Conference Rooms

Cyfarthfa Castle has two rooms available for hire, although the larger room is only available in the evenings. The rooms may be used for meetings, seminars and conferences, comfortably seating up to 70 delegates. The Tearoom is able to provide tea/coffee and buffet lunches for these meetings.

Crawshay Office

Popular for meetings/seminars and licensed for civil weddings, this room seats up to 45 people, and catering can be provided in this room.

Yellow Room

This room seats up to 70 people comfortably, and is therefore suitable for larger groups. Catering for meetings held in this room will be undertaken in the Crawshay Office.

In the interest of the general public it is not possible to use any other part of the museum during opening hours.

Equipment/Facilities

The museum can provide a slide projector and/or overhead projector, a screen, a lectern stand, TV and video, P.A. system, and a flip chart board. You are expected to provide your own pens/flipcharts/acetates etc.

Exhibits Stands / Welcome Table

If exhibition stands are to be used as part of your event, then in the interest of museum visitors, they can only be placed in the hired rooms. A welcome table with information/name badges may be placed in the entrance hall of the museum for the arrival of delegates, or in the meeting room if preferred.
Weekend conferences are not possible due to the high number of visits to the museum by the general public.

How to Make a Booking

1. E-mail museum@merthyr.gov.uk or

2. Telephone the Museum on 01685 727371 to check the availability. When the date/times have been agreed, museum staff will pencil you into the bookings diary, and send you a booking enquiry form. This should then be signed and sent back to the museum to ensure that all the details are correct, and to confirm your interest in booking the facilities.

3. Once the Museum has received your completed enquiry form you will receive confirmation of booking authorised by a museums officer. This will outline the final details including price etc, and is your assurance that the booking is exactly as requested.

Evening Functions
(including concerts/presentations/lectures)

The details listed above also apply for evening bookings. The maximum number of people allowed in the Yellow Room for entertainment is 70. This number includes performers and any staff on duty in the room. To make a booking please follow the procedure outlined above.
There is an additional charge for hiring the museum for out of hours use.

Hire Costs

• Room Hire (Yellow Gallery) per hour - £60 per hour
• Room Hire (Wedding Room) per hour - £50 per hour
• Out of hours supplement - £40 per hour