Kidwelly Industrial Museum is situated just a mile from the historic castle town of Kidwelly, and just five miles from the town of Llanelli, which, at the end of the 19th Century was the Tinplate manufacturing centre of the world, giving the town the nickname of Tinopolis.
The locality around the town of Llanelli, including Kidwelly, was once home to around half the world¡¯s production of tinplate.
The Industrial Museum itself is the site of the second oldest recorded tinplate works in the UK and some of the remains of this works can still be seen today.
After a visit to the museum you will go away with an understanding of this complicated and fascinating process.
Opening Times 2014:
Easter Oprning times:
Tuesday 15th Thursday 17 to Tuesday 22rd
Thursday 24th and Saturday 26th
Summer opening Times:
May 3,4,5,24,25,26,27,29,31
Throughout June, July, August, September
open every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Opening hours are 10.00am to 5pm
( last admissions 4pm)
open on other days during this period if there are sufficient volunteers available.
Parties by arrangement at all times during the year. Conducted tours available by arrangement.
Please contact the museum if you are able to suppoprt the museum as a volunteer.
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