Carmarthenshire Archives and Libraries

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Wales Archives and Libraries page.

Record Office
Carmarthenshire Record Office Carmarthenshire Archive Service Parc Myrddin Richmond Terrace Carmarthen SA31 1DS UK Telephone: 01267 228232 Email: [mailto:archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk archives@carmarthenshire.gov.uk ] Website: Carmarthenshire Record Office

Libraries
Ammanford Library 3 Wind Street, Ammanford SA18 3DN UK Telephone: 01269 598360 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Ammanford Library

Bedol Library Ysgol y Bedol Folland Road Garnant SA18 2GB UK Telephone: 01269 825933 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Bedol Library

Brynaman Library Community Centre Cwmgarw Road Brynaman SA18 1BU UK Telephone: 01269 824053 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Brynaman Library

Burry Port Library Brynmor House Carway Street Burry Port SA16 0AE UK Telephone: 01554 834478 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Burry Port Library

Carmarthen Library 9 St Peter's St Carmarthen SA31 1LN UK Telephone: 1267 224824 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Carmarthen Library

Cross Hands Library Carmarthen Road Cross Hands SA14 6SU UK Telephone: 01269 598382 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Cross Hands Library

Kidwelly Library (Llyfrgell Cydweli) Princess Gwenllian Centre Hillfield Villas Kidwelly SA17 4UL UK Telephone: 01554 891501 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Kidwelly Library

Llandeilo Library Crescent Road Llandeilo SA19 6HN UK Telephone: 01558 825323 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Llandeilo Library

Llandovery Library Town Hall Market Square Llandovery SA20 0AA UK Telephone: 01550 721626 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Llandovery Library

Llanelli Library Vaughan St Llanelli SA15 3AS UK Telephone: 1554 744327 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Llanelli Library

Llangennech Library Community Centre Rear of Hendre Road Nr. Old Bridge Inn Llangennech SA14 8TH UK Telephone: 01554 821537 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Llangennech Library

Llwynhendy Library Heol Elfed Llwynhendy SA14 9HH UK Telephone: 01554 778402 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Llwynhendy Library

Newcastle Emlyn Library Church Lane Newcastle Emlyn SA38 9AB UK Telephone: 01239 711103 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Newcastle Emlyn Library

Pembrey Library The Old School Ashburnham Road Pembrey SA16 0TP UK Telephone: 01554 830116 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Pembrey Library

Pontyates Library Welfare Hall Meinciau Road Pontyates SA15 5TR UK Telephone: 01269 862139 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Pontyates Library

Pontyberem Library Memorial Hall Coalbrook Road Pontyberem SA15 5HU UK Telephone: 01269 870891 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Pontyberem Library

St Clears Library The Gate Pentre Road St. Clears SA33 4AA UK Telephone: 01994 230127 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: St Clears Library

Whitland Library Town Hall King Edward Street Whitland SA34 0AA UK Telephone: 01994 241426 Email: [mailto:libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk libraries@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Whitland Library

Museums
Carmarthenshire County Museum The Old Palace Abergwili Carmarthen SA31 2JG UK Telephone: 1267 228696 Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Carmarthenshire County Museum


 * Carmarthenshire County Museum has on display a fine collection of paintings that are distributed throughout its galleries. The museum tells the fascinating story of Carmarthenshire. The museum is housed in a former Bishop’s Palace at Abergwili, near Carmarthen, and stands in its own grounds near the historic Merlin’s Hill.

Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery 6 Little Water St Carmarthen SA31 1ER UK Telephone: 1267 228696 Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Carmarthen Town Museum and Gallery


 * Beside the famous River Tywi, Carmarthen has been a centre of government since Roman times. The displays trace the history of Carmarthen’s varied past, from Roman Moridunum and royal borough to busy county town.

Kidwelly Industrial Museum (Amgueddfa Ddiwydiannol Cydweli) 1 Velindre Cottages Kidwelly SA17 4LW UK Telephone: 1554 891078/01267 228696 Email: [mailto:info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk] Email #2: [mailto:info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.org.uk info@kidwellyindustrialmuseum.org.uk] Website: Kidwelly Industrial Museum


 * This Museum houses the oldest surviving tinplate works in Europe. Sited a mile outside the historic town of Kidwelly the museum houses the second oldest recorded tinplate works in the UK. This unique museum is dedicated to the interpretation of the tinplate industry in general and specifically the packmill process. The locally around the Kidwelly and Llanelli area was once the home to nearly half the world’s tinplate production.

National Museum of Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru) Website: National Museum of Wales


 * Amgueddfa Cymru is a family of seven museums located throughout Wales. They are the National Museum Cardiff, the St Fagans National Museum of History, the National Waterfront Museum, the Big Pit National Coal Museum, the National Slate Museum, the National Roman Legion Museum, and the National Wool Museum.

National Wool Museum Dre-Fach Felindre Felindre Llandysul SA44 5UP UK Telephone: 0300 1112333 Email: [mailto:wool@museumwales.ac.uk wool@museumwales.ac.uk] Website: National Wool Museum


 * The National Wool Museum displays tell the story of the Woollen Industry through working machinery, archive material, and exciting hands-on displays and textile gallery. Wool was historically the most important and widespread of Wales's industries and the National Wool Museum is housed in the historic former Cambrian Mills which made shirts and shawls, blankets and bedcovers, woollen stockings and socks sold throughout the world. The picturesque village of Dre-fach Felindre in the beautiful Teifi valley was once the centre of the thriving woollen industry, earning the nickname 'The Huddersfield of Wales'.

Parc Howard Museum Felinfoel Road Llanelli SA15 3LJ UK Telephone: 01554 772029 Email: [mailto:museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk] Website: Parc Howard Museum


 * Find out why Llanelli was the tinplate capital of the world. The old home of the Buckley brewing family also displays Llanelly Pottery and a lovely collection of paintings by local artists.