National Museum Cardiff hosts a futuristic visitor over Easter period

20th April 2011

After travelling through time and space Doctor Who's TARDIS will be landing at National Museum Cardiff on Thursday 21st April and staying over the Easter school holidays until Tuesday 3 May.

National Museum Cardiff has been used to film a variety of different scenes in the new Doctor Who series which is made by BBC Cymru Wales and starts on BBC One on Saturday 23 April at 6pm. The world-famous blue police box will be located in the main hall of the museum in the west wing.

TARDIS stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space - the machine has been the chosen mode of transport for all of the ElevenDoctors on their intergalactic adventures.

Nigel Williams, Visitor Service Manager at National Museum Cardiff, is pleased to have the extra attraction.

"I'm delighted that the TARDIS is in place in time for the Easter weekend and over the school holidays and a chance for visitors to witness this world-famous blue box in the main hall.

“There is a host of events and activities at National Museum Cardiff over the Easter holidays, from a printmaking workshop to an Easter egg hunt to explore, discover, create family workshops.  The Natural History Galleries, which house the Museum’s popular collections of animals, birds and insects, have recently reopened and we have a brand new exhibition, High Kicks and Low Life: Toulouse-Lautrec Prints from the British Museum’s fine holdings.

Entry to the Museum is free, thanks to the support of the Welsh Assembly Government. 

Find out more about Doctor Who's TARDIS at the National Museum Cardiff here.

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