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Sure to be a crowd pleaser; there is an exhibit for everyone from dinosaurs to botany and mammoths to fine art.

With so many different things to see, it’s hard to be bored here.

Spinster sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies donated their huge collection (over 260 works) of Impressionist art, putting this museum on the international map. Both sisters had a deep love of the arts and felt it was their religious duty to spend their father's fortune in an effort to help others.

The museum is a hot spot for the filming of BBC shows such as "Doctor Who," "Torchwood," and "Sarah Jane Adventures." Like the Doctor, the Museum has taken on many faces of it’s own such as the Musee D’Orsay and the International Gallery in London. Don’t grab your camera and go Tardis hunting just yet; filming of the show is generally done on a closed set.

Don’t want a boring chapel wedding? You can get married here and celebrate amongst famous works, like Renoir’s La Parisienne. Critics remark how the woman in blue appears to be trying to look chaste and her skin almost a sickly green. Hopefully that’s not an omen for couples who marry here!

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National Museum Cardiff (Welsh: Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd), formerly known as the National Museum of Wales, is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. Entry is kept free by a grant from the Welsh Government.

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