The ‘Voices of Grangetown’ exhibition at Museum of Cardiff has been extended until April 26th 2025.
The exhibition, which shares the stories of people living in the community today, is the culmination of the museum’s ‘Young Curators’ project.
The project, which ran from September to December 2024, gave control of the exhibition to members of the Grange Pavilion Youth Forum, with the aim of diversifying the stories told in the Museum.
Funded by the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) and the Welsh Government Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan saw the Museum meet regularly with the ‘Young Curators’ group to provide training on creating exhibitions and collecting oral histories.
Cabinet Member for Culture, Parks and Events, Cllr Jennifer Burke said: “The young people involved in the project chose the themes for their interviews, the questions they wanted to ask, the people they wanted to speak to – it’s an exhibition about the community, developed by the community and told in their own voices. That makes it really special.”
Interview themes included moving to Grangetown, growing up in the area, the local shops, and the origins of the Grange Pavilion community centre.
Illustrators Jack Skivens and Chris House, and photographer Glenn Edwards were also selected by the group to help visually tell the stories featured in the exhibition.
The Voices of Grangetown exhibition is at the Museum of Cardiff until 26thApril 2025. The Museum, which is on the Hayes in Cardiff city centre, is open from Monday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm. Entry to the Museum and the exhibition is free.
