Editing Machynlleth (section)

==MoMA Wales==
Machynlleth is the home of the [[MOMA, Wales|Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Wales]]. It originated in 1986 as [[The Tabernacle, Machynlleth|Y Tabernacl]], a centre of performing arts in an old chapel, a private initiative by former journalist Andrew Lambert. In 1994 this was expanded with a new complex of art galleries, a recording studio and a language laboratory.<ref name="elusive 216">{{Citation|last1=Rowan |first1=Eric |last2=Stewart |first2=Carolyn |title=An Elusive Tradition: Art and Society in Wales 1870 – 1950 |chapter=Conclusions |pages=216–7 |publisher=[[University of Wales Press]] |year=2002 |place=Cardiff |isbn=0-7083-1769-3 }}</ref> Lambert had previously tried to convert the town's old railway station into a hotel and museum, employing international architect [[Richard Rogers]].<ref name="elusive 216" />

MoMA Wales hosts the annual [[Machynlleth Festival]], as well as its own annual open exhibition of art.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Whitfield |first1=Paul |last2=Le Nevez |first2=Catherine |last3=Stewart |first3=Carolyn |title=The Rough Guide to Wales |page=285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opqb0w3_lwAC&pg=PA285 |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-405389815 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222162747/https://books.google.com/books?id=opqb0w3_lwAC&pg=PA285 |archive-date=22 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>