PCS members in the museums of Wales held a public meeting at the Eisteddfod today in Wrexham to continue its campaign against culture cuts in Wales.

National Library of Wales co-secretary Jeff Smith said: “We have lost 150 jobs in the National Library and are now down to just 200 people.

“Staff are doing their best, but with such job losses, we cannot deliver the service we need to and which impacts everything we do.”

National Museum of Wales branch organiser Alun Jones said culture workers in Wales had demonstrated outside the Senedd and took their protest against the cuts to last year’s Eisteddfod, where they had demonstrated outside the Welsh government stand.

“The work is still there to be done, and schools continue to organise museum trips, but we cannot open all the buildings.

“We have lost all the staff in the mineralogy department at the museum and people who bequeath their collections are now refusing to do so,” Mr Jones said.

At the National Library of Wales, IT staff have been cut, and Mr Smith said the union was worried the library would not be in a position to stop a cyber attack.

“In the light of the cyber attack on the British Museum, we are very vulnerable,” Mr Smith said.

The PCS is demanding fair funding for the museum service in Wales and an above-inflation pay rise for staff.

“Manifestos are being put together for next year’s Senedd election and our campaign is more important than ever as we try to influence the parties,” Mr Smith said.