The Chartist collection is a nationally significant collection of items related to the Chartist movement in Newport and includes images, weapons, newspapers, silver and documents from the time of the Chartist rising in 1839.
In this permanent display you can find out more about what and who the Chartists were, the Newport rising and the events which followed including the trial of the Chartist leaders, their sentencing and calls for freedom. You can also explore the legacy of Chartism.