Half-term discount for families at National Cycle Museum

20/10/20 Update: The National Cycle Museum will be closed from Friday 23rd October for two weeks as part of the national lockdown in Wales.

The museum is open on Tuesday and Wednesday this week from 10am-4pm and on Friday from 10am-2pm.
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The UK's main cycle museum, based in Llandrindod Wells in Mid Wales, will be welcoming families with discounted entry during school half term fortnight later, starting next week.

The National Cycle Museum charts the history of the bicycle, with more than 260 cycles - many rare unusual - of all ages on display, ranging from an 1818 Hobby Horse and Victorian solid-tyred machines to classic lightweights and the latest carbon-fibre designs.​​
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The museum, which has received various donated items since it reopened in August, is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am to 4pm and Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 2pm, subject to current Covid-19 rules.
 
From October 19-31, one school age child will be allowed into the museum free with each paying adult. Children are asked to bring a pencil, paper and board with them if they would like a rare chance to sketch a Penny Farthing or an unusual American  Eagle cycle, which are two of the most popular displays.
 
The museum would, under normal circumstances, supply the drawing items, but Covid rules stipulate that it’s safer for children to bring their own.

Located in the Automobile Palace building in Temple Street, the museum was officially opened in 1997 to house the private cycle collections of by Tom Norton and David Higman, curator from 1997-2010.
 
When the National Cycle Museum in Lincoln closed in 1998, its cycle collection joined the display in Llandrindod Wells.

The Automobile Palace, an ornate, Grade 2 Listed, Art Deco building, was built for Tom Norton senior in two stages, beginning in 1911. The building was originally known as The Palace of Sport.
To donate to the charitable trust, the finances of which have been impacted by Covid-19, send a cheque to the National Cycle Museum, Automobile Palace, Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 5DL.
For more information, visit http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk.
 
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Children drawing a Penny Farthing at the National Cycle Museum.
 
A replica of the unusual American Eagle cycle.