diff --git a/docs/model_card.rst b/docs/model_card.rst
index 0128a5e0..0afdb7d2 100644
--- a/docs/model_card.rst
+++ b/docs/model_card.rst
@@ -113,6 +113,19 @@ using :meth:`.Card.select`, and you can delete sections using
 To see how you can use the API in ``skops`` to create a model card, please
 refer to :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_plot_model_card.py`.
 
+You can also fold sections after adding them to the model card. This is useful
+if you have a lot of content in a section that you don't want to show by
+default. To fold a section, you can use the :attr:`.Section.folded` property:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    section = card.select("Model description/Figures")
+    section.folded = True
+
+After setting :attr:`.Section.folded` to ``True``, the section will be collapsed by default
+when the model card is rendered.
+
+
 Saving and Loading Model Cards
 ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/skops/card/_model_card.py b/skops/card/_model_card.py
index 32ba9b8c..12fc2057 100644
--- a/skops/card/_model_card.py
+++ b/skops/card/_model_card.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ class Section:
     content: str
     subsections: dict[str, Section] = field(default_factory=dict)
     visible: bool = True
+    folded: bool = False
 
     def select(self, key: str) -> Section:
         """Return a subsection or subsubsection of this section
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ def select(self, key: str) -> Section:
         return section
 
     def format(self) -> str:
-        return self.content
+        return wrap_as_details(self.content, folded=self.folded)
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         """Generates the ``repr`` of this section.
@@ -1343,7 +1344,7 @@ def _generate_content(
             if destination_path is not None and isinstance(section, PlotSection):
                 shutil.copy(section.path, destination_path)
 
-            if section.subsections:
+            if section.subsections and not section.folded:
                 yield from self._generate_content(
                     section.subsections,
                     depth=depth + 1,
diff --git a/skops/card/tests/test_card.py b/skops/card/tests/test_card.py
index 9e625852..def12589 100644
--- a/skops/card/tests/test_card.py
+++ b/skops/card/tests/test_card.py
@@ -1918,6 +1918,50 @@ def test_toc_with_invisible_section(self, card):
         assert toc == "\n".join(exptected_toc)
 
 
+class TestFoldedSection:
+    def test_folded_section(self, destination_path, model_card):
+        model_card.add(foo="Foo")
+        model_card.add(**{"foo/bar": "Foo/Bar", "foo/baz": "Foo/Baz"})
+        model_card.select("foo/baz").folded = True
+
+        foo_details = (
+            "<details>\n<summary> Click to expand </summary>\n\nFoo\n\n</details>\n"
+        )
+        foo_bar_details = (
+            "<details>\n<summary> Click to expand </summary>\n\nFoo/Bar\n\n</details>\n"
+        )
+        foo_baz_details = (
+            "<details>\n<summary> Click to expand </summary>\n\nFoo/Baz\n\n</details>\n"
+        )
+
+        output = model_card.render()
+        assert foo_details not in output
+        assert foo_bar_details not in output
+        assert foo_baz_details in output
+
+        model_card.select("foo").folded = True
+
+        output = model_card.render()
+        assert foo_details in output
+        assert foo_bar_details not in output
+        assert foo_baz_details not in output
+
+        model_card.select("foo").folded = False
+
+        output = model_card.render()
+        assert foo_details not in output
+        assert foo_bar_details not in output
+        assert foo_baz_details in output
+
+        model_card.select("foo/bar").folded = True
+        model_card.select("foo/baz").folded = False
+
+        output = model_card.render()
+        assert foo_details not in output
+        assert foo_bar_details in output
+        assert foo_baz_details not in output
+
+
 class TestCardSaveWithPlots:
     def test_copy_plots(self, destination_path, model_card):
         import matplotlib.pyplot as plt