Revolutionary Objects
Delve into our collection of artworks, objects and archive materials about events, people and ideas that shaped our modern world
Revolutionary Themes
Explore the Age of Revolution by theme - from war and the international order through social, cultural, political, economic and technological revolutions
About us - our project, team and partners
Find out about the people and organisations behind this web resource and our wider work.
Revolutionary Collection: Locomotion No. 1
The engine that sparked a transport revolution and transformed the lives and fortunes of people across the world.
Restoring George IV's opulent Saloon room
We look at the major restoration of Brighton Royal Pavilion's Saloon back to its 1823 splendour and opulence.
Income Tax? Blame Old Bomey
The Chairman on the Napoleonic origins of income tax.
Events
Exeter’s Fine Art Collection: Childhood
Explore the changing face of childhood in this exhibition that examines child iconography from the 17th to the 20th Century.
08/05/2018 to 18/11/2018
Guided Boat Trip: Brunel’s London
Everyday 10.40am Meet at Embankment tube station (not pier) for guided boat and train ride to Brunel sites along the Thames.
01/08/2018 to 31/12/2018
This vexed question: 500 years of women in medicine
New exhibition confounds conventional wisdom that female doctors emerged in the 19th century and reveals a hidden history of more than half a millennium of women in medicine and wider society.
19/09/2018 to 18/01/2019