Aberystwyth Arts Centre is an award winning arts facility, the largest and busiest arts centre in Wales with a wide-ranging programme of events and activities across all art forms. Over 700,000 visitors a year are welcomed, and the Centre employs 40 full time and 119 part time staff.
In 2000, the Arts Centre completed a major £4.3 million redevelopment project which was largely funded by the National Lottery, and now has facilities unrivalled throughout much of the UK; leading it to be recognised as a national centre for arts development and described as a ?national flagship for the arts.? It is a department of Aberystwyth University.
The building houses a concert hall, theatre, two galleries, ceramics collection gallery, cinema, studio theatre, workshops (including pottery, dark room, recording studio, digital lab), café, Craft & Design shop, Bookshop, bars, and full backstage facilities.