Burst pipes cause damage to the Royal Welsh Museum, Brecon.

I have received information from the Royal Welsh Museum, Brecon, that some burst water pipes have caused some water damage within the museum.

Apparently some quick thinking by the museum’s staff and volunteers prevented the damage from being far worse.

Photographs of the damage can be viewed on [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

JY

I have just had an update regarding the Museum, it will remain closed until at least March 2023, possibly even longer depending on the speed of the repairs.

JY

Posts : 3460 Join date : 2021-01-04

Thanks for the update John Salute

I have had an update from Brecon, the Museum will be reopening on 23rd May 2023!

To celebrate the fact admission will be FREE!

JY

Hi John

Great news, I hope there was not to much damage to artifacts, it would be a shame if there was.

Last edited by John Young on Sun May 21, 2023 10:59 am; edited 1 time in total

Eddie,

There was several hundreds of thousands pounds worth of damage caused to displayed collections, as well as to display cases and archived material.

JY

Hi John

What a shame, I thought at first it was a few cabinets and structural damage, never knew it was that bad.

Posts : 38 Join date : 2023-04-30

Hi John, will the original Victoria Crosses be on display or just the copies ?.

jgregory,

As far as I am aware only the Museum copies will be on display.

The original Victoria Crosses from the Zulu War in the Museum’s Collection were on display during the visit of His Late Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu in 2019, in fact His Majesty unveiled them for public display, since then I believe they have been returned to the vault.

JY

Posts : 38 Join date : 2023-04-30

JY, Ok, thank you.

jgregory,

If I find out anything to the contrary, I will let you know.

JY

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