Brecknock Museum

Brecknock Museum is a museum in Brecon, the old county town of Brecknockshire or Breconshire, now part of south Powys, in Mid Wales. It is managed by Powys County Council.

Location

Brecknock Museum is located in the old shire hall, Captain's Walk, The Watton, Brecon town centre.

Exhibits, artifacts and the collection

The museum displays a wide range of local artifacts from both prehistory covering the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the period of Roman Britain, Roman Wales and the Dark Ages and the emergence of Brycheiniog, plus exhibits from the historical period covering medieval and later history.

The rural life and agricultural and farming life of the county is also reflected through both artifacts and art work such as paintings by local and national artists on display.

Rare exhibits include a Dugout (boat) or primitive canoe from Llangorse Lake and a tombstone of a cavalryman from Y Gaer, Brecon Roman fort.

The museum also has an art gallery. It is sited within the shire hall, where in previous years Assize court cases, including murder trials, were held [http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/4173] .

Opening times

The Brecknock Museum is open from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10-5pm on Saturdays plus 12.00 midday to 5 pm on Sundays (see website for details).

Admission is free for local residents - small fee for tourists.

External Links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/brecon_life/pages/brecknock_museum.shtml BBC Mid Wales feature on the museum]
* [http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=2114&L= Museum website at Powys County Council]
* [http://www.breconbeacons.org/content/visit-us/easy-access/places-to-visit-with-easier-and-disabled-access/brecknock-museum Basic info from the Brecon Beacons website]
* [http://www.gtj.org.uk/search/simpleSearch.php?srch=Brecon&lang=en 123 pages of artifacts associated with Brecon held on Gathering the Jewels the website for Welsh Cultural History]