St Fagan's National History Museum

Between our house and Cardiff there is the Museum of Welsh history on the grounds of St Fagan's Castle - a 16th century manor house.  Its an open air museum that covers about 500 years of welsh history.  There are over 40 original structures transported and re-erected from different historic periods.  What great about this attraction is that its FREE via support from the Welsh government.  This weekend the weather was good on Saturday so we packed up a picnic and headed to St. Fagans for a few hours.

 

Here is a video of the boys riding a hand cranked amusment ride:

 

Here is another video of the smithy.  The boys were enamored with the blacksmith and I had to pry them out of there.  Hunter says he wants to be a blacksmith so he can make swords.  He's about 500 years too late.

 

Before we left, we wandered over to the Castle and Gardens.  A great spot for a picnic next time we visit!