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Main Character Energy: The Power of the Portrait Aberystwyth National Library

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Join Mari Elin Jones, Interpretation Officer at the National Library of Wales and curator of the Portrait and Power exhibition, and her special guest, Mel Owen, for an in-depth look at some of the exhibition’s most striking portraits.

Join them as they explore some the exhibition’s main characters, why they were chosen and what they reveal about the power of the portrait. An

English language event.

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Main Character Energy: The Power of the Portrait

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National Library of Wales, Rhiw Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3BU

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Event (18 Feb 2026)
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Wednesday17:00

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National Library of WalesNational Library of Wales, AberystwythThe National Library of Wales is one of the world's great libraries. It is a legal deposit library, and holds the world's largest collection of works about Wales and other Celtic nations.

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