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Culture

Cardiff is a cultural city and is continuing to improve its status as a cultural capital. All sectors of the arts community are well represented in Wales. These include galleries, theatres, museums, concert halls and libraries, which host and support the many cultural activities taking place.
 

Museums & Galleries

Cardiff is home to the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, home to the largest collection of Impressionist Art, outside Paris. The museum is situated in Cathays Park and hosts a superb collection of works by Renoir, Cezanne and Monet. The Museum of Welsh Life in St Fagans is one of Europe’s leading open-air museums, a living village representing life in Wales throughout the ages. Cardiff also has a lively arts scene with a range of small galleries including modern art and photography. Find out more here.

Theatre

Cardiff's Theatres host everything from West End musicals to celebrity filled Christmas pantomimes, as well as the biennial Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre. Cardiff has several major theatres including the world-renowned Wales Millennium Centre, home to the Welsh National Opera, and the Edwardian New Theatre. Find out more here.

Music

Cardiff is renowned for its music scene with venues such as the Millennium Stadium, the Wales Millennium Centre, The CIA and St David's Hall providing the setting for international acts such as Madonna, U2, Oasis and Bruce Springsteen. Smaller intimate venues include the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay, Chapter Arts Centre and Cardiff University's Student Union, Solus.

Literature

Cardiff is a literary centre, and can lay claim to writers such as Roald Dahl and Terry Nation, writer of the original Doctor Who. Cardiff also hosts the annual Wales Book of the Year Award, where the best Welsh Language and English language works are chosen.

Many Welsh writers including Rachel Trezise, often meet in The Vulcan pub, along with many other published writers, including John Williams, Niall Griffiths, Desmond Barry and Lloyd Robson, as well as Tristan Hughes, Charlotte Greig, Sean Burke, Matthew David Scott, Grahame Davies and poet and chief executive of Academi, (the society for Welsh authors), Peter Finch.