{"id":16757,"date":"2026-05-21T21:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/?post_type=events&#038;p=16757"},"modified":"2026-05-21T21:45:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:45:41","slug":"risca-museum-open-day","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/events\/risca-museum-open-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Risca Museum Open Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" single-featured-image\">\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Open-Day-poster-draft26-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-tagline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"\" class=\"block text-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/listings\/risca-museum\/\"><strong>Risca Museum<\/strong><\/a> for their Open Day in conjunction with the Western Valleys Model Railway Club!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outside, there will be &#8216;old-fashioned&#8217; games for you to try your hand at. Experience &#8216;going underground&#8217; but be prepared to get your hands and knees dirty!<\/li>\n<li>Inside, talk to local experts about what life was like in the South Wales Valleys during the last 250 years.<\/li>\n<li>Try your hand at firefighting, World War Two style!<\/li>\n<li>Outside, you can get closer to some of the artefacts our grandparents used to &#8216;shape&#8217; the way we live today in South Wales, with saws, drills and planes.<\/li>\n<li>Pick up a quiz sheet (adult quiz and children&#8217;s quiz) and you&#8217;ll find there&#8217;s a weet little prize at the end!<\/li>\n<li>Upstairs, find the railway modellers showing local and distant layouts including Pontypool Road, Newport &amp; District<\/li>\n<li>Downstairs, look out for the printers, who will explain how printing was done way, way before we hit the &#8216;print&#8217; button on our electronic devices!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday 23rd May<\/li>\n<li>10am &#8211; 4pm<\/li>\n<li>Free to 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