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Article: Museum strategy gives St Fagans starring role.(Features)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- October 25, 2007
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Byline: By Karen Price Western Mail
A 10-year strategy will be unveiled today to transform the St Fagans national history museum into the centrepiece of Welsh tourism. With almost 600,000 visitors a year, the venue is already Wales' most popular tourist attraction. But the ambitious plan aims to turn it into "a world class museum of learning".
Featuring more than 40 original buildings from different historical periods, including a Celtic village, it tells the story of life in Wales.
The first steps towards the transformation were taken earlier this year with the ...