Opening Times 2025
We recommend a £5 donation to help us continue to care for the collections and host more exciting activities and events.
March - October
Tuesdays to Sundays, 10-5
November - February
Tuesdays to Sundays, 10-4
School Holidays
March-October, every day, 10-5
November-February, every day, 10-4
Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day
Plan Your Visit
Access
The entrances to the Museum, Bishop's Park, and Stacey's Kitchen are all step free. The route from the car park to the Museum is along pedestrian pathways that are level and suitable for wheelchair users.
There are two areas of accessible car parking spaces onsite. Visitors are also welcome to drop off guests at the Museum entrance.
We welcome suitably trained assistance dogs. Please read the access guidance below for more information on visiting the museum with an assistance dog.
Find further access information.
Tickets
The museum is free entry, but we recommend a £5 donation per person, which will help us craft our next creators.
Every penny you donate supports us to organise more activities and events that you enjoy.
Find us
See the map further down this page or find us on Google Maps.
We encourage all visitors to consider sustainable forms of travel to visit the museum.
Our sustainable travel guidance gives you more information on how to visit Carmarthenshire Museum using public transport and/or active travel.
Our address is Carmarthenshire Museum, Old Bishop's Palace, Abergwili, Carmarthen, SA31 2JG.
Families
See our Families page to get the most out of your family visit to Carmarthenshire Museum.
We also host plenty of activities, events, and exhibitions throughout the year. Find out What's On at Carmarthenshire Museum when you visit.
Eat, Drink, Shop
The museum gift shop offers cold drinks and ice creams. If you fancy something more, pop over to Stacey's Kitchen next door for breakfasts, lunches, and much more.
You're also welcome to enjoy a picnic around the Bishop's Park. There are plenty of benches and tables offering peaceful views of the Tywi Valley.
The gift shop also sells a wide range of products inspired by the collections and made in Carmarthenshire. From books to blankets, and toiletries to toys, you'll find something for all ages.
Photography
You're welcome to take photos for your personal use. And, if you post them on social media, don't forget to tag us @cofgar.wales and #CarmarthenshireMuseum.
Commercial or wedding photography at the museum and the park is subject to a charge. Get in touch with us to find out more at info@cofgar.wales or check out our Venue Hire pages.
All money raised through these charges helps us to keep Carmarthenshire Museum looking beautiful and to keep hosting amazing events and exhibitions.
Welcome to the Palace in a Park
See fascinating exhibitions, hear the Carmarthenshire story, and experience the atmosphere of an Old Bishop's Palace.
The county museum tells the stories of people, power and protest across Carmarthenshire, from the arts and crafts they made to the tools and techniques they used.
Based in the 700-year-old former Palace for the Bishops of St David's, you'll find reminders of that history throughout your visit. From a peaceful Chapel to a dark Old Kitchen, you'll find plenty to enjoy at the Palace in a Park.
Permanent displays showcase Carmarthenshire history in themed galleries, beginning with Power, People and Protest, and continuing through to a Victorian School Room and Second World War Kitchen. The collections on display showcase everything from crafts and customs to farming and fine art.
For now, some of our objects are taking a break for a while, mainly from Carmarthenshire's distant past. They include some of our most significant objects, like our Prehistoric and Roman archaeology, and our Welsh Christian memorial stones. But, we're currently working on renovating two new galleries, which we hope will host some of these treasures in fabulous new exhibitions.
We also run an exciting special exhibition programme, where we display a mixture of objects on loan from national galleries and museums and some of the collections we care for, in a new context. Between 2022 and 2024, we hosted three beautiful paintings from the National Gallery in London, as part of the National Gallery Masterpiece Tour.
Dylan Thomas Boathouse
Discover the iconic home and Writing Shed of Dylan Thomas where the poet experienced a creative renaissance
Parc Howard Museum
Discover the heart of Llanelli with stories of the town’s industrial past as well as an extensive collection of the area’s famous pottery.
Museum of Land Speed
Discover this brand new, family friendly experience which tells the story of Pendine Sands and the iconic speed records that were set there.
Kidwelly Industrial Museum
Famed for its local castle, Kidwelly is also home to the oldest tinplate works in Europe. Currently closed to the public, you can follow news of development at this historic place here.
Find us
Keys
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Abergwili SA31 2JG
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Felinfoel Road Llanelli SA15 2LJ
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Pendine SA33 4NY
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Kidwelly SA17 4LW
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Laugharne, SA33 4SD