28/9/24

Join us for an informal 'Walk and Talk' tour around y Gaer's wonderful collections. 'Walk and Talk' Tours are held on the third Saturday of every month, starting promptly at 11am. Tours last 30 minutes and questions are welcome throughout.

'Walk and Talk' Tours are free, but donations to support the work we do are very welcome!

Check out the list below for upcoming tours and themes:

September 28th: Taxidermy - a Victorian Passion

From immortalising hunting trophies, dearly loved pets or scenes of kittens taking tea, taxidermy was a Victorian passion that evolved, filling our museums with lifelike representations of wildlife from across the World.

However, from the 1950’s our appreciation of displays of stuffed animals declined, a change perhaps driven by our enthusiasm for wildlife films that allow us to appreciate the beauty of living animals in their natural habitats.

Slowly but surely stuffed birds and animals were removed from display, but Y Gaer retains some intriguing examples from a diva’s chihuahua to a white crow, each of whose tale you’ll hear during this amble around our museum.

Please note: This event will be held in the medium of English with references to the Welsh terms.

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Additional spaces may be available on the day, please ask at the counter for more information.

Accessibility

We want all our visitors to feel welcome at y Gaer, so please let us know when booking if you have any accessibility needs our volunteers or staff should be aware of.

If you're unfamiliar with y Gaer, or this will be your first visit, you can find a 3D map of the whole building here, or by visiting the y Gaer page on the StoriPowys website here: www.storipowys.org.uk/y-gaer

y Gaer is also pleased to be able to offer visitors access to Changing Places facilities - you can read more about Changing Places Toilets on their website here