It was one of Cardiff's best known pubs, and a decade after it closed, progress in rebuilding The Vulcan at St Fagans Museum of National History has taken a huge step forward.
Despite being a much-loved institution of the capital, the pub - which counted members of the Manic Street Preachers among its customers - faced demolition for decades. In 2009 around 5,000 people signed a petition to keep open the pub, but it finally closed its doors in 2012, and was taken down brick by brick from Adam Street in Adamsdown before being relocated to the museum. You can read all our latest Cardiff stories here.
Eight years later, in 2020, the museum’s specialist team began reconstructing the iconic pub at its new site on the museum grounds. Building work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023. It will function as a real pub and people will be able to go for a drink, but the opening date has not yet been confirmed. Today (May 10) work began to fit the roof of the pub.
