; a Big Day Out! Richard Thomas Heads to ... Museum, Swansea.

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WHY? Jam-packed with the latest interactive technology married with traditional displays, the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea offers visitors a unique and fully involved learning experience for the 21st century. So with the Welsh weather, why not enjoy finding out about Swansea's vast industrial and maritime heritage at Wales's newest national museum? WHAT'S THE BUZZ? The museum tells the story of industry and innovation in Wales, now and over the last 300 years. It uses a collage of real-life artefacts, archive footage and photographs, 2-D graphic panels, video diaries and various and often ingenious interactive computer displays, to bring Wales's industrial and social history vividly to life for visitors. We wanted to look at the impact industrialisation had on the people of Wales. We are trying to break the mould and tell stories right up to the present day ... It's not having gadgets for gadgets' sake -- the technology allows us to get the real stories", Dr Richard Bevins, keeper of geology at the National Museum Wales, said in 2005.

ANY HISTORY? Lots, the museum has more than 100 historical artefacts from Wales's industrial past. Formerly the site of the Swansea Industrial & Maritime Museum, the new National Waterfront Museum was opened in October 2005. The museum building itself is a synthesis of contemporary architecture and Welsh history. The building combines a Grade II listed former dockside warehouse built in 1902 with a 21st-century glass and slate structure, designed exactly a century later by Stirling Prize-winning architects Wilkinson Eyre.

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; a Big Day Out! Richard Thomas Heads to ... Museum, Swansea.

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