St. Fagans National Museum of History

[BoobyBetty22]

I saw a thread about Glastonbury and it reminded of St Fagans.

Has anyone been? I went a couple of years ago and felt so uncomfortable the entire time and could not wait to get out of there!

There are houses you can go into- I literally ran out. I felt like I was being watched.
It really freaked and never forgot it .

Anyone else been and felt like this?

God, all this talk about St Fagans is making me miss it badly. There are so many lovely parts to it. The gardens are often quieter. If you have a small child, you can grab a lovely peaceful moment to yourself with a coffee while they have endless fun running up and down the steep slopes (daisy-covered in spring & summer) behind St Fagans castle. Lots of fun little ‘secret’ pathways through the gardens too. Not to mention St Fagans lake, which has a narrow rocky part which older children will enjoy jumping over. Sigh!

I love the fish and chips house

There was a little Victorian fairground there at one time, that was lovely.

Yep , in the red farm house in the upstairs bedroom. I have been there about 8 times with school trips and every time I am in that room I have a very uneasy feeling .

I have been many many times and I love it!
We always start in the red house.
At this time of the year they would have the fires going and it would smell divine.

There is always someone watching you though. Each house has at least one guide inside. They are there to make sure you do not touch the items in the rooms and to tell you about how people lived at that time.
If you are lucky, you will catch some of the voluntiers doing a task, like spinning wool.
I got a bit of a freight sometimes as not seeing the guide straight away when walking in a room. Most houses are dark inside, so it takes a few seconds to adjust your eyes, and the guide tends to be dressed in black and in a corner, as to be out of the visitors way. Is that maybe what it spook you?

Here’s a theory, although i don’t know St Fagan’s at all so don’t know if it fits -

Apparently much of the “spooky”, “foreboding”, “felt a presence” feeling associated with haunted sites can be explained by sub-sonic harmonics which trigger a very weird physical response in the body. If the wind whistles down the chimney at exactly the right note, or a draft blows through the cellar or pipes vibrate just right, it can trigger an instant feeling of panic, fight or flight, encroaching danger. The sound is too low for us to be consciously aware of. It can be replicated in a lab, but when the sound is switched off the “haunted” feeling disappears immediately. Could it be possible that something like this was happening, and you are just sensitive to a slightly different frequency to your mum?

@TheOrchidKiller

No, not felt like that there, or at any other living history museums such as Beamish or Black Country Living, or Museum of Kent Life. I love them.

Went to St Fagan's about 40 years ago on a school trip & was amazed that you could go in those old houses. Went again a few years ago & my only regret was we didn't spend longer there. I think it sparked off an interest in buildings & architecture- although I haven't chosen that as a career.

I also went there, almost exactly 40 years ago on a school trip to the Gower Peninsula. Bloody loved that trip and can still remember every single activity we did. St Fagan's was great and I still remember the cottages. The trip was for kids at my school in the London borough of Merton.

I love St Fagans! I enjoyed Big Pit too. Haven’t been to Glastonbury so can’t comment on that.

@BoobyBetty22

When going into the houses I just felt like I was in someone’s house uninvited. It felt really spooky. I just felt it had a very sad atmosphere and always felt like there were unseen eyes looking at me. I remember getting back to the car and felt relieved

My mum absolutely loved it and didn’t pick up on a spooky vibe

Must just be me?

Some of the places do feel like this, a friend hates it and says it feels “dead” . I found it very sad that the buildings have been removed from their places and communities, but the fear was that otherwise they would be lost completely, as so many Welsh houses were destroyed. So I feel conflicted about it. I can see that the houses have lost their people and purpose, but they are intact. It is difficult.

@Wineoclockinwales

Yep , in the red farm house in the upstairs bedroom. I have been there about 8 times with school trips and every time I am in that room I have a very uneasy feeling .

Yes that farmhouse.

@OneFootintheRave
For a moment I wondered if we'd been to the same school, but no! Must've been a popular school trip destination for schools in London & the southeast though.

It's changed a bit since then, with more buildings. There was one I remembered but couldn't find- probably remembered it wrong.

It was one of the best places I've ever been to.

I love St Fagans,I can't wait til my grandson is old enough to enjoy it