Name: The Cardiff Story Museum
Rating: 5.0

The Cardiff Story Museum

Museum of Cardiff, The Hayes, Saint Davids Centre, Cardiff CF10 1BH, UK

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The Museum of Cardiff is a museum in Cardiff, Wales that exhibits the history of the city. The museum opened on 1 April 2011 and entrance is free. The museum has a collection of 3,000 objects and Cardiff-related artefacts, many donated from Cardiff residents and communities.

The Museum of Cardiff is a great starting point for any visit to Cardiff, and gives an introduction to the city’s history through engaging, interactive displays. It uses the stories of the people who have lived and worked in the city over past centuries to bring history to life.

Free entry. If you are looking for Best place for day out with kids and families then this is the perfect destination offering fun, adventure, and unforgettable memories for everyone.

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Host birthday parties: No

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About the collection

Our collection is an important part of Cardiff’s heritage and helps us 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 we collect have personal stories attached to them, so it is the people who have shaped the city that tell its story.
We are always collecting! We continue to add to our collection to make sure we represent the diversity of Cardiff and its communities, past and present.
We collect items from the past, and from today – contemporary collecting is important to us. Collecting objects and stories from the present means that future generations will know what Cardiff was like today.
This teapot has crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice. It was given to Maggie Williams Harris in 1927 as she was about to board a ship at Cardiff Docks that would take her and her young family to Canada to start a new life. When Maggie’s granddaughter emigrated back to Wales, she brought the teapot with her and donated it to the Cardiff Story.
This clock was made by Edward Kaltenbach, probably in the late 1800’s. Edward came to Cardiff from Baden (now part of Germany) and opened a shop as a jeweller and watchmaker in 1866. The shop, on Caroline Street, was lived in and run by the family for 131 years, until his granddaughters finally closed it in 1997.
Veronica Smith’s family moved from Italy to Cardiff in the 19th Century. This tambourine belonged to Veronica’s grandmother, who played it with her husband to earn money as they travelled from Italy to Cardiff, walking over the Alps as they came. Like many other Italian families they settled in Adamsdown.