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...

Continue reading →

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...

Continue reading →

Last Guided Walks of the year

With thanks to the friends group and staff at Swansea Museum Collections Centre, it has been a successful year of walks. Each monthly walk has been well attended and well reviewed and half a dozen walks have been offered...

Continue reading →

Volunteers tidy up picnic area

With many thanks to nine volunteers who turned up on Saturday and six a few weeks before, the Hafod Morfa Copperworks site is looking great. Paths have been cleared, edges cut and weeds pulled up. The grassy  picnic area overlooking the Vivian...

Continue reading →

Heritage Funding Success!!

Swansea Council and Swansea University have been successful in an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for the next phase of the development at Hafod-Morfa Copperworks . Plans to renovate the former Hafod Morfa Copperworks site could see Penderyn Distillery expand...

Continue reading →

Oral histories of working life in the Copperworks

We are starting to record some of the valuable stories about what it was like to work at Hafod-Morfa Copperworks. Do you have stories to share about what it was like to work at the copperworks? Or would you...

Continue reading →

Guided Walks start again.

The Friends of the Hafod Morfa Copperworks, and Swansea Museum Collections Centre are re-starting the popular programme of guided walks of the Hafod Morfa Copperworks site. The first will be on Saturday 9th April at 11:00 a.m. There will...

Continue reading →

Art@TheHafod

The storms held off in November just long enough for a very enjoyable art event at Hafod-Morfa Copperworks and White Rock. artist Dan LLewlyn Hall www.danllywelynhall.co.uk led the day as part of Swansea Universitys hub of the Being Human Festival. 40...

Continue reading →

Young Heritage Apprentice Winner

Congratulations to Birchgrove Comprehensive for their success in the Young Heritage Apprentice in November, a competition that challenged teams of school pupils to create an on-site visitor attraction for Hafod-Morfa copperworks that celebrates Swansea’s history and heritage. Thanks also to the six...

Continue reading →

Report of the Connected Communities Exchange event

A report of the Connected Communities Exchange event, including recommendation for future research and interpretation at and around the site is now available here. Connected Communities Exchange Event Report; October 2015  

Continue reading →