Tenby Museum and Art Gallery

Lovely little museum perched up on the cliff top, above the band stand. A small entrance fee which is actually a 12 month pass. This gallery punches way above its weight with an art collection which includes Gwen and Augustus John, Graham Sutherland and Eric Gill. Very pleasant and knowledgeable staff, be sure to visit

This is a fabulous museum and art gallery. It has a lot of artefacts and information about the history of Tenby, art by local eminent artist Augustus John as well as many others. What made it special for us was an exhibition of Martin Parrs photos of Tenby, and a room full of portrait photos of local people. Absolutely brilliant in conception and execution. Hats off to the museum staff. Lovely and friendly.

We really enjoyed our visit, it's small but has some fascinating displays and videos on local history. My favourite was about the man who burried the bones of a baby elephant and claimed he had found mammoth bones in order to get some work.

Not very good value for money (£5.50 per adult). The exhibits have a lot of potential, with lots of local history artifacts. However, the set up of the museum is lacking with a lack of structure/story telling. The staff were also not forthcoming with engaging us in the exhibits, only there to manage the till/gift shop. There was lots of activities for children to do but these were poorly maintained. We went on a really quiet day but all of the activity stations were messy and unstocked.

Definitely worth a hike but we were not aware that it is a paid museum