Monmouthshire Archives and Libraries

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

Archives
Gwent Archives Steelworks Road Ebbw Vale Blaenau Gwent NP23 6AA UK Telephone: 01495 353363 Email: [mailto:enquiries@gwentarchives.gov.uk enquiries@gwentarchives.gov.uk] Website Archives Collections Local Studies Reference Library Collections Search and copy service List of Anglican parish registers List of Catholic registers List of Non-conformist registers
 * Gwent Archives now serves the areas covered by these authorities: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council (former Islwyn Borough area), Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council and Torfaen County Borough Council.

Museums
Abergavenny Museum The Castle Castle Street Abergavenny NP7 5EE UK Telephone: 01873 854282 Email: [mailto:abergavennymuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk abergavennymuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk] Website
 * Abergavenny Museum displays tell the story of this historic market town from prehistory through to the present day.

Big Pit National Coal Museum Blaenafon Torfaen NP4 9XP UK Telephone: 0300 111 2 333 Email: [mailto:bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk bigpit@museumwales.ac.uk] Website: Big Pit National Coal Museum
 * Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of Britain's leading mining museums. Enjoy a multi-media tour of a modern coal mine with a virtual miner in the Mining Galleries, exhibitions in the Pithead Baths, and Historic colliery buildings.

- Blaenavon Ironworks North Street Blaenavon Torfaen Gwent NP4 9RN UK Telephone: 01495 792615 Email: [mailto:blaenavonironworks@wales.gsi.gov.uk blaenavonironworks@wales.gsi.gov.uk] Website
 * The best preserved example of an 18 century ironworks in Western Europe and centre of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site, nominated by UNESCO. The Ironworks retains its original furnaces, cast houses, and restored ironworkers' cottages.

- Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths High Street Newport NP18 1AE UK Telephone: 1633 422518 Email: [mailto:CaerleonFortressBaths@wales.gsi.gov.uk CaerleonFortressBaths@wales.gsi.gov.uk] Website
 * Inside a modern covered building in today’s Caerleon you can still explore the remains of the immense natatio, or open-air swimming pool, the cramped rooms where the men slept and stored their weapons and the most complete Roman amphitheatre in Britain.

Chepstow Museum Bridge St Chepstow NP16 5EZ UK Telephone: 1291 625981 Email: [mailto:chepstowmuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk chepstowmuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk] Website
 * Chepstow Museum reveals the rich and varied past of this ancient town, once an important port and market centre. The wine trade, shipbuilding, and salmon fishing are among Chepstow’s many industries featured in displays with atmospheric settings. Photographs, programmes, and posters recall the pastimes of local people, whilst 18th and 19th century paintings and prints illustrate the everlasting appeal of Chepstow and the Wye Valley to artists and tourists alike.

- Monmouth Museum Market Hall Priory Street Monmouth NP25 3XA UK Telephone: 1600 710630 Email: [mailto:nelsonmuseum@monmouthshire.gov.uk nelsonmuseum@monWebsite Monmouth Museum]
 * Monmouth Museum is home to a wonderful collection of memorabilia from the life of Admiral Horatio Nelson, including personal letters, pictures, weapons, and commemorative ceramics. There is also a large collection on Monmouth heritage including the only Monmouth Cap in existence.

- Newport Museum and Art Gallery 4 John Frost Square Newport NP20 1PA UK Telephone: 1633 656656 Email: [mailto:museum@newport.gov.uk museum@newport.gov.uk] Wesite
 * The Newport Museum contains a wealth of superb material from Roman archaeology to natural history. Two notable sections deal with the Chartist uprising and the Roman mosaics at Caerwent. Local history is strongly featured. The Gallery has fascinating collections of historic and contemporary British paintings and an excellent exhibition program.