Abertillery and District Museum

I remember as a kid visiting the museum when it was located under the town library — I was always afraid becasue one of the first exibits was a WW2 Gas mask and I found that very scary! Nowdays teh museum has a bright new home on the ground floor of the old Market Hall, beneath the Metropol Theatre. It’s run by volunteers who do a fab job of maintaining the history of Abertillery — They have stone age bronze age and Roman artefacts but for me the most important ear of the towns history was that running from the Industrial revolution when our cola helped run the world, through to the late 1970’s when the mines began to close — and life in this time is amply recalled in the museums displays which include a Miners Kitchen, along with the social aspects that dominated at the time which include of course; rugby and Webbs brewery! — Come and see Abertillery Museum particularly if you live there — it6’s worth seeing.