Public art & sculpture · South Wales
Family
In or near Cardiff.
Family in Wales South, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cardiff Queen Street · 0.2 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the public art installation "Family" in Cardiff, you can get there via Cardiff Queen Street station, which is just 0.2 km away. Entry is free, and the site is wheelchair accessible. The postcode for sat-nav is CF10 3LN.
About
Family is a public sculpture in Wales South, United Kingdom, dating from 1983. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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Official information
The New Theatre in Cardiff hosts a variety of live performances, including theatre, musicals, and family shows. Visitors can enjoy a range of events featuring popular productions and well-known performers.
Protected designations
- Ramsar wetland: Severn Estuary
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary purpose of attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a married couple with children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents, spouse and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. The family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics. The word "families" can be used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, and global village.
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Background
History
Early scholars of family history applied Darwin's biological theory of evolution in their theory of evolution of family systems. American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan published Ancient Society in 1877 based on his theory of the three stages of human progress from Savagery through Barbarism to Civilization. Morgan's book was the "inspiration for Friedrich Engels' book" The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State published in 1884. Engels expanded Morgan's hypothesis that economical factors caused the transformation of primitive community into a class-divided society. Engels' theory of resource control, and later that of Karl Marx, was used to explain the cause and effect of…
Description
Contemporary society generally views the family as a haven from the world, supplying absolute fulfillment. Zinn and Eitzen discuss the image of the "family as haven ... a place of intimacy, love and trust where individuals may escape the competition of dehumanizing forces in modern society". During industrialization, "[t]he family as a repository of warmth and tenderness (embodied by the mother) stands in opposition to the competitive and aggressive world of commerce (embodied by the father). The family's task was to protect against the outside world." However, Zinn and Eitzen note, "The protective image of the family has waned in recent years as the ideals of family fulfillment have taken…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4824, -3.1735
- District
- Cardiff
- Parish
- Castle
- Postcode
- CF10 3LN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Phone
- +44 2920 878 889
- Established
- 1983
- Nearest railway station
- Cardiff Queen Street — 0.2 km
- Official site
- www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q123284118 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Family (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Family?
- Family is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CF10 3LN), in the parish of Castle.
- What is Family?
- Family in Wales South, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Family?
- The nearest railway station is Cardiff Queen Street, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode CF10 3LN.
- When was Family built?
- Built or established in 1983.
- Is Family a protected site?
- Yes — Family is part of the Severn Estuary Ramsar wetland.
- Is Family free to visit?
- Yes, Family is free to enter.
- How do I get to Family?
- The nearest railway station is Cardiff Queen Street, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CF10 3LN.