Museums & Galleries · Cardiff
Cider Making Display
📍 CF5 6DU
Photo: Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Listed building housing a display of cider-making equipment
- One of the Museum's first galleries, created in the 1960s
- Learn how cider was the staple drink of farmworkers
- Discover the daily cider allowance farmers gave their workers
- Find out how the practice ended with the Agricultural Wages Board
The Cider-Making Display sits within one of the Museum's earliest galleries, a listed building originally created in the 1960s to show agricultural vehicles and now home to a collection of cider-making equipment. The display tells the story of cider as the staple drink of farmworkers in the Welsh border counties, explaining how farm servants once insisted on it as a right and how communal jobs like sheep washing and shearing were known for heavy drinking. You'll learn how the tradition ended when the Agricultural Wages Board of 1921 raised labourers' wages. It suits visitors curious about rural and agricultural history. The attraction is in St. Fagans, Cardiff, with Fairwater station 1.6 miles away and 41 bookable places to stay within 5 miles.
Practical details
- Best for
- Visitors interested in rural history and farming traditions
From the attraction's own website on 29 Sep 2026 — check before you travel.
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- ✓ Gift Shop
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🚆 Or come by train
- Fairwater 1.6 miles
- Danescourt 1.7 miles
- Waun-Gron Park 1.7 miles
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