Welsh Museums Festival 2024: Brambell Natural History Museum open to the public

Bangor University’s Brambell Natural History Museum will participate in this year’s Welsh Museums Festival, celebrating Wales' rich history and Halloween traditions, with free, family-friendly events the length and breadth of Wales during the autumn half-term week.

As part of this year’s festival, Bangor University’s Brambell Natural History Museum will open its doors to the public on Saturday, 2 November 11:00am to 3:00pm. This will be an opportunity to visit the Museum, which is not usually accessible to the public, to learn more about the specimens on display. Students will be on hand to answer questions, and there will be an activities corner for children of all ages.

The University is working towards museum accreditation, a recognised standard for museums, to enhance access to Its collections. This forms a part of Bangor University’s partnership with Storiel.

Professor Oliver Turnbull, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, said, “Bangor University has wonderful museum collections, with interesting items from across the planet. It’s a pleasure to be able to open the collection to our wider community and show our commitment to education and the natural world.”

The Brambell building is located opposite ASDA and directions can be found on the website. 

The Welsh Museums Festival is generously funded by the Welsh Government and organised by the Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales.

To find out more about the events and for a full line up of festival activities, visit the festival website at: https://museumsfestival.wales