Museums · South Wales
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier — museum in Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Cardiff Central · 0.7 km
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2010. Managed by Cardiff Council. Address: CF10 3RB. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.4820°, -3.1810°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier (Welsh: Tanio llinell: Amgueddfa Castell Caerdydd o'r Milwr Cymreig) is an accredited, charitable museum which exhibits the collections of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh. It occupies the lower floor of the interpretation centre at Cardiff Castle.
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Background
History
The individual collections of the Queen's Dragoon Guards Museum, which had been based at Bowness-on-Windermere, and of the Welch Regiment Museum, which had been based in the Black and Barbican Towers of Cardiff Castle, were brought together at Cardiff Castle in 2010.
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- Coordinates
- 51.4820, -3.1810
- District
- Cardiff
- Parish
- Castle
- Postcode
- CF10 3RB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Established
- 2010
- Nearest railway station
- Cardiff Central — 0.7 km
- Opening
- Mar-Oct Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00, Sa-Su 09:00-18:00; Nov-Feb Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00, Sa-Su 09:00-17:00
- Official site
- cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5452077 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Museum-2010.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier?
- Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CF10 3RB), in the parish of Castle.
- When was Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier built?
- Built or established in 2010.
- Who runs Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier?
- Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier is operated by Cardiff Council.
- How do I get to Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier?
- The nearest railway station is Cardiff Central, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CF10 3RB.