National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff (Welsh: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd), formerly known as the National Museum of Wales, is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. Entry is kept free by a grant from the Welsh Government. In February 2025 the museum announced a temporary closure due to maintenance funding issues. History The National Museum of Wales was founded in 1905, with its royal charter granted in 1907. Part of the bid for Cardiff to obtain the National Museum for Wales included the gift of the Cardiff Museum Collection, then known as "Welsh Museum of Natural History, Archaeology and Art," which was formally handed over in 1912. The Cardiff Museum was sharing the building of Cardiff Library , and was a sub-department of the library until 1893. Construction of a new building in the civic complex of Cathays Park began in 1912, but owing to the. Art collection The main hall of the Museum Gallery 4 (Art in 18th-century Britain) The collection of Old Master paintings at National Museum Cardiff includes, among other notable works, The Virgin and Child Between Saint Helena and Saint Francis by Amico Aspertini , The Poulterer's Shop by Frans Snyders , and A Calm by Jan van de Cappelle . Since 2016, the museum has had Rembrandt 's 1657 Portrait of Catharina Hooghsaet on permanent display. In 2019, a painting depicting the Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate, which was thought to be a late copy.