Their collection is an important part of Cardiff’s heritage and helps them to tell the city’s story, from the earliest times, through the industrial coal boom, to the present day.
Most of the objects, ephemera and photographs they collect have personal stories attached to them, so it is the people who have shaped the city that tell its story.
They are always collecting! They continue to add to their collection to make sure they represent the diversity of Cardiff and its communities, past and present.
They collect items from the past, and from today – contemporary collecting is important to them. Collecting objects and stories from the present means that future generations will know what Cardiff was like today.
