymru – Forging a Nation

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Copperworks Discovery Project

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Guided Walks 2017

Guided Walks of the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks site are back! The next walks are Wednesday 26th July, Wednesday 30th August, Wednesday 27th September, Wednesday 25th October. The walk starts at 2:00 p.m. from the Swansea Museum Collection Centre situated in the...

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New Page of Bite-sized Oral History stories

We have extracted some key highlights from oral histories relating to working life at Hafod-Morfa Copperworks and put them on-line on a new page here Some of the stories are taken by the Friends of Hafod-Morfa Copperworks over the last...

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Surrey Students Visit

A group of A-level students from George Abbot School in Surrey visited the site to learn about post-industrial landscapes and the important role of heritage in creating identity and building a better future. As far as we know George...

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Swansea International Festival comes to the Museum Collection Centre

Sinfonia Cymru, Wales' innovative youth chamber goup will be playing in Swansea Museum Collections Centre on Wednesday 12th October, 7:30pm as part of the Swansea International Festival Last year Sinfonia Cymru delighted everyone with their Quartet evening in Volcano. This...

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