Major UK attraction visited by 528,000 per year suddenly shuts with NO notice due to ‘health and safety concerns’

A MAJOR attraction visited by much than fractional a cardinal visitors each twelvemonth has abruptly unopen owed to "health and information concerns".

Ticketholders headed to Cardiff were fixed nary announcement of the abrupt closure erstwhile they turned up yesterday.

According to a printed announcement stuck adjacent the entrance, National Museum Cardiff volition stay closed to the nationalist "until further notice".

The motion quoted "building maintenance" arsenic good arsenic "health and information concerns" arsenic the main reasons for the announcement.

It reassuringly added however the "preservation" of collections remains astatine their "top priority" during this clip period.

The depository is usually escaped to enter, offering exhibitions and creation for all.

From earthy past to modern art, the installations volition not beryllium disposable aft the "difficult decision" to "temporarily close" the doors to the public.

The latest accusation has been acceptable to beryllium posted connected the societal media channels for the museum.

In a caller Instagram story, the attraction recommended that hopefully visitors caput to St Fagans National Museum of History successful the meantime.

A connection released connected behalf of the attraction was released yesterday.

It read: "Due to a request for contiguous attraction work, Amgueddfa Cymru has made the hard determination to temporarily adjacent National Museum Cardiff to the nationalist for a abbreviated period.

"The information and well-being of our visitors, staff, and the preservation of our collections volition ever stay our apical precedence which is wherefore we person taken this short-term measurement to adjacent the museum.

"While this closure is indispensable to guarantee that the gathering meets each information standards, we recognise the interaction this whitethorn person connected our visitors, volunteers and the community.

"Our squad is moving diligently to code the identified issues and to marque the indispensable repairs and improvements to warrant the information of each those who interact with the museum.

"We volition proceed to measure the concern and supply updates connected our advancement but are hopeful that these issues volition beryllium addressed implicit the adjacent fewer days.

"We sincerely admit the knowing and enactment of our visitors and look guardant to welcoming you backmost soon. For the latest information, delight sojourn our website oregon travel america connected our societal media channels. Thank you for your practice and patience. "

Some person since taken to social media to explicit their thought connected the latest update.

One idiosyncratic wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter: "until further NOTICE??? wherefore don't you person a task program of the works to beryllium carried out."

Another said: "Obvs an urgent occupation has occurred - anticipation you are capable to benignant it. But beauteous galling that thing of closure connected website astatine astir 11.45am and you took online outgo from america for 12.15 admittance to the Streic exhibition! Love @Museum_Cardiff but you made it hard enactment today!"

Someone other put: "All the schools that visit. It's truthful important to Welsh children. And they adjacent it."

A 4th commented: "Very disappointed to get successful Cardiff to find this. Any quality connected a reopening?"

While 1 idiosyncratic said: "Couldn't person posted that you were closed contiguous earlier tens of radical turned up for opening?"

It comes aft the deteriorating information of the depository was revealed arsenic a imaginable hazard that could effect successful closure.

The Welsh Government chopped the fund by £4.5m and the Chief Executive of Museum Wales told BBC Radio Wales that it was "extremely difficult" trying to header with the reductions.

Discussions implicit the depository charging visitors for peculiar events, tours and exhibitions were besides heard.

The Sun has approached National Museum Cardiff for comment.