Pontypridd Museum

Sometimes it's good to be a tourist in your home area. Despite being regular visitors to Pontypridd, neither my husband nor I had been to Pontypridd Museum . On noticing an advert mentioning their suffragette exhibition we decided to put that right. The museum is in a former chapel, and the original organ presides over the building with its impressive and ornate wooden dais. Despite the grey stone exterior of the chapel, inside it's fairly light, with beautiful stained glass windows and a fabulous ceiling. Like many chapels of its type, there is a galleried landing running around the outside of the main room. Hung from this are many union banners reflecting past...