Report 1999-2000

RE P O RT 1999- 2 0 0 0

The Ninety-second Annual Report of the Council REPORT 1999-2000

ISBN: 0 7200 0492 6

2 R E P O RT 1999-2000

CONTENTS

FOREWORD BY THE PRESIDENT 5

REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES

NATIONAL MUSEUM & GALLERY

Archaeology & Numismatics 8

Art 10

Biodiversity & Systematic Biology 12

Geology 14

Library 15

MUSEUM OF WELSH LIFE 16 3 INDUSTRY 18

MUSEUM OF THE WELSH WOOLLEN INDUSTRY 19

WELSH SLATE MUSEUM 20

SEGONTIUM ROMAN MUSEUM 21

ROMAN LEGIONARY MUSEUM 22

TURNER HOUSE GALLERY 23

PRIMARY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FIGURES 24

DEVELOPMENT 25

APPENDICES i. Court of Governors and Council 26 ii Staff 27

The Financial Report for 1999-2000 is published as a companion volume to this Report. REPORT 1999-2000

Henry Gastineau (1791 – 1876) Hafod Copper Works (c. 1830) Reproduced courtesy of the Swansea Museum Service R E P O RT 1999-2000

NATIONAL MUSEUMS & GALLERIES OF WALES

P R E S I D E N T’S FOREWORD Last year, following the successful renovation of the In the year 2000, we inevitably think about the Welsh Slate Museum, we concentrated on public f u t u re, whether as individuals, as businesses or as consultation on our industrial strategy, and the institutions. With the National Assembly in its development of a new industrial and maritime i n f a n c y, Wales has had an additional impetus to do museum. Swansea was the chosen so. Whatever our background or wherever we live in site and we have made gre a t Wales, it is impossible to suppress the surge of p ro g ress in our partnership with the excitement and hope that a new millennium brings. City and County of Swansea during In my view the National Museums & Galleries of this year. Wales (NMGW) has a crucial role to play in this new drive to the future. We must grow out of our Other partners and possible cultural past, not in isolation from it. funding agencies ex p ressed intere s t in the scheme to create a You will see from the pages of this report that it has ‘ c o re museum’, which embraces the been a year of rich and varied activity thro u g h o u t existing Swansea Maritime our seven sites. For our museums and galleries, it Industrial Museum and also 5 has also been a year of taking stock of our past, re - involves newly built gallery space. thinking our future, quite ruthlessly assessing what This museum will be at the core of a we have, and planning how we can best manage ‘museum campus’, which will Mathew Prichard those assets, to serve Wales pro p e r l y. include the Swansea Museum and President allow for the development of other What should we at existing historic buildings to house activities which N M GW be doing in give wide and easy access, in reality or through the the coming century? use of information communication technology, to It seems to me our Wales’s heritage. The City and County of Swansea role is twofold. Fi r s t also have plans to develop the wider destination of to preserve, maintain Swansea Wa t e r f ront. The core museum and and add to the museum campus are seen as essential in catalysing collections in our the urban regeneration of this historically c a re, so that our part important area of Swansea and we are pleased to be of the nation’ s part of this important project in Wales’s second heritage is C i t y, probably the subject of a future application for p rofessionally looke d E u ropean funding. after and re m a i n s available for future Coal mining is central to Wales’s proud claim to be Anna Southall g e n e r a t i o n s . the first industrial nation. In January 2000 we Director S e c o n d l y, we must h e a rd that the Heritage Lottery Fund had award e d use old, new and N M GW, jointly with Big Pit Mining Museum, a very new methods of communication to ensure that grant of £4.9 million, the largest they have given in what we have is accessible in some way to everybody Wales to date. A further £1.6 million has been in Wales – and indeed, beyond – whatever their sought from other sources in order to implement a age, background, culture or means. capital improvement scheme to allow Big Pit to assume the status of the National Mining Museum The achievements and pro g ress described in this of Wales, as a part of NMGW, in January 2001, thus report would not be complete without an outline of enriching NMGW as well as ensuring a successful f o rw a rd looking strategic initiatives, developed f u t u re for this ex t r a o rdinary and powerfully t h roughout the year. evocative site.

1. We have continued to develop and deliver the N M GW’s industrial triangle of slate at Llanberis in industrial strategy to embrace and reach out to all the North, coal at Big Pit in the south is completed of Wales and to ensure that Wales now takes its time- by the Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry in h o n o u red place in the industrial history of the world. D re-fach Fe l i n d re in West Carmarthenshire, which REPORT 1999-2000

has also been the subject of an application to the In this year, we welcomed the first Director of Heritage Lottery Fund. If, as we hope, this is National Museum & Gallery (NMG) to Card i f f . successful, it will help us tell the story of this MWL has long had a curator or Dire c t o r, NMG now "Huddersfield of Wales" in the lovely, historic has one too. Michael Tooby arrived in time to c o n t ext of the Teifi Va l l e y.

2. We shall ensure that we can care for and manage, to the highest standards, the collections and estates within our care .

N M GW holds 5.2 million artefacts and groups of specimens upon which it draws for re s e a rch, study and display. But history starts afresh each day, and our collections cannot stand still. We continue to collect for coming generations, preserving and re s e a rching our heritage so that we can enhance our own understanding of our world and make that knowledge widely accessible, and enable informed decisions about the present and future . 6 Two years ago NMGW set about creating a new Collections Centre at Nantgarw, a cornerstone of our collection strategy. We are now developing this f a c i l i t y, firstly by creating the Archives Re s o u rc e C e n t re which will hold important archives which compliment the collections; and secondly, in the longer term, we plan an extension to house many of our less-used but equally important res e a rc h collections. More modern and accessible storage facilities will lead to enhanced use of these collections by specialists and the public alike . Interactive activities in the Glanely Gallery 3. We shall ensure that NMGW is widely recognised as relevant to today’s society, using old and new means of communication to satisfy the needs of our audiences. p reside over the opening of the Glanely Gallery, an interactive discovery zone where specimens and The redevelopment of WSM has been re f e rred to artefacts can be handled and examined by visitors above. Over the past ten years a phased re d e v e l- of all ages with the help of experts – in person or opment of the Roman Legionary Museum in t h rough electronic links. Caerleon has been implemented, largely funded by private donations. The year 2000 is the 150th We have come late to the benefit of new technology anniversary of this museum, and the celebrations – but, incre a s i n g l y, have seized them with will also mark the near completion of the re d e v e l- enthusiasm. Our website visitors have incre a s e d opment of this highly successful museum, tard i s - m o re than threefold in the last year. Daily coverage l i ke behind its exquisitely elegant classical portico. of live field trips (an archaeological dig for Vi k i n g remains on Anglesey and a trip to re s e a rch life on Developments during the year at the Museum of the sea bed in the Seychelles) were amongst the Welsh Life (MWL) included continuing work on the most dynamic and popular websites. restoration of St Fagans Castle and its historic Vi d e o c o n f e rencing has enabled staff to enthuse g a rdens and on the re - e rection of the medieval schools and colleges all over Wales; both c h u rch of Llandeilo Ta l -y-bont. Work commenced technologies fuse with live interpretation in the new on a 1948 prefab and on the ‘House for the Fu t u re ’ . Glanely Gallery at NMGW. Web-based catalogues It is anticipated that there will be several welcome and data-bases have enabled us to satisfy needs of new attractions opening in the coming year. scholars worldwide, and a bid for funding to digitise our collections will, if successful, re v o l u- tionise their access in the years to come. R E P O RT 1999-2000

Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry

4. We shall underpin all our aspirations and activities international re s e a rch – is now supported by a by managing effectively our existing re s o u rces – in terms committee. We are most grateful to these sixty or so of collections and estates as well as our human and people for their commitment and generosity to the financial re s o u rces of revenue to ensure NMGW museum. We also started a major review of grading maintains its position as an international flagship for and remuneration to improve our ability to re c r u i t , Wa l e s . develop and retain talented staff.

Master planning for 2007, our centenary year, and During the first years of this new, post-industrial beyond, began this year. The development of the c e n t u r y, our urgent priority will be to husband Collections Re s o u rce Centre at Nantgarw is the re s o u rces so that we can tell the story of industry in essential foundation for all longer term plans to Wales. As the first country to earn our living chiefly i m p rove the public facilities and services at NMG by industrial means, our social history, our culture , and MWL and to improve collections care . arts and technology have been massively affected by i n d u s t r y; our environment, geology, and landscape Our staff, and investment in their talents, are have all, in their turn, influenced our industrial crucial to our pro g ress as a 21st century museum: history and been irrevocably changed by it. this year saw the roll-out of a staff re s t r u c t u r i n g Industry is central to the story of this country: p rogramme to improve leadership, increase team re c reating that story in the coming decade will be co-operation and empower all seven museums. A challenging and exciting. It is also long overd u e . review of Court, Council and Advisory Committees p ro c e d u res confirmed the holding of two Court meetings a year – a spring meeting held in the north, in addition to the autumn AGM in Card i f f . Council members now chair a number of advisory panels and committees whose members are as powerful in their role as ambassadors for NMGW as they are valuable for their advice. Every aspect of Mathew Pr i c h a rd the museums’ work – be it public access or President of Council REPORT 1999-2000

N ATIONAL MUSEUM & GALLERY CARDIFF

A R C H A E O L O GY & NUMISMAT I CS w h e re finds can be taken for re c o rding. Thro u g h re c o rding archaeological finds made by the public, Acquisitions and Interpre t a t i o n the scheme is enabling a large number of people, especially metal detectorists, to contribute toward s During the year, the Museum acquired two the understanding of our past. Details of rec o rd e d spectacular Tre a s u re finds: a hoard of 3,778 late finds are made available on the Internet t h i rd century AD coins, one of the finest ( w w w. f i n d s . o rg . u k ) . h o a rds of the period from Ro m a n Britain, from Rogiet and a 15th- In 1994 a hoard of Roman coins, century decorated gold signet buried around AD 310, was found ring from Raglan (both during gas pipeline-laying M o n m o u t h s h i re). They were operations near Bridgend. p u rchased under the 1996 Thanks to sponsorship fro m Tre a s u re Act, which has BG Transco plc, the hoard of a l ready improved the over 1,400 coins can now be re c o rding and protection of seen on long-term display in 8 certain classes of portable the Coins & Medals Gallery, antiquity containing gold or NMG. silver - notably finger rings - and coin hoards. The conserved 13th-century The Raglan ring Magor Pill boat timbers were The great majority of arc h a e o- returned from the Yo r k logical finds still fall outside the A rchaeological Wood Centre in scope of the Act. Consequently, the Government December 1999. The treatment has been ex t re m e l y launched an initiative to promote the voluntary successful, with very little shrinkage and an re c o rding of archaeological finds - ‘Finding Our excellent preservation of surface detail. Grants Past’. After a successful application to the Heritage f rom the Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust and Lottery Fund and with the support of the National Laings Charitable Trust helped to meet the cost of Assembly for Wales, a pilot scheme has now been conservation. The conserved timbers are stored at established in Wales, involving a variety of the Collections Centre, Nantgarw, while plans are o rganisations working in partnership. The Fi n d s developed for the boat’s eventual display. C o - o rd i n a t o r, based in the National Museum & G a l l e r y, has worked closely with local museums and Fieldwork and Researc h the regional Archaeological Trusts to establish a network of reporting centres throughout Wa l e s In the field, excavations on the early medieval and Viking-period settlement at Llanbedrg o c h , Anglesey produced exciting results. Three burials w e re discovered in the vicinity of two other bodies, found the previous year. All had been casually dumped into shallow graves in the upper fill of the e n c l o s u re ditch, and at least one adult appeared to have had his wrists tied. This led to speculation that the three adults, child and adolescent were the victims of a Viking raid. The excavation and discoveries were re c o rded by the BBC for inclusion in a series to be called ‘Meet the Vikings’, when results from further analysis of the skeletons will be revealed. This re s e a rch project was made accessible to all who visited the ‘Digging for Vikings’ web- pages. A bilingual dig diary, in which all senior members of the project team played a part, Filming with Julian Richards for the series Meet the Ancestors described events as they unfolded. The event at Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey. p roved to be very popular, generating over 6,500 web-site hits during the exc a v a t i o n s . R E P O RT 1999-2000

Viking-age burials discovered at Glyn, Llanbedrgoch.

Work also continued on the Early Mesolithic site Two of our finest objects were chosen to appear in (c. 7000 BC) at Burry Holms, Gower. The site has international exhibitions. The Bronze Age p roduced many stone tools - projectile points, saws C a e rgwrle bowl travelled on a European odyssey to and scrapers - and large quantities of waste fro m appear in the XXV Council of Europe ex h i b i t i o n , their manufacture. Organic samples should thro w Gods and Heroes of the Bronze Age: Europe at the Ti m e light on the nature of the environment of the are a , of Ulysses, mounted in Copenhagen, Bonn and which lay some distance from the coast at this time. Paris. The 14th-century Oxwich brooch - the ‘pin-

National Archaeology Weekend: striking coins National Archaeology Weekend: dyeing and textiles

up’ adorning the cover of the National Museum & Ac c e s s Gallery Guide - was displayed in the ‘Trésor de Colmar’ exhibition at During National Archaeology We e kend the the Musée d’Unterlinden, Department took up residence in the Celtic Vi l l a g e , Colmar (Alsace). Museum of Welsh Life. Lost crafts of our p rehistoric ancestors were revived, such as iro n smelting, weaving and dyeing and coin striking. Visitors could also try their hand at digging for the past in the second season of excavation at A b e r n o d w y d d . The Oxwich Bracelet REPORT 1999-2000

A RT celebrated the work of the Derek Williams Tr u s t over the last ten years. R e g a rding the Function of E x h i b i t i o n s Objects: Recent Sculpture by Cecile Johnson Soliz m a r ked the end of the artist’s Cardiff re s i d e n c y. The year saw two contrasting contemporary The Art in Wales programme has been kindly exhibitions, both with a photographic theme. supported by Lloyds TSB Commerc i a l . David Hockney Photoworks, an exhibition from the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, ex p l o red Hockney’s use Acquisitions and collection care of photography as an art form. Land of My Fa t h e r : The Photographs of David Hurn was a re c o rd of Johann Zoffany’s great portrait of H e n ry Knight of people, places and life in Wales at the close of the Tythegston, Glamorgan, with his three childre n, was 20th century from the camera of one of our most a c q u i red by NMGW for £1,129,038, thanks to the distinguished photojournalists. Two smaller touring bequest of the late June Ti l e y, with additional exhibitions of 18th century art, the Oppé drawings support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the and the Gilbert silver were also shown at the National Art Collections Fund. David Hockney’s National Museum & Gallery. The Ac t o r, acquired with the assistance of the Dere k Williams Trust, the NACF, and the Hon. James The first full year’s programme in the Oriel Celf Butler Charitable Trust, now provides a ke y s t o n e yng Nghymru / Art in Wales Gallery focused on the for a significant group of British paintings of the 10 contemporary visual culture of Wales, with two 1960s at the National Museum & Gallery. Other g roup shows, a celebration of the Welsh Group, and acquisitions included portraits of Lewis We s t o n Certain Welsh Artists curated by Iwan Bala. Another Dillwyn, the founder of the Swansea China Wo r k s , and of the pioneer geologist Sir Henry de la Beche, as well as Ben Marshall’s Griffith Owen, Harpist, of Ty w y n and Ka s h a n, an abstract painting of 1984 by Bridget Riley. Works generously presented by the

Henry Knight of Tythegston and his three children, undergoing cleaning

The Gorsedd Procession by David Hurn R E P O RT 1999-2000

Contemporary Art Society for Wales included mining scenes by Vincent Evans and Jack Crabtre e .

Frans Snyders, The Po u l t e rer’s Shop, and two paintings by Melchior d’Hondecoter were conserved and hung in Gallery 2 (17th century). The Zoffany was also conserved, and Gallery 4 (18th century) was re - a rr a n g e d .

This year saw a number of arrivals and departure s . A n d rew Renton, from the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, took up the post of Curator (Applied Art). Internal re - o rg a n i s a t i o n permitted the creation of two Assistant Curator posts in the Fine Art section, one with re s p o n s i b i l i t y for the 30,000 strong collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, and the other for art cre a t e d after 1945. The latter will sustain and develop our g rowing commitment to the contemporary art of 11 Wales. Dr Mark Evans, Assistant Keeper (Fine Art) since 1984, left to take up the post of Head of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. A pivotal figure in the refurbishment of the art galleries during 1988-93, he will be much missed. His successor, Dr Ann Sumner, joined us from the The Poulterer’s Shop by Frans Snyders Holbourne Museum of Art, Bath, in April 2000.

Place Furstenburg, Paris, August 7, 8, 9, 1985 by David Hockney REPORT 1999-2000

BIODIVERSITY AND SYSTEMAT I C surveys were commissioned by Bridgend and B I O L O GY Merthyr Tydfil County Councils. Site assessments were carried out for insect faunas Biodiversity at home on the wetland natural nature reserves and contract re s e a rch was undertaken on the Gwent Levels for This year again saw the Department engage with a H y d e r. As part of a LIFE project, beetle surveys wide range of biodiversity projects, in the UK and w e re carried out in the New Fo re s t . a b road. Partnerships support many key elements of the Department’s work on these projects and give it Biodiversity further afield a contemporary focus. Primary among these within Wales are the Countryside Council for Wa l e s International partnerships are also vital to the (CCW), Welsh Universities, and Unitary Authorities p romotion and development of the collections. In who commission or support a great variety of collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society, biodiversity studies. For example, CCW is jointly Marine Parks Authority and the Seychelles Fi s h e r i e s funding a study of the Late Carboniferous fossil A u t h o r i t y, a one month survey of the marine floras of the Glyn Neath area, which is a candidate invertebrate diversity of the Seychelles was carr i e d for the World Geosites Inventory, for both out. This project will compare tropical and palaeobotany and stratigraphy. temperate diversity and provide a taxo n o m i c baseline for the bristle worm (Polychaeta) and shell 12 In the marine environment, new projects were (Mollusca) fauna of the Seychelles. The pro j e c t , begun on Carmarthen Bay, St. Brides Bay, off the which is part of the Shoals of Capricorn L lyˆn Peninsula and Cardiff Bay, while the Programme, was featured on the Discovery Channel INTERREG project entered its final year with and local press, and also on our website, where the additional funding for the final publication. regular updates were particularly well re c e i v e d . Following previous acclaim, hedge and pond While the Darwin Initiative Project in East Af r i c a

Bursidae, collected in the Seychelles.

Departmental staff preparing samples on the Seychelles Expedition.

Departmental staff sorting samples on the Seychelles Expedition.

Filming for the Discovery Channel on the Seychelles Expedition. enters its final year a new bid was successful in collaboration with the Re s e a rch Station on Galapagos. This project will help to build collection management capacity in the Galapagos. Collection management

This continued to be high on the priority list and was further supported by capital expansion funds f rom the Welsh Assembly. This will allow speedier documentation of the shell, insect and marine invertebrate collections, allowing access via the Internet. The bryophyte collection has larg e l y been re - o rganised in readiness for documentation and the flowering plants herbarium pro g re s s e d with the publication of the R u b u s( B r a m b l e ) catalogue and work on the Hieracium (Hawkweeds) collection. Publications for general re a d e r s h i p included Invasion of the La n d and Plant Fo s s i ls .

The Department achieved its full complement of staff this year with the appointment of Dr Ray Tangney as Head of Cryptogamic Botany and Dr Lucy Hammond as Department Manager.

The Merthyr pond survey

Amphinomidae (Fire Worm), collected in the Seychelles. REPORT 1999-2000

G E O L O GY Ac c e s s

Planning and preparation of the geological contributions for the new, interactive Glanely Gallery formed a major facet of the Department’s work this year. Staff were also involved in several of the initial demonstrations and interpretation to visitors, helping to bring many previously unseen items from the Department’s collection to life for m o re visitors than ever before.

The travelling exhibition Tracking Dinosaurs w a s installed at further UK venues, this year at the Yo r k s h i re Museum, York, and the Ulster Museum, Belfast and continues to be a successful and popular attraction. 14 Geological conserv a t i o n National bodies concerned with geological conservation have drawn widely on the support and Old workings at Cwm Rheidol, near Aberystwyth. A more detailed understanding of the mineral deposits of Wales expertise of departmental staff. Work for contracts will help to identify those areas most at risk from acid with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee on mine-waters - one of the primary aims of the Minescan four volumes of the Geological Conservation project. Review series has been completed; two were published during the course of the year, on International cooperation Cambrian to Ordovician stratigraphy, and Caledonian igneous rocks, both with substantial The international dimension of the Department’s contributions by staff. The year also saw the work expanded with re s e a rch visits by staff to completion of the final phase of MINESCAN, a A rgentina, China and Uruguay, supported by f o u r -year collaborative project with the Countryside travel grants from the Royal Society of London and Council for Wales, with a review of mines in the National Re s e a rch Council of Arg e n t i n a . G l a m o rgan and Gwent. MINESCAN was also the Presentations were given at international subject of a presentation at a conference in Madrid c o n f e rences in Prague and Krako w. Dr. M.G. on management and conservation of geological Bassett continued his association with Sweden with sites. The Department hosted a weekend meeting museum visits to Stockholm and Uppsala, and of the Wales group of RIGS (Regionally Important fieldwork on Gotland. His extensive work on Geological Sites), where staff presented papers and Scandinavian palaeontology and contributions to led a field trip. the university over a twenty-five year period were

Rocks of Cambrian age in the Precordillera of Western Argentina R E P O RT 1999-2000

recognised in January 2000 by an honorary doctorate from the University of Uppsala. C o l l e c t i o n s

Significant collections acquired include a fine collection of alluvial Welsh gold from the Dolgellau gold belt, including two nuggets of exceptional size, to be seen on display in the Evolution of Wales g a l l e r y, and a substantial re s e a rch collection of Silurian corals from the Welsh Borderland, with supporting literature , re p resenting a lifetime’s work by Dr C.T. Scrutton Paradechenella lunata, a new fossil species (trilobite) from of the University of Durh a m . Devonian-age rocks of Inner Mongolia.

After two years of training, and following success in Mrs D.G. Evans resigned after 18 years’ service her Diploma examinations, Ms S.L. Chambers was (1973-79; 1988 - 2000); over this period she made a w a rded the Fellowship of the Gemmological a valuable contribution as cartographic Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great draughtsperson, and as a curator of the Britain, providing a much needed area of staff Department’s map collection. 15 expertise in an area of frequent public enquiries.

THE LIBRARY

The past twelve months re p resent the first Two books by the Elizabethan scholar fro m operational year of the Library’s computerized D e n b i g h s h i re, Humphrey Lhuyd, and published in system. All new acquisitions are now automatically 1573 and 1584 re s p e c t i v e l y, have been acquired. e n t e red, and various projects were begun with the The addition of William Gilpin’s account of north aim of adding certain key areas to the re c o rd. To Wales (1809) and a complete copy of John Georg e date these have included books acquired in 1996-9, Wood’s Principal Rivers of Wa l e s (1813-5) have part of the rare books collection, and the enhanced the Welsh topographical collection. museology section.

Cyfarthfa Iron Works, Merthyr Tydfil, from Wood's Principal Rivers of Wales. REPORT 1999-2000

MUSEUM OF WELSH LIFE

Curatorial, Conservation and Re-ere c t i o n patterns of work and leisure as well as more Wo r k obviously building-related issues such as energ y efficiency and sustainability. London-based U n i q u e l y, this year the Museum of Welsh Life’s a rchitects Jestico &Whiles won the competition; the major building project was realized almost two daunting challenge of translating their design into h u n d red miles away from St. Fagans. The highly physical reality was taken up by the We l s h - b a s e d successful translocation of the four Fron Haul home builders, Re d row Homes, who became major houses from Tanygrisiau to the Welsh Slate Museum sponsors of the project. Re d row in turn have been at Llanberis was part of the HLF funded re - enthusiastically supported by over one hundre d development of that site (see cover). Staff from the other companies: too many to mention here but Historical Buildings Unit at MWL supervised the without whom this project could not be completed. work of moving the buildings, undertaken by specialist contractors Dimbylow Crump. Re s e a rc h work, collection and preparation of the artefacts and re-display of the buildings were delivered by staff from the Department of Domestic Life and Rural Economy. The houses, which have been 16 furnished as they appeared at different periods in their history, have been hugely popular and have p rovided WSM with a valuable educational tool.

In another radical departure from its usual sphere of activity, the Museum also embarked on a pro j e c t to build a House for the Fu t u re at St. Fa g a n s . Underlining the fact that one of the primary aims St Teilo’s Church, from Llandeilo Tal-y-bont, being re- of a museum is to use its knowledge of the past to erected at the Museum of Welsh Life.

Alongside this new development, work continued on the Museum’s on-going building projects. The late medieval Llandeilo Ta l -y-bont church slowly began to take recognizable shape, providing an early indication of its tremendous interpre t a t i v e potential. Steady pro g ress was also made on conservation of the B2 Prefab from Cardiff, with the use of modern materials such as aluminium p roving to be a new challenge to the traditionally based skills of the Historical Buildings Unit! Good p ro g ress was also made on the re-display of the first floor rooms at St Fagans Castle, although the p roject was bedevilled by periodic flooding of The Welsh oak framework of the house shows how this Michael Dos Santos, furniture building looks forward to the future on the basis of the Long Gallery, a conservator, re-erecting the traditional building techniques. p roblem which took Sir Rhys ap Thomas bed. considerable time to locate and re s o l v e . i n s p i re informed discussion about the future, the Museum’s collection of historical buildings was used Ac q u i s i t i o n s as the basis for this innovative and forw a rd - l o o k i n g p roject. Jointly with BBC Wales, the Museum One of the most challenged architects to provide a re a l i s t i c significant pieces of contribution to the ongoing debate about the way Welsh furniture to housing and society might develop in Wales over come onto the marke t the next fifty years, addressing socio-economic in recent years, the S i r issues such as changing family structures, new Rhys ap Thomas b e d R E P O RT 1999-2000

fiery oratory with contributions by Ty ro n e O’Sullivan of Tower Colliery, MPs Ann Clwyd and Rhodri Morgan, and Te rry Deary, author of the Horrible Histories series of childre n’s books. This y e a r, the Open Air Theatre Festival was ex t e n d e d into a third week, with all the productions again playing to almost capacity audiences. H a l l o w e e n (31 October) and the Christmas Tree Celebration (8-11 December) proved as popular an end to the year as ever, although the latter did suffer somewhat from poor weather.

Designer Jill Salen’s ‘Cool Cymru’ dress being prepared for display in the Costume Gallery. The Twenty-third Regiment of Foot: re-creating military f rom Derwydd House in Carmarthenshire, was manoeuvres from Napoleonic times on Cilewent Field. a c q u i red by the Museum in the course of the year. Although assembled to its present form in the mid- 19th century, its fine panels were carved in the 16th century for Sir Rhys ap Thomas, the most p rominent Welshman of his age. MWL was equally fortunate in being able to purchase a 19th-century carved cupboard, formerly at St Fagans Castle, which provides an added dimension to the re - display scheme. MWL curatorial and conservation staff were also involved in preparation for the S e c re t S p a c e s and Horrible Histories exhibitions at the National Museum & Gallery. E v e n t s

The Museum’s programme of seasonal events and festivals drew some 60,000 visitors to the site despite unhelpful weather at critical times. Fo r t u n a t e l y, the May Fa i r (1-3 May) on the theme of Living History was not one of those affected and the varied programme of activities brought life to virtually every part of the Museum. Other events such as the Fo rest Fa i r at the end of May and the n e w l y-established C h i l d re n’s Fe s t i v a l in July continued to evolve into events which are now beginning to realise their potential. Once again, the Miners’ Gala (12 June) sponsored by To w e r Recreating the ‘Forties feel’ at the Workers’ Institute, Colliery lived up to its traditional reputation for Oakdale. REPORT 1999-2000

I N D U S T RY

Past and future

The appointment of two assistant curators in the spring of 1999, with responsibility for the coal collections (Ceri Thompson) and contemporary industry (Richard Davies) re s p e c t i v e l y, illustrates the Department’s main focus over the past year, which has been on rebuilding its curatorial and conservation expertise and planning for the future.

Members of curatorial staff have been deeply involved in the planning of the proposed new Swansea Wa t e r f ront Museum, with the pro d u c t i o n of a travelling exhibition on the pro p o s a l s ( c u rrently touring Wales as part of the public consultation strategy) in May 1999, and Russell Ellis, conservator (heavy objects), examining a 18 p reparation of a draft storyline for the new mortar mill museum in July-December 1999. The year has also seen continuing fruitful cooperation with the Big Early in 2000 a technician and two conservators joined the staff at the Collections Centre , N a n t g a rw. On a sadder note, Mr Norman Wi n d s o r, Senior Conservation Officer, re t i red in May 1999 after thirteen years of much-valued service.

The Senior Curator attended the International C o n g ress of Maritime Museums conference at Philadelphia in September 1999, and made benchmarking visits to maritime museums in New York and Mystic, Connecticut. Collections management

During the year over 5600 artefacts were entere d onto the collections management system (CMS); staff also accessioned the display items acquired for the Fron Haul quarr y m e n’s houses at the We l s h Slate Museum. Ac c e s s i o n s Work on the Department of Industry’s lamp collection Major accessions during the year include a fine Pit Mining Museum, moving towards integration ship portrait of the Porthmadog barque Pride of with NMGW. During the autumn of 1999, a Wa l e s, four watercolours of East Moors steelworks, decision was taken to dispose of 126 Bute St, a 1:2500 scale model of the Mochdre - concentrating the Department of Industry in the Llanfairfechan section of the A55 Expressway in Collections Centre at Nantgarw. The gallery at 126 north Wales, a similar model of the Pontymoel ro a d Bute St. was closed at the end of May 1999. An i m p rovement scheme near Pontypool and an extensive conservation and packing pro g r a m m e example of a Sinclair ZX Spectrum Plus computer began in preparation for the move, with additional made by AB Electronics at Abercynon in the 1980s. conservators employed to undertake this work. Planning work for the move began in December 1 9 9 9 . R E P O RT 1999-2000

MUSEUM OF THE WELSH WOOLLEN INDUSTRY

Major improvements at the Museum of the We l s h f i re in 1919, and although it was rebuilt, it no Woollen Industry herald a new future for the site longer has its original third store y. The wooden itself and for the national collections. A Vision for the lintels that survived this catastrophe remain black M i l l e n n i u m, the report which began the re d e v e l- and charred and the original windows, also fire opment process, is becoming a re a l i t y. Outline Fi r s t damaged, are far smaller than the ones which they Stage plans were submitted to the Heritage Lottery re p l a c e d . Fund in September 1999, but with the museum and the Woollen Industry Collections now firmly established as key elements in the NMGW Industrial strategy, the renovation programme has a l ready begun.

When David Lewis established the original Cambrian Mills in 1902, the south-facing mill was the first to be built. Concealed within the L- s h a p e d building lie the remains of the first mill to stand upon this site. Little is known about this early mill 19 but the mill race which drove its machinery later served the newly-built Cambrian Mills. (The leat still runs beneath the museum, housed within a Keith Rees, technician, demonstrating spinning techniques brick culvert, before rejoining Nant Bargoed fifty y a rds downstream.) This building was damaged by

The north-facing mill was built a few years later and survived the fire intact. However, in 1997 a structural survey revealed problems and temporary s t rengthening work was undertaken. Fo l l o w i n g Cadw listing of the four main site buildings, permanent repair work began in February 2000. After a century of wear and tear, the most serious p roblem was the east gable, which was 13 inches out of the vertical at the apex. The wall has now been demolished and rebuilt and where necessary old windows were replaced with new replicas. The e n t i re building has also been strengthened with stainless steel pins and anchors, using similar methods and technology to those employed in the restoration of the Brunswick Tower at Wi n d s o r C a s t l e .

The consultant engineers, Ve r y a rds Ltd., and the main contractors, Noel T James, Ltd., worked with local craftsmen, including stonemasons Dacri and Jones of Saron. The work was completed to the highest conservation standards and all involved have helped to ensure the survival of the building for the next century and beyond. Undoubtedly, the major industrial archaeology survey shortly to take place will provide exciting information concerning the past development and use of this site - information which will be invaluable in our continuing re i n t e r p retation of this important The woollen mill and Nant Bargoed stream industrial museum. REPORT 1999-2000

WELSH SLATE MUSEUM

and they have - as we expected - led to a gre a t e r a w a reness of the social and domestic context of the lives of the quarrymen and their families.

With this element complete, final funding applications were submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund later in the year, with the full £2.1 million p roject being completed on time and within budget. Visitor figures have continued to incre a s e , f rom 42,500 in 1998/9 to almost 47,000 by the end of 1999/00. The ERDF-financed Llanberis m a r keting scheme, led by Gwynedd Council, is now in full operation, encouraging visitors to see the

Staff from the Museum of Welsh Life dismantling the Fron Haul row of quarrymen’s houses, ready for re-erection at 20 WSM. On July 28, 1999, the last major element in the Welsh Slate Museum’s Heritage Lottery- f u n d e d p rogramme of developments was completed, with the opening of Fron Haul quarr y m e n’s houses. Moved stone by stone from the slate quarr y i n g village of Tanygrisiau near Blaenau Ffestiniog, these houses were then rebuilt and furnished to reflect three key periods in the history of the slate

The range in the 1901 house at Fron Haul.

village and its attractions as one composite, high s t a n d a rd package.

The Welsh Slate Museum is located within what w e re once Dinorwig Quarry’s maintenance The Fron Haul row of quarrymen’s houses at the Welsh workshops. As part of the Museum’s lease Slate Museum, Llanberis. a g reement with Gwynedd Council, we have been given the contents of all these buildings, and are at i n d u s t r y. The boom years at Tanygrisiau are in p resent conducting a full collections condition evidence in the 1861 house, while the 1901 house s u r v e y, in order to audit what we have, ex a c t l y, a nd depicts living conditions during the cataclysmic its condition. This will continue until 2001. One of t h re e -year strike at Pe n rhyn Quarr y, Bethesda. By our main artefacts is the giant 50’5’’ diameter water late summer 1969 Dinorwig Quarry at Llanberis wheel, built by De Winton of Caernarfon in 1870. itself had closed, and the third house reflects this Conservation repair of the wheel started in January period. The remaining house is used for 2000, and this too will continue for some time yet. educational events and activities: all are underpinned by re s e a rch, collections and ex p e r t i s e f rom the Museum of Welsh Life. Visitor comments indicate that the houses are very popular indeed, R E P O RT 1999-2000

SEGONTIUM ROMAN MUSEUM

At this uniquely located museum, looking down the guided tours and storytelling, and `detective’ Menai Straits to the scene of the Roman attack on sessions, using evidence to make deductions about A n g l e s e y, and within the westernmost part of the a rchaeological objects. Roman Empire, primary school groups are given the opportunity to reflect on the reality of life in a N M GW continues to work with Cadw: We l s h 1st century AD military frontier zone. Historic Monuments (with whom it shares the site) and Gwynedd County Council to ensure a successful This year, special presentations, M o re Celts than f u t u re strategy for this small, but nevertheless Ro m a n s, looked at the relationship between native important, museum and site. inhabitants and invading forces.

Special events for summer visitors included pottery demonstrations, exploring Roman techniques,

On guard at Segontium Roman Museum! REPORT 1999-2000

ROMAN LEGIONARY MUSEUM

With the Roman Legionary Museum (RLM) artefacts from the collection. The focus of the marking its 150th anniversary in 2000, once again exhibitions has been on how different types of we have enjoyed a very busy year, maintaining objects displayed in the gallery were made by visitor figures of over 50,000 of which half were Roman craftsmen. o rganised education groups. Despite re c e n t popular developments such as the hands-on Studio Preparation continues for our 150th anniversary it has been essential to continue developing the celebrations. During the year the RLM has been museum, as we are running at capacity. working with 450 local school children to create a ‘Junior Legion’ who will be performing with the The latest addition to the RLM is the Pe g a s u s Ermine Street Guard in the Amphitheatre. C e n t re, a multi-purpose space for education g roups to use as a c l a s s room, a picnic are a and also a facility for museum functions and 22 l e c t u res. The building itself is the former telephone exchange and was built circa 1937; since it was purchased by the museum in 1995 it has only been used for storage. The exterior of the Pegasus Centre will be a learning re s o u rce in itself as it reflects villa a rc h i t e c t u re at the time of C a e r l e o n’s occupation. This latest addition is a permanent legacy of the anniversary celebrations, The Pegasus Centre, a multipurpose centre for educational kindly supported by Save & Prosper Educational use. Tr u s t .

During this year there has been a varied p rogramme of events at the RLM. The Ermine S t reet Guard visited with their replica leather tent and returned at Christmas to celebrate Saturnalia. During the summer the garden was transformed into a late Roman village with cooke r y, weaving and metalworking demonstrations. There have also been mosaic workshops and an interactive murd e r mystery that had everybody involved - including the staff!

The Gallery has also been developed this year; title labels have been added to each display case to enhance visitors’ understanding of the gallery design and artefacts displayed. Two small gallery cases were amalgamated to create a new case entitled ‘Religion & Superstition’. This has allowed one case to be used as a temporary exhibition case, p roviding us with the space to display other R E P O RT 1999-2000

TURNER HOUSE GALLERY

The gallery’s usual changing programme of Turner House is also a venue for amateur and temporary exhibitions of recent and contemporary g roup exhibitions and this year saw the 104th work by Welsh artists began this year with new annual exhibition of the South Wales Art Society, as paintings by the Cardiff-based artist Brendan Stuart well as an exhibition of work by members of the Burns, re i n t e r p reting Pe m b ro ke s h i re beaches. In Wa t e rcolour Society of Wales. The year ended with contrast Cefin Burgess: New Te x t i l e s showed woven the distribution exhibition of the Contemporary Art fabrics, collages, quilts and carpet designs inspire d Society for Wales, a stimulating reflection of the by the nonconformist chapels of Wales. One of the diversity of art in Wales today as well as a occasional photographic exhibitions at Tu r n e r re t rospective of a number of older works from the House, Erich Lessing: 50 Years of Photography 1930s to the 1970s. f e a t u red the work of this distinguished Austrian p h o t o g r a p h e r, who covered many political events in p o s t -war eastern Europe including the Hungarian Re v o l u t i o n .

Jerusalem (Independent), Llawrplwyf: from the exhibition Cefin Burgess: New Textiles, Turner House. REPORT 1999-2000

P R I M A RY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FIGURES

VISITOR FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD 1 April 1999 - 31 March 2000

Actual Previous Year 1999/2000 1998/99

National Museum & Gallery 204,902 208,063 Museum of Welsh Life 323,566 363,727 Roman Legionary Museum 55,612 52,903 Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry 12,047 14,455 Turner House Gallery 8,939 8,292

SHARED SITES WITH CADW Welsh Slate Museum Llanberis 46,963 42,722 Segontium Roman Museum 8,833 8,716

24 TOTAL 660,862 717,812

The Museum’s performance against its Primary Performance Indicator targets set by the National Assembly for Wa l e s :

A c t u a lA c t u a lTa rg e t 1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 01 9 9 8 - 9 91 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 0 1 Visitor Numbers (000’s) 6 6 27 1 87 2 3

2 Numbers (000’s) of specimens which were curated, documented, conserved and stored to or above minimum standard s1 1 36 12 5 0

3 No of days open 2 2 3 0*23 9 1

4. Number of Visitors in education related parties (000’s) 1 6 3* 1 6 0

5. Total generated income as a % of Grant in Aid 1 0 . 7 %* 1 0 . 8 7 %

* New performance indicator; no data available for previous year

The birthday year at MWL i.e. 1998/99 resulted in high visitor figures and ambitious targets in the succes- sive reporting year. These were not quite acheived. Performances in Collections and Re s e a rch were affected by defiencies arising from overloading the Museum’s ICT network, which have since been addre s s e d via the Museum’s capital ICT infrastructure works. R E P O RT 1999-2000

D e v e l o p m e n t

Partners in time Fund to acquire the painting for the nation.

Raising much needed funds for NMGW’s core work Such public-private partnerships have helped is challenging at the best of times. But as the develop the collections, the building and the re p u- National Museum moves into the 21st century, this tation of NMGW in the past century and we will year has seen some of the most innovative fundrais- continue to create and develop many more in the ing yet sitting comfortably with the traditional. years to come.

When the BBC approached the Museum of We l s h Making the Museum’s work possible life to build a House for the Fu t u re alongside its If you would like to become more involved in sup- world famous collection of buildings from the past, porting the work of NMGW these are just some of the team at St Fagans jumped at the chance. Here the ways you can help. was an opportunity to learn from traditional skills and our knowledge of the past to inform the devel- Membership and Friend Schemes £10 - £32.50 opment of housing in the new century. The only Thousands of individuals support the Museum by catch was the cost; £250,000. becoming a Member or Friend. In addition to gain- ing free access, and the opportunity to take part in The museum approached a number of major house exciting events and many more benefits, you will be 25 builders and after detailed re s e a rch and negotiation p roviding essential financial assistance. e n t e red into partnership with Welsh house-builders, Re d row Homes. Re d row South-West Chairman Pa t rons £250 - £4,000 Colin Lewis was only too pleased to become the Being a Pa t ron offers a closer relationship, with main project partner. "This was just the sort of pro- privileges for your guests and family. Pa t rons can ject we were looking for to help develop new skills enjoy behind-the-scenes tours, priority booking for and experience amongst my team and to re a f f i r m events and exclusive invitations to an annual our company’s commitment to continuing innova- Pa t rons’ function with NMGW’s President. Pa t ro n s tion in Wales." a re also acknowledged on the Donor Wall of the National Museum & Gallery Card i f f . This partnership has grown and developed to include over eighty different companies who will B e q u e s t s deliver another world-class project at a fraction of If you are considering remembering the National the real cost to the Museum of Welsh Life. Such Museums & Galleries of Wales in your will, then partnerships are well publicised and take enormous please let us know so that we may make the appro- effort and commitment from all involved. However priate acknowledgements. o t h e r, less public partnerships have been no less effective. Company support Corporate membership £1,250 - £1,750 June Ti l e y, a lecturer in art who lived in Dinas A range of corporate memberships are available. Powys, was a lifelong supporter of the museum and These entitle companies to use the impressive facil- had a great affection for the national galleries in ities at any of our sites for entertaining clients or Cathays Park. Sadly Miss Tiley passed away in 1998. staff at a discounted rate. To reflect her lifelong love of the visual arts, she left a generous portion of her legacy to NMGW so Sponsorship £5,000 - £250,000 that we might acquire a major work for the collec- N M GW has one of the largest cultural and heritage tion. o rganisations in the country. We have many oppor- tunities for partnership through our ex t e n s i v e This gift became crucial when an opportunity aro s e exhibitions and events programme, and many new to purchase a major 18th century painting by and exciting capital pro j e c t s . Johann Zoffany, Henry Knight of Ty t h e g s t o n , G l a m o rgan, with his three childre n. The price of the For further information on any of these schemes work was well beyond the limited re s o u rces of the please contact Richard Tynen or any member of the Museum alone. However Miss Tiley's gift enabled Development Department on 029 20573483. us to enter into partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund and the National Arts Collection REPORT 1999-2000

COURT OF GOVERNORS ( at 31 March 2000 )

PRESIDENT (to September 1999) M.C.T. Prichard, C.B.E., D.L., B.A. Neath Port Talbot: Councillor P.M. Thomas Newport: Councillor Mrs R. Butler VICE PRESIDENT (to September 1999) Alun Thomas, B.A., F.C.A. Swansea: Councillor D. Phillips TREASURER Torfaen: Dr. C. Grace G. Wyn Howells A.C.I.B. Vale of Glamorgan: Councillor D.A. Eastwood (to September 1999) MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL NOT OTHERWISE Merthyr Tydfil: Councillor C. Jones MEMBERS OF THE COURT (to September 1999) Sir R. Hanbury-Tenison, K.C.V.O., J.P., K.St.J., F.R.S.A. Wrexham: Councillor S. Matthew B.K. Thomas, C.B.E. (to June 1999) (to September 1999) Mrs A. Carey-Evans From October 1999: W.B. Cleaver O.St.J., B.Sc., C.Eng., F.I.Min.E (to January Councillor R. Francis Davies 2000) Councillor D. Rogers R.G. Thomas O.B.E., LLB., ClMgt. (from January 2000) Councillor J.A.H. Harries J.W. Evans C.B.E., M.A. (from January 2000) Councillor R. Cass APPOINTED BY THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE Councillor R.H. Poole 26 PRIVY COUNCIL AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE Councillor J. Huish FOR WALES M.J.M. Clarke, M.A., D.L. (to March 2000) ORGANISATIONS IN WALES R.G. Thomas, O.B.E., LLB., CIMgt. (to January 2000) Cambrian Archaeological Association: K. Mascetti Eirlys Pritchard Jones, B.A. The Council of the Royal National Dr Susan J. Davies, B.A.,. Ph.D Eisteddfod: G.E. Humphreys Dr Nancy M. Edwards, B.A., Ph.D., F.S.A. The National Museum of Wales Society: H. Looker The Council of Museums in Wales: J. Pembridge THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES Wales TUC Cymru: Ms. A. Wellington T.A. Owen, M.A. (OXON), M.A. (WALES), F.R.S.A. The Welsh Council of the CBI: D.K. Jones, B.Sc. THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES The National Trust: M.A. McLaggen Roderic Bowen, Q.C., M.A., LL.D. The Arts Council of Wales: Sybil Crouch (from Councillor H.M. Morgan, M.B.E. (To January 2000) April 1999) Wales Tourist Board: Jonathan Jones WELSH JOINT EDUCATION COMMITTEE The Welsh Wildlife Trust: Mrs J. Raum, Councillor D. Parry Jones B.Sc., M.I.Biol., C.Biol. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR WALES Countryside Council for Wales: P. Loveluck Barry Jones, B.Sc. Council for British Archaeology: F.L. Llewelyn P. P. Murphy, M.A. (to November 1999) The Federation of Museums and R. Morgan, M.A., A.M. (to June 1999) Galleries in Wales: C.J. Delaney, B.Sc. Dafydd Wigley, A.M. W. Griffiths at 31 March 2000 APPOINTED BY THE COURT COUNCIL ( ) T.G. Jones, B.A. J.A. Davies, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. PRESIDENT D.C. Jones-Davies, O.B.E., J.P., M.Phil., F.R.S.A. M.C.T. Prichard, C.B.E., D.L., B.A. Sir D.C. Mansel-Lewis, K.C.V.O., J.P., B.A., K.St.J., F.R.S.A. VICE PRESIDENT Capt. Gwyn D. Pari-Huws Alun Thomas, B.A., F.C.A. H. Jones D. Bowen Lewis TREASURER G. Wyn Howells, A.C.I.B. REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES Cardiff: Councillor A. Earle APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR Carmarthenshire: Councillor S.M. Richards WALES (to September 1999) Dr Susan J. Davies, Ph.D Ceredigion: Councillor J.G. Jenkins Mrs E. Pritchard Jones Denbighshire: Councillor R.W. Hughes Nancy M. Edwards, Ph.D Gwynedd: Councillor P.G. Larsen 1 vacancy Merthyr Tydfil: Councillor T.G. Davies R E P O RT 1999-2000

ELECTED BY THE COURT OF GOVERNORS ELECTED BY THE COUNCIL R.G. Thomas, OBE, LLB, CIMgt Sir R. Hanbury-Tenison, K.C.V.O., J.P., K.St.J., F.R.S.A. M.J.M. Clarke, M.A., D.L. W.B. Cleaver, O.St.J., B.Sc., C.Eng., F.I.Min.E. D.K. Jones, B.Sc. J.W. Evans C.B.E., M.A. (from January 2000) D. Bowen Lewis R.G. Thomas O.B.E., LLB., ClMgt. (from January 2000) Mrs A. Carey-Evans

STAFF LIST (from 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000)

DIRECTOR NMGW Curatorial Officer Scientific Illustrator Martin O’Regan Anna Southall Evan Chapman Christopher Meechan Senior Curatorial Assistant Curatorial Assistant A d m i n i s t r a t o r Valerie K Deisler Director’s Office Mark Lodwick Lucy Hammond La b o ro t a ry Manager (Researc h P e r s o n a l A s s i s t a n t t o D i r e c t o r Finds Co-ordinator: Wales R e s e a rch Assistants A s s i s t a n t ) Nerys Humphries Philip E Macdonald Ben Evans Michael P Lambert S e c re t a ry D e p a r t m e n t a l S e c r e t a r i e s Alan Orange Curatorial Assistant Gill Sewell Morag Redman (to 8/12/99) Heather Pardoe ( M i n e r a l o g y / Pe t ro l o g y ) Wendy J Ladd John Deeming Sara L Chambers DIRECTORATE Brian Levey Curatorial Assistant Deputy Director, Art Peter Howlett ( Pa l a e o n t o l o g y ) Director Collections & K e e p e r George Hutchinson Cindy Howells 27 E d c u a t i o n Oliver Fairclough Anna Holmes Curatorial Assistant Eurwyn Wiliam Assistant Keeper, Fine Art Eva Sharland ( M i n e r a l o g y / Pe t ro l o g y ) Director Public Af f a i r s Mark Evans (to 31/12/99) C o n s e rvation Officer Neil A Balderstone Ceri Thomas C u r a t o r, Applied Art Piers Langhelt C a r t o g r a p h e r Director MWL; and Social & Andrew Renton Collection Manager D Gaye Evans (to 29/2/00) Industrial History Curatorial Assistant, Applied Art Ann Harriet Wood C a r t o g r a p h e r John Williams-Davies (from Arabella Smith Senior Curatorial Assistant Linda C Norton 10/5/99) R e g i s t r a r Anthony Tipper L a b o r a t o r y T e c h n i c i a n Director NMG; and Arts & Tim Egan Curatorial Assistants Esmé Stark Sciences C u r a t o r, Fine Art Martin Baker Departmental Secre t a r i e s Michael Tooby (from Bethany McIntyre Kathryn Cliffe Paula J Knapman 1/1/2000) Curatorial Assistant, Fine Art Theresa Darbyshire Debbie Harrington Juliet Carey Deborah Everard Documentation Assistant Senior Conservation Officer, Helen Fraser Beryl E Chant ARTS & SCIENCES Applied Art Maureen Lazarus S e n i o r R e s e a r c h F e l l o w Judi Pinkham Mark Pavett Leonid E Popov Office of Director Chief Conservation Officer, Fine Art David Slade H o n o r a ry Staff S e n i o r P e r s o n a l S e c r e t a r y Kate Lowry Sally Whyman Douglas A Bassett Anna Harris (f rom 1/1/2000) Paper Conserv a t o r Joanna Nicholls (to 20/8/99) William T Dean Emily Gilbert Kerry Howells (to 10/9/99) Archaeology & Senior Curatorial Assistant Graham Davies Visitor Services Management Numismatics Mike Jones Anne Marie Kane Visitor Services Manager K e e p e r T e c h n i c i a n Departmental Secre t a ry Christine Hitchins Richard J Brewer Keith Bowen Michelle Forty Deputy Visitor Services Manager N u m i s m a t i s t Administrative Officer Departmental Ty p i s t Colin Plain Edward M Besly Kay Kays Sarah Lendrum Assistant to Visitor Serv i c e s C u r a t o r o f M e d i e v a l & L a t e r Departmental Secre t a ry M a n a g e r A rc h a e o l o g y Carolyn Greene Geology Alison Jones Mark Redknap K e e p e r A s s i s t a n t V i s i t o r S e r v i c e s C u r a t o r o f E a r l i e r P r e h i s t o r y Biodiversity & Systematic Michael G Bassett M a n a g e r s Stephen Burrow Biology Assistant Keepers: Neville Stone C u r a t o r o f L a t e r P r e h i s t o r y K e e p e r H e a d o f P a l a e o n t o l o g y Colin Jones Adam Gwilt Graham P Oliver Robert M Owens Museum Assistants S e n i o r C o n s e r v a t o r A s s i s t a n t Keeper: Entomology Head of Mineralogy/Pe t ro l o g y Roy Allard Penny Hill Michael Wilson Richard E Bevins Dawn Baldwin C o n s e rv a t o r Head of Vegetation History Collections Manager Len Bates Louise C Mumford Christopher Cleal ( Pa l a e o n t o l o g y ) Rhiannon Beswick C o n s e rv a t o r Head of Vascular Plants Stephen R Howe Don Bradford Mary Davis Timothy Rich Collections Manager Les Buse I l l u s t r a t o r Head of Marine Invertebrates ( M i n e r a l o g y / Pe t ro l o g y ) Rhian Blackmore Tony Daly Andrew Mackie Jana M Hor´ak Rhodri Bowen Assistant Illustrator Head of Mollusca Curator (Palaeontology & Mike Brown Jackie Chadwick Mary Seddon A rc h i v e s ) Gary Celmer Collections Manager Curator (Lower Plants) Tom Sharpe Lesley Clark Elizabeth Walker Raymond Tangney R e s e a r c h A s s i s t a n t ( P a l a e o n t o l o g y ) Brian Clarke REPORT 1999-2000

John Cleary Ronnie David Administrator - Events Senior Conservator (Prints & Peter Collins Jenny Eccles Siân Edwards D r a w i n g ) Tom Critchell Joyce Feneck Administrator - Education Christine Mackay Gareth David Jackie Fulthorpe Esther Barnett B o a t C o n s e r v a t o r Neil Davies Sandra Giles Gareth James Windsor Davies Peter Gough E&I - MWL C o n s e rvation Officer Paul Devonshire Jackie Horne Education Officer Julian Carter Peter Doubler Margaret Hardy Matthew Davies C o n s e rvation Mount Cutter Rex Enoch Bev Jenkins Assistant Events Officer Anette Townsend Frank Evans Lynne Murphy Juli Paschalis A s s i s t a n t C o n s e r v a t o r s Graham Evans Cheryl Percy E d u c a t i o n C o - o r d i n a t o r Lisa Childs Bob Evans Marilyn Pooley David Colin Davies (to Hugh Chilcott Jennifer Evans Paula Powell 31/8/99) C o n s e rvation Officer Stuart Farr Kay Purcell Ffion Kynaston Vicky Purewal Jim Flell Chris Sargeant E d u c a t i o n I n t e r p r e t e r P e r s o n a l S e c r e t a r y Mike Goldsmith Elizabeth Simmonds Betsan Evans Lynn Weaver Dave Gough Margaret Shanahan Education Assistanst Alan Griffiths Sonia Jenkins Buildings & Estates Bryan Griffiths Jayne Murphy Management Terry Hagan COLLECTIONS & D e p a r t m e n t a l S e c r e t a r y Head of Buildings & EM Tony Hammond EDUCATION Eleanor Jones Mark Richards Gareth Hayes Buildings Manager Cornelius Healan Office of Director E&I - RLM Peter O’Hanlon Tony Hill Senior Personal Secre t a r i e s Education Officer Building Services Engineer 28 Ken Hooper Laura Harris Nigel Cross Paul Brookes Paul Hurlow Helen Lovell Bethan Lewis (to 31/7/00) Technical Services Manager Brian Husband E d u c a t i o n & E v e n t s F a c i l i t a t o r Ian Holden Graham Jones Education & Victoria Hutchings Security Co-ord i n a t o r Paul Knapman Interpretation Steve Davies Mike Knowles Assistant Director E&I - WSM E n e rgy & Cost Co-ord i n a t o r Brynley Latham Ian Fell Education Officer Wayne A Childs Andrew Lee S e n i o r P e r s o n a l S e c r e t a r y Celia Wyn Parri P a i n t e r David Lloyd Gaynor Williams Michael Dean Neil Mathews Operations Manager Library Building Surv e y o r Jim McNeil Phil Gibbins L i b r a r i a n Richie Garland Gill Mellings Senior Education Officer John R Kenyon Museum Te c h n i c h i a n s Narinder Singh Mann Geraint Price Assistant Librarian Colin Knapman Malcolm Morgan Visual Arts Education Officer Louise Carey Bernard Larsen Margaret Morgan Eleri W Evans L i b r a ry Assistant Philip Tunnicliffe Victoria Mynard H i s t o ry Education Officer Melanie Prosser M a i n t e n a n c e T e c h n i c i a n s Steve Owen Nia Williams L i b r a ry Ty p i s t Mark Westerland Alan Parker A rchaeology & History Education Eleanor Jones Michael Dean Dennis Pellow O f f i c e r D e p a r t m e n t a l S e c r e t a r i e s Doug Pugh Ken Brassil Documentation Pam J Hudson Colin Rees Natural Sciences Education Head of Documentation Melanie Lang Dean Rogers O f f i c e r Gayle Evans John Sendell Judith Scott Assistant Documentation Officer Information Technology Bob Styles Scan Officer Sally Carter IT Manager Joe Taylor Danielle Cowell CMS Assistants - Art Beth Lawton Stephen R Thomas Exhibitions Co-ord i n a t o r Bryony Dawkes ICT Project Manager Peter Thomas Deborah Spillards Bethany McIntyre (to John Williams Sylvia Thomas Events Co-ord i n a t o r 31/10/99) IT Trainer Terry Thomas Ceri Llewellyn (to 11/2/00) Mererid Rob e r t s(to 29 / 1 0 / 9 9 ) Chris Bowler Allen Tyler Project Cambrensis Officer CMS Assistants - BioSyB Computer Officers Celia Vincent Essex Havard Julia Samuel Gavin T Jones (Networks) Bryn Williams Branch Co-ord i n a t o r CMS Assistant - Geology Jayson Tyler (Networks) David Williams Rhian Thomas Graham Davies Prakash Dabasia (Support) Idris Williams I l l u s t r a t o r CMS Assistant - MWL Assistant Administrative Officer Rhys Wynne Williams Liz Forrest Lowri Roderick Emma Ashley Malcolm Williams T e c h n i c i a n s Lucinda Willis (to 12/12/99) Mike Brown Tom Davies Glanely Gallery Bryn Philips Loan Collection Manager Conservation M a n a g e r David Thomas Bryony Spurway Head of Conserv a t i o n Susannah Bulpin (from 17/1/00) Laurie James S t o resman / Van Driver Robert E Child F a c i l i t a t r o r s Cleaners Paul Evans S e n i o r C o n s e r v a t o r Ciara Charnley (from 1/12/99) Wendy Batten Administrative Assistant - Caroline Buttler Sally Pointer (from 12/11/99) Pat Blow E x h i b i t i o n s Assistant Conserv a t o r s Carol Clark Martha da Gama Howells Jonathan James Photography John Charles Departmental Secre t a ry Gareth James Senior Photographer Susan Coughlin Dave Elliott Andrew Holbrook Kevin Thomas R E P O RT 1999-2000

Photographic Officer Planning Co-ord i n a t o r Shop Assistants Janet Rees Jim Wild Diane Dollery (from 1/8/99) Emma Canter T e x t i l e C o n s e r v a t o r Photographic Officer Sarah Chandler Clare Stoughton-Harris Tony Hadland Ruth Evans C o n s e rvation Officer PUBLIC AFFAIRS Jane Fenton Joel Taylor (to 5/11/99) Waterfront Project Elizabeth George C o n s e rvation Officer, Fu r n i t u re Project Manager Office of Director Gwen Griffiths Michael Dos Santos Richard E Bevins Senior Personal Secre t a ry Marie Hippesley W h e e l w r i g h t / C o a c h b u i l d e r Project Administrator Angela Jones Margaret Johanson Eurwyn Rees Kay Joyce (to 31/7/99) Margaret John A s s i s t a n t Ke e p e r , F o l k l o r e Lisa Huish (from 9/8/99) Development Elen Langman (to 31/7/99) Robin Gwyndaf Development Manager Einir Lewis Richard Tynen Katherine Parsons Department of Historic BUSINESS SUPPORT Development Officers Zoe Rixon Buildings & Commerce GROUP Llinos James Clive Roper Curator Liz Emrys Shirin Shah (to 8/9/99) Gerallt Nash Administration Katie-Jo Luxton (to 14/5/99) Rosina Worth Assistant Curator Head of Administration Tracy Ogden Sioned Hughes Tony Lloyd Development Secre t a ry Senior Conservation Officer, Administrative Officer Claire E Davies MUSEUM OF WELSH R e - e rected Buildings Neil Harrison LIFE Ray Smith Assistant Administrative Officers Publications & Design C o n s e rvation Officer/Stone Mason Lisa Huish (to 8/8/99) Head of Publications & Design Office of Director Anthony L Griffiths Katie Byrne Penny Fell S e n i o r P e r s o n a l S e c r e t a r y Stone Mason S e n i o r P e r s o n a l S e c r e t a r y Graphics Officer (Pu b l i c a t i o n s ) Bethan Aur Lewis Paul Sullivan 29 Anna Harris (to 31/12/99) Arwel Hughes A d m i n i s t r a t o r B r i c k l a y e r T y p i s t 3-D Designer Carys Davies Andrew Price Alison Hall Simon P Tozzo Departmental Secretary Trainee Mason Graphics Officer Meinir Williams Gavin Beech Finance Martin Rees Assistant Administrative Officer C o n s e rvation Pa i n t e r F i n a n c i a l C o n t r o l l e r Web Officer Anwen Jones Clive Litchfield Nick Srdic Iwan Standley C o n s e rvation Carpenter Pu rchasing Officer Translator/Editorial Assistant Department of Cultural Ian C Morgan Gordon F Anderson Elin ap Hywel Life Metal Conserv a t o r / Fa b r i c a t o r Accounts Superv i s o r D e p a r t m e n t a l S e c r e t a r y Curator Anthony R Lewis Ray Anthony Mari Gordon Beth Thomas L a b o u r e r Financial Services Officer A s s i s t a n t C u r a t o r : T r a d i t i o n a l Michael Conway Mark W Rainey Marketing M u s i c , S p o r t s & C u s t o m s T e m p o r a r y L a b o u r e r s Assistant Financial Services Officer H e a d o f M a r k e t i n g & P u b l i c Emma Lile Christopher Evans Andy Hoey R e l a t i o n s L i b r a r i a n Mark Smith Pu rchasing Assistant Huw Thomas Niclas Walker Linzi Tierney Deputy Marketing Manager A rc h i v i s t Estates Salaries & Wages Officer Helen Jones Arwyn Lloyd Hughes Estate Manager Julie Burke Press Officer A rchival Assistant Andrew Dixey Sales Income Officers Siân Hughes (to 14/01/00) Joy Bowen T y p i s t Dawn Edmonds Promotions Officers Sound Te c h n i c i a n Lois Roberts (to 23/4/99) Susan Canter Clare Reddy Hywel Evans Telephonist / Receptionist Pu rchase Ledger Officer Julie Williams Sound Archive Assistant Linda Ladd Jonathon W Marsh Marketing Assistants Meinwen Ruddock T e l e p h o n i s t s Departmental Typist Kathryn Jenkins Sharon Ellis Melanie Lang Eirian Jones Department of Domestic & Gina Wilmot Press & Public Relations Assistant Rural Economy Senior Garden Conserv a t o r Personnel Esyllt Lord C u r a t o r Deborah Jane Evans Human Resources Manager Season Ticket Administrator Christine Stevens G a r d e n C o n s e r v a t o r Denise Williams Lynn Hudson A s s i s t a n t C u r a t o r o f R u r a l Juliet Hodgkiss Personnel Officer Departmental Secre t a ry C o l l e c t i o n s Exhibiting Craftsmen Gwylan Williams Margaret A Williams Gareth Beech W o o d t u r n e r Grading & Remuneration Officer Assistant Curator of Domestic Life Gwyndaf Breese (to 31/10/99) Stephen Haynes Commercial Mared Sutherland C o o p e r Assistant Personnel Officers C o m m e rcial Manager Assistant Curator (Fu r n i t u re ) Andrew Finch Cerian Goodbourn Mark Humphries (to Sioned Non Williams Weavers Elizabeth Martin 12/11/99) Curatorial Assistants Gareth Jenkins Per son nel Assi stant Acting Commercial Manager Dylan Jones Dewi Jones Siân Phillips Jo Collins Jonathan Wheeler Saddler Per son nel Assi stant Administrative Assistant C o n s e rv a t o r, Social History Peter Mason Leanne Cowley Megan Griffiths Susan Renault Miller D e p a r t m e n t a l S e c r e t a r y Shop Supervisor (NMG) C o n s e rvation Officer, Rural Life Geraint Rhys Thomas Elaine Roszkowska Diana Gwyndaf Brian Davies I n t e r p reter / Demonstrator Shop Supervisor (MWL) C o n s e rvation Officer / David Rhys Price Planning Peter Webb H o u s e k e e p e r S e n i o r A g r i c u l t u r a l T e c h n i c i a n REPORT 1999-2000

Keith Jones Rowland Lewis David Jenkins Rhian Elis Agricultural Te c h n i c i a n s Stuart Lewis C u r a t o r, Heavy Industry Catering Assistants Ian Smith Colin George Mathews Robert Protheroe Jones Nia Lewis Trystan Griffiths (to 18/2/00) Louise McNaughton Curator Coal Maiwen Baylis G a rd e n e r s Rhian Morris Ceri Thompson Rhian Williams Martin Crabbe Colin Murphy Curator Modern & Contemporary Cadi Hughes Peter Joyce Bethan Page I n d u s t ry Margaret Morris Paul Meech Geraint Parfitt Richard Davies Terence Smith Trefor Parry Documentation Officer Malcolm Thomas Hywel Price Jones Carolyn Charles ROMAN LEGIONARY Stephen Woo d w a rd (to 31/7/00) Calvin Rees Curatorial Assistants MUSEUM Paul Williams Carla Louise Rees Mark Etheridge H a n d y m e n John Eryl Roberts Peter H Bennett Museum Manager Dafydd Jones Leighton Sault-Jones Administrative Assistant Diane Dollery (to 31/7/99) Andrew Pratt (to 31/8/99) Siân Ceri Shapland-Davies Judith Martin Bethan Lewis (from 1/8/99) David Richards Andrew Snell Senior Conservation Officer Curatorial Officer Patrick Taylor Gareth Thomas Norman Windsor (to 3/6/99) Julie Reynolds Bleddyn Williams C o n s e rvation Officers, Models Administrative Officer Visitor Services Management D Arthur Williams Robert Davies Martin Studdard Visitor Services Manager C l e a n e r s Russell Ellis Education Support Officer John Owen Huws Norman Ball T e c h n i c i a n s Martin Collier Deputy Visitor Services Manager Angela Bulman Christopher Perry Acting Education Officer Glyn Williams Rosalind Davies Philip Tuck Victoria Hutchings (to 26/3/00) Assistant Visitor Services Manager Josie Evans S u p e rvising Museum Assistant E d u c a t i o n F a c i l i t a t o r 30 Robert Karl Davies Colin Goddard Norman Williams Eileen Pearce Museum Assistants /Interpre t e r s Pamela Griffin Museum Assistants Museum Assistants Dafydd Jones Beverley Hicks Cornelius Healan Emlyn Jones Phylyp Griffiths Anthony Hughes Brian Husband Helen Bolton Calvin Rees Susan Hughes C l e a n e r Mary Nichol Glan Jones Heather M James Margaret Hardy Mary Johnson Museum Assistants James Magee Cleaner Sharon Beaumont Valerie Maqueline Anne Clarke Geraint Bowyer Linda Palmer WELSH SLATE MUSEUM David Heath Davies Susan Searle Iwan Davies Ann Warner K e e p e r SEGONTIUM ROMAN J Alun Davies Christine Wood Dafydd Roberts MUSEUM Lisa Davies Teresa Done Administrative Officer Hywel Davies William Tucker Nia Hughes Museum Assistants Magali Davies Patricia Tucker Administrative Assistants Dennis Jones William Davies Ceri Hughes (to 28/9/99) John Parry David Gareth Evans Tina Burgess David Howard Evans MUSEUM OF THE Promotions Officer J Stanley Evans WELSH WOOLLEN Julie Williams TURNER HOUSE Peredur Evans INDUSTRY Exhibitions Officer GALLERY Gwynfor Griffiths Tudur Jones Phylyp Griffiths Museum Manager Collections Inventory Assistant Museum Assistants Ronald Arthur Higgins Sally Moss Lucinda Willis Tony Lace Nigel Richard Hughes T e c h n i c i a n Technicians Ron Norman Derrick Jenkins Keith Rees David Davies C l e a n e r Angela Suzanne Jones Administrative Assistant Dennis R Jones Christine Bowen Arwyn Jones Marlene James E x h i b i t i n g C r a f t s m e n / Te c h n i c i a n s Carwyn Rhys Jones Museum Assistant/Demonstrator Elwyn Wilson Jones Clodwyn Jones Geoff Ifans Haydn Lewis Gerald Jones T e c h n i c i a n Dylan C Parry Dafydd Jones Non Evans Owen G Roberts Endaf Jones Cafe/Shop/Admissions Assistant S u p e rvising Museum Assistant Gareth Jones Olga James Dilys Jones Gwenda Eirlys Jones Museum Assistants Museum Assistants Hugh Glanville Jones Sheila Driscoll Douglas Ellis Iwan Bryn Jones Helen Miles Gilbert Jones Jonathon Jones Project Assistant Maldwyn Owen Jones Brian Jones Judith Jones (to 22/11/99) Gareth Rolant Davies Lowri Orinda Towyn Jones C l e a n e r Meinir Jones Robert Jones Claire Davies John Williams Dylan Jones Roberts C l e a n e r s Alun Jones Joan Allsup William Owen Jones INDUSTRY Lynda Parry Bryant Keddy Carol Roberts Menna Edith Langford Senior Curator, Maritime & Margaret Roberts Philip Lewis Transport Collections Catering Manager The President and Council would like to thank the following, and those who wish to remain anonymous, for their generous support of the National Museums & Galleries of Wales in the period from 1st April 1999 to March 2000

Trusts & Foundations Individual Donations in excess of £10,000 Save & Prosper Educational Trust The Hon. James Butler The Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Headley Trust G.C. Gibson Charitable Trust Bequests Millennium Festival Fund The late Miss June Tiley Garfield Weston Foundation Stephen and Philippa Southall Charitable Trust The Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust Corporate Supporters Laingís Charitable Trust Barclays BG Transco plc BT Individual Donors giving in excess of £250 Lloyds TSB Commercial Alan K.P. Smith Redrow (South Wales) Ltd David and Diana Andrews Maskreys Mrs Valerie Courage Tower Colliery Mrs Christine Eynon United Welsh Housing Association Roger and Kathy Farrance John Foster Thomas G. Wyn Howells Founder and Corporate Members Dr Margaret Berwyn Jones Barclays Miss K.P. Kernick Coutts & Co. Rt Hon Neil Kinnock Golley Slater Public Relations Captain Norman Lloyd Edwards HSBC Bank plc Gerald Long Lloyds TSB Commercial L. Hefin Looker MEM Group plc Richard N Weston NCM Mrs Meriel Watkins Palser Grossman Solicitors John and Jane Sorotos S.A. Brain & Co. Ltd Mathew and Angela Prichard Whitbread Beer Company Also, 3 anonymous Patrons

Other Grants Individual Donations in excess of £1,000 European Union The Rt Hon. The Earl of Plymouth DL,FRSA Heritage Lottery Fund Gwyn T. Leyshon The Friends of NMGW Wynford and Sigi Evans Drs Peter and Margaret Elmes