{"id":29322,"date":"2024-07-03T20:05:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=29322"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:45:36","slug":"the-national-waterfront-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/the-national-waterfront-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Waterfront Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>National Waterfront Museum<\/strong> is an engaging and modern museum located in <strong>Swansea<\/strong>, Wales, and is part of the <strong>Amgueddfa Cymru \u2013 Museum Wales<\/strong> network. Opened in <strong>2005<\/strong>, this museum offers a fascinating exploration of <strong>Wales&#8217; industrial and maritime heritage<\/strong>, focusing on the country&#8217;s transition from the <strong>Industrial Revolution<\/strong> to modern times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The National Waterfront Museu<\/strong>m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oystermouth Rd, Maritime Quarter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swansea SA1 3RD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/2015\/05\/30\/united-kingdom\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"589\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/swansea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/museum.wales\/swansea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk\">waterfront@museumwales.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+44 300 111 2 333<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily 10:00 &#8211; 17:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free admission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d158550.94492718816!2d-4.103953425048568!3d51.61664150271755!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x486e8b08216ac46f%3A0x463972b106a773f0!2sThe%20National%20Waterfront%20Museum!5e0!3m2!1snl!2snl!4v1720028904413!5m2!1snl!2snl\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aircraft collection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>CHW<\/td><td>Robin Goch<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-2-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-2-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-2-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Robin-Goch-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Robin Goch built in 1907 by Charles Watkins. Watkins claimed to have made several short flights with it, but unfortunately no evidence of this can be found. But the RAF did extensive research on this aircraft and they concluded that it would be absolutely airworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos Anne-Marie Roerdink<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Waterfront Museum is an engaging and modern museum located in Swansea, Wales, and is part of the Amgueddfa Cymru \u2013 Museum Wales network&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29322","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29322"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35556,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29322\/revisions\/35556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}