Tenby Museum and Art Gallery

The museum sits right in Tenby town centre, a converted Victorian townhouse that punches above its weight. Inside you'll find local history exhibits - Tudor artefacts, maritime bits, geology - alongside a decent art collection of Welsh paintings and contemporary work. It's the kind of place that takes about 90 minutes to properly walk through, longer if you're genuinely interested in the town's medieval past.

This works best for anyone who wants to understand what made Tenby tick before it became a holiday resort. History buffs will appreciate the medieval charter and the domestic objects from ordinary townspeople. Kids won't be bored for hours, but there's enough interactive stuff to keep them engaged for an afternoon, particularly the sections on local shipwrecks and the Victorian era.

Admission is reasonable and it's free for under-fives. Opening hours are fairly standard gallery hours, though worth checking ahead as they do close for the occasional renovation. The museum sits within five minutes' walk of Tenby's beaches and the town's proper medieval walls, so it's worth combining with a seaside morning. If you're staying at Saltern Holiday Park, you're basically on the doorstep - less than a mile away. Even from the further parks like Florence Springs Glamping, it's an easy 15-minute drive into town.

The real charm here is that it feels genuinely local, not dumbed down for tourists. That's either refreshing or a bit underwhelming depending on what you want from a museum.