Welcome to our ‘What’s On’ page. This is the place to discover all you need to know about the Forum’s, as well as other locally organised, upcoming events relating to the rich heritage of this area.
NEXT FREE TALK
THURSDAY 13th FEBRUARY 2025
The Baileys of Glanusk: from ironmasters to landed gentry
Speaker: Eliane Wigzell
Bedwellty House – 2.00pm
Refreshments in the Orchid House Tearoom
NEXT TRIP
THURSDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2025
EBBW VALE WORKS MUSEUM
AND
GWENT ARCHIVES
There is no charge for this trip but, for admin purposes, we would like to know how many numbers are attending so please let us know by filling in the box below, if you would like to come. Please note that Gwent Archives can only take cash for anything visitors would like to buy from their shop.
SCHEDULE
The group will split into 2 and half will visit GWENT ARCHIVES and half EBBW VALE WORKS MUSEUM, then swop after a coffee break. Each visit should take an hour.
- Arrive for 10.00 am
- 10.00 am – 11.00am
Group 1: Archive
Group 2: Museum
- 11.00am – 11.15am – Coffee break
- 11.15am – 12.15pm
Group 1: Museum
Group 2: Archive
- 12.15 > Free time to explore on your own if you would like to.
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I WOULD LIKE TO COME ON THIS TRIP.
Food Options
Parking
Programme of FREE TALKS for 2025
2nd Thursday every month 2.00 – 3.00 pm
Venue: Bedwellty House, Tredegar
Thursday 9th January: By Train into the Heart of the Black Mountains – Bob Burson
Thursday 13th February: The Baileys of Glanusk – from ironmasters to landed gentry
Thursday 13th March: Early Ironmaking in the Upper Sirhowy Valley – Dr. Rob Richards
Thursday 10th April:
Thursday 8th May:
Thursday 12th June:
Thursday 10th July:
August – no talk:
Thursday 11th September:
Thursday 9th October:
Saturday 18th October: Heritage Day/Transport
Thursday 13th November:
December: no talk
Committee Meetings for 2025
3rd Monday every month 10.00-11.00am
Venue: Tredegar Library, Tredegar
- January – Monday 20th
- February – Monday 17th
- March – Monday 17th
- April – Monday 14th
- May – Monday 19th
- June – Monday 16th
- July – Monday 21st
- August – Monday 18th
- September – Monday 15th
- October – Monday 20th
- November – Monday 17th
- December – Monday 15th
Special Events
Saturday 18th October – Heritage Day: Transport
Monday 15th December – Christmas Meal
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The Wales Ambassador Scheme is a set of FREE ONLINE COURSES that will introduce you to different areas and attractions in Wales. You can increase your knowledge of Wales and help others to get the most out of their visit.
ART HISTORY COURSES
STARTING IN JANUARY 2025
- 10 week course with popular Monmouthshire Lecturer Eleanor Bird
- For MonLife Heritage Museums
- Online via Zoom
- Monday evenings 7-8pm, beginning 20 January 2025 (break on 24 February)
- (recordings available so that any lectures missed can be caught within 4 weeks, on Zoom)
- Course Fee: £55
To Book: Art History Online – Introduction to Art : Modernism
Diving into the work of artists who stood on the shoulders of Cubism – or reacted against it – and those who began to paint in pure abstraction, this ten-week online evening class explores the period from 1910 to 1950.
It introduces the many ‘isms’ of the early 20th century in straightforward language, from Expressionism to Abstract Expressionism, from Franz Marc’s blue horses to Jackson Pollock’s astounding creations. This series of one-hour lectures is an opportunity to gain an overview of the period and understand what the Modernists were hoping to achieve.
