The work on the museum commenced in 1946, thanks to the donation of land from the Earl of Plymouth.
Iorwerth Peate - (1901 - 1982) founder, National Folk Museum of Wales, St. Fagan's
The Academi attracted notable Welsh writers and academics into its society from the start, and while a Welsh language-only publication, had as its chairmen Iorwerth Peate (1959–63), T. J. Morgan (1963-66) and J. E. Caerwyn Williams (1966-1975).