- Wikidata identifier:
- Q85673806
- Also known as:
- Amgueddfa Penmaenmawr
- Part of:
- Diwylliant Conwy – Conwy Culture
- Instance of:
- organization; museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 2314
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q85673806/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Collection development policy)
Penmaenmawr Museum’s collection evolved prior to the development of the Museum. A personal collection belonging to local historian, Ivor Davies, was bequeathed after his death to another local historian, Dennis Roberts, who was instrumental in the inception of the museum and continues as a Trustee of Penmaenmawr Historical Society and Museum to this day. The establishment of a physical museum in Penmaenmawr led to further donations from people who lived in the area or had family connections. Donations of objects, photographs and the collection of stories are now mainly driven through the museum’s physical presence in the town centre and through online interest.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2021
Licence: CC BY-NC
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
Examples of rough out stone axes from the Neolithic Graiglwyd, Penmaenmawr and associated stone-working waste products.
Tools, equipment, by-products and other objects relating to historic and recent quarrying at Penmaenmawr.
Domestic items relating to 19th century life of quarry workers’ families.
An archival collection of record books, maps, photographs, postcards and plans relating to Penmaenmawr’s history.
Pottery and stone artefacts recovered from excavations at Braich-y-Dinas, dating from the Bronze Age and Neolithic.
Examples of tourist ephemera relating to Penmaenmawr dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2021
Licence: CC BY-NC