diff --git a/packages/framework/src/HydeServiceProvider.php b/packages/framework/src/HydeServiceProvider.php
index 0a4c751588b..c190b79816b 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/HydeServiceProvider.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/HydeServiceProvider.php
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ function () {
 
             Commands\HydePackageDiscoverCommand::class,
         ]);
+
+        $this->registerModuleServiceProviders();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -136,4 +138,14 @@ protected function storeCompiledSiteIn(string $directory): void
     {
         StaticPageBuilder::$outputPath = $directory;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Register module service providers.
+     *
+     * @todo Make modules configurable.
+     */
+    protected function registerModuleServiceProviders(): void
+    {
+        $this->app->register(Modules\DataCollections\DataCollectionServiceProvider::class);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollection.php b/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollection.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a9e96604b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections;
+
+use Hyde\Framework\Hyde;
+use Hyde\Framework\Models\MarkdownDocument;
+use Hyde\Framework\Services\MarkdownFileService;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Generates Laravel Collections from static data files,
+ * such as Markdown components and YAML files.
+ *
+ * @see \Hyde\Framework\Testing\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollectionTest\DataCollectionTest
+ */
+class DataCollection extends Collection
+{
+    public string $key;
+
+    protected float $timeStart;
+    public float $parseTimeInMs;
+
+    public static string $sourceDirectory = '_data';
+
+    public function __construct(string $key)
+    {
+        $this->timeStart = microtime(true);
+        $this->key = $key;
+
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    public function getCollection(): DataCollection
+    {
+        $this->parseTimeInMs = round((microtime(true) - $this->timeStart) * 1000, 2);
+        unset($this->timeStart);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function getMarkdownFiles(): array
+    {
+        return glob(Hyde::path(
+            static::$sourceDirectory.'/'.$this->key.'/*'.MarkdownDocument::$fileExtension
+        ));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a collection of Markdown documents in the _data/<$key> directory.
+     * Each Markdown file will be parsed into a MarkdownDocument with front matter.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $key  for a subdirectory of the _data directory
+     * @return DataCollection<\Hyde\Framework\Models\MarkdownDocument>
+     */
+    public static function markdown(string $key): DataCollection
+    {
+        $collection = new DataCollection($key);
+        foreach ($collection->getMarkdownFiles() as $file) {
+            if (! str_starts_with(basename($file), '_')) {
+                $collection->push(
+                    (new MarkdownFileService($file))->get()
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $collection->getCollection();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollectionServiceProvider.php b/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollectionServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..513ebeac396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollectionServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections;
+
+use Hyde\Framework\Hyde;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\AliasLoader;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+
+/**
+ * @see \Hyde\Framework\Testing\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollectionTest\DataCollectionTest
+ */
+class DataCollectionServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    public function register()
+    {
+        // Register the class alias
+        AliasLoader::getInstance()->alias(
+            'MarkdownCollection', Facades\MarkdownCollection::class
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        // Create the _data directory if it doesn't exist
+        if (! is_dir(Hyde::path('_data'))) {
+            mkdir(Hyde::path('_data'));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/Facades/MarkdownCollection.php b/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/Facades/MarkdownCollection.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd7478a5e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Modules/DataCollections/Facades/MarkdownCollection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections\Facades;
+
+use Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollection;
+
+/**
+ * @see \Hyde\Framework\Testing\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollectionTest\DataCollectionTest
+ */
+class MarkdownCollection
+{
+    public static function get(string $collectionKey): DataCollection
+    {
+        return DataCollection::markdown($collectionKey);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Modules/README.md b/packages/framework/src/Modules/README.md
index 4bc1fd40d3d..57fff10f6f5 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Modules/README.md
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Modules/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 # Hyde Modules
 
 This directory contains self-contained code modules,
-that may eventually be extracted into packages.
\ No newline at end of file
+that may eventually be extracted into packages.
+
+They may also be merged into the Hyde core.
+
+As these modules may be experimental,
+the namespaces used may be changed without notice
+as per the current 0.x semantic versioning range.
diff --git a/tests/Hyde/Feature/Hyde/Framework/Testing/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollectionTest/DataCollectionTest.php b/tests/Hyde/Feature/Hyde/Framework/Testing/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollectionTest/DataCollectionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50aa0f28da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Hyde/Feature/Hyde/Framework/Testing/Modules/DataCollections/DataCollectionTest/DataCollectionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Hyde\Framework\Testing\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollectionTest;
+
+use Hyde\Framework\Hyde;
+use Hyde\Framework\Models\MarkdownDocument;
+use Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollection;
+use Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollectionServiceProvider;
+use Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections\Facades\MarkdownCollection;
+use Hyde\Testing\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\AliasLoader;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
+
+/**
+ * @covers \Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollection
+ * @covers \Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections\DataCollectionServiceProvider
+ * @covers \Hyde\Framework\Modules\DataCollections\Facades\MarkdownCollection
+ */
+class DataCollectionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    // constructor creates new data collection instance
+    public function test_constructor_creates_new_data_collection_instance()
+    {
+        $class = new DataCollection('foo');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(DataCollection::class, $class);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $class);
+    }
+
+    public function test_constructor_sets_key()
+    {
+        $class = new DataCollection('foo');
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $class->key);
+    }
+
+    public function test_key_is_required()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\ArgumentCountError::class);
+        new DataCollection();
+    }
+
+    public function test_get_collection_method_returns_the_collection_instance()
+    {
+        $class = new DataCollection('foo');
+        $this->assertSame($class, $class->getCollection());
+    }
+
+    public function test_get_collection_method_sets_parse_time_in_ms()
+    {
+        $class = new DataCollection('foo');
+        $class->getCollection();
+        $this->assertIsFloat($class->parseTimeInMs);
+    }
+
+    public function test_get_markdown_files_method_returns_empty_array_if_the_specified_directory_does_not_exist()
+    {
+        $class = new DataCollection('foo');
+        $this->assertIsArray($class->getMarkdownFiles());
+        $this->assertEmpty($class->getMarkdownFiles());
+    }
+
+    public function test_get_markdown_files_method_returns_empty_array_if_no_files_are_found_in_specified_directory()
+    {
+        mkdir(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+        $class = new DataCollection('foo');
+        $this->assertIsArray($class->getMarkdownFiles());
+        $this->assertEmpty($class->getMarkdownFiles());
+        rmdir(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_get_markdown_files_method_returns_an_array_of_markdown_files_in_the_specified_directory()
+    {
+        mkdir(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/foo.md'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/bar.md'));
+
+        $this->assertEquals([
+            Hyde::path('_data/foo/bar.md'),
+            Hyde::path('_data/foo/foo.md'),
+        ], (new DataCollection('foo'))->getMarkdownFiles());
+
+        File::deleteDirectory(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_get_markdown_files_method_does_not_include_files_in_subdirectories()
+    {
+        mkdir(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+        mkdir(Hyde::path('_data/foo/bar'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/foo.md'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/bar/bar.md'));
+        $this->assertEquals([
+            Hyde::path('_data/foo/foo.md'),
+        ], (new DataCollection('foo'))->getMarkdownFiles());
+        File::deleteDirectory(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_get_markdown_files_method_does_not_include_files_with_extensions_other_than_md()
+    {
+        mkdir(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/foo.md'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/bar.txt'));
+        $this->assertEquals([
+            Hyde::path('_data/foo/foo.md'),
+        ], (new DataCollection('foo'))->getMarkdownFiles());
+        File::deleteDirectory(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_static_markdown_helper_returns_new_data_collection_instance()
+    {
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(DataCollection::class, DataCollection::markdown('foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_static_markdown_helper_discovers_and_parses_markdown_files_in_the_specified_directory()
+    {
+        mkdir(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/foo.md'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/bar.md'));
+
+        $collection = DataCollection::markdown('foo');
+
+        $this->assertContainsOnlyInstancesOf(MarkdownDocument::class, $collection);
+
+        File::deleteDirectory(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_static_markdown_helper_ignores_files_starting_with_an_underscore()
+    {
+        mkdir(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/foo.md'));
+        touch(Hyde::path('_data/foo/_bar.md'));
+        $this->assertCount(1, DataCollection::markdown('foo'));
+        File::deleteDirectory(Hyde::path('_data/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_markdown_facade_returns_same_result_as_static_markdown_helper()
+    {
+        $expected = DataCollection::markdown('foo');
+        $actual = MarkdownCollection::get('foo');
+        unset($expected->parseTimeInMs);
+        unset($actual->parseTimeInMs);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
+    }
+
+    // Test DataCollectionServiceProvider registers the facade as an alias
+    public function test_data_collection_service_provider_registers_the_facade_as_an_alias()
+    {
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('MarkdownCollection', AliasLoader::getInstance()->getAliases());
+        $this->assertContains(MarkdownCollection::class, AliasLoader::getInstance()->getAliases());
+    }
+
+    public function test_data_collection_service_provider_creates_the__data_directory_if_it_does_not_exist()
+    {
+        File::deleteDirectory(Hyde::path('_data'));
+        $this->assertFileDoesNotExist(Hyde::path('_data'));
+
+        (new DataCollectionServiceProvider($this->app))->boot();
+
+        $this->assertFileExists(Hyde::path('_data'));
+    }
+
+    public function test_class_has_static_source_directory_property()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('_data', DataCollection::$sourceDirectory);
+    }
+
+    public function test_source_directory_can_be_changed()
+    {
+        DataCollection::$sourceDirectory = 'foo';
+        mkdir(Hyde::path('foo/bar'), recursive: true);
+        touch(Hyde::path('foo/bar/foo.md'));
+        $this->assertEquals([
+            Hyde::path('foo/bar/foo.md'),
+        ], (new DataCollection('bar'))->getMarkdownFiles());
+        File::deleteDirectory(Hyde::path('foo'));
+    }
+}